Interesting historical film about Chichester harbour

[Wansworth]

 

[veshengro]

At roundabout 4 minutes the Topsail Schooner Kathleen and May is shown. She was trading under sail until a couple of years before I worked on her. To be more precise, I never did go to sea in her, but did quite a bit of re-rigging and splicing of her running rigging for her new owner(s) while she was laid up. I was on leave from sea at the time. Big dreams that never really took off for the owners and she was eventually, initially, rescued from neglect by a Trust . Once she ceased trading she passed through various hands and came close to falling apart. She's haunting me a bit lately, here she is in your video Wansey, and just the other day I watched an older video about the River Severn and there she was lurking in Gloucester Docks.

 

[Wansworth]

At roundabout 4 minutes the Topsail Schooner Kathleen and May is shown. She was trading under sail until a couple of years before I worked on her. To be more precise, I never did go to sea in her, but did quite a bit of re-rigging and splicing of her running rigging for her new owner(s) while she was laid up. I was on leave from sea at the time. Big dreams that never really took off for the owners and she was eventually, initially, rescued from neglect by a Trust . Once she ceased trading she passed through various hands and came close to falling apart. She's haunting me a bit lately, here she is in your video Wansey, and just the other day I watched an older video about the River Severn and there she was lurking in Gloucester Docks.

Years ago I sailed on the “phoenix “ ex Baltic ketch then used for sail training anyway we sailed in to Chichester harbour and up to Dell Quay .I saw K and M in Plymouth about1977 .

 

[Wansworth]

Years ago I sailed on the “phoenix “ ex Baltic ketch then used for sail training anyway we sailed in to Chichester harbour and up to Dell Quay .I saw K and M in Plymouth about1977 .

It must have been Christmas 1968 I went on board “Irene” then a hulk on the Thames.The owners said they weren’t ready for sea…….butyears later she did indeed get sailing,probably the last west country trading ketches still undersail