A 80ft engineless, wooden Thames Sailing Barge, 1881. Registered in Rochester, Kent. 1882. Built for carrying a cargo of bricks from Medway to the Thames. She crossed the Channel over to France and Holland, around the coast as far south as Southampton and Devonport. Re surveyed in dry dock June 2022, all was found to be in good order. She was at this time re-antifouled. George Smeed has been completely rebuilt / restored over last 30 plus years. The present restoration was started back in 1976, with a continuous maintenance programme continues to date. A National Historic Vessel, has a w... read more

85ft Thames Sailing Barge Ardwina, a timber hull and decks Traditional spritsail rig, with wooden leeboards. Built by Orvis & Fuller of Ipswich,1909, (the last Barge built in Ipswich). Converted to a barge yacht in 1959, then refitted in 1970 and again in 1989/90. Her present owners acquired her in 1980, she has been raced and sailed and was the Champion Barge in 1982. Owned by a firm of Architects she has been used for corporate events and entertaining for static events and trips on the river, She could entertain up to 12 passengers, when sailing. when alongside (static) she co... read more