Thames Barges - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists

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May 1, 2019 at 6:28 pm #472708
sea dangler
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Oils on board size 16 x30 inches,
I have not done any painting for a couple of months,hope to start again soon.
Here is one from about 40 years ago,it shows a Thames Barge race off the South coast of the England.
C&C welcome ,Dave
May 2, 2019 at 5:22 am #822512
vegaskip
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Nice. Can’t go far wrong with Thames Barges.
Jim
May 2, 2019 at 6:00 am #822518
tmwilliams
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40 years ago? Wow.
May 4, 2019 at 1:38 am #822514
sea dangler
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Thank you for your comments Jim and Thomas.
Dave
May 5, 2019 at 11:55 pm #822513
jonc50
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Nice work…I’m uneducated in the concept of barges in this instance. I wonder if you could enlighten me with regards to that aspect.
May 20, 2019 at 4:21 am #822515
sea dangler
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Thank you for your comment jonc50,the Thames barges where used for transporting goods on the Thames estuary and other estuaries along the east coast of the UK.They had flat bottoms for entering shallow creeks and sitting on the sand when the tide went out,they also had Lee boards to counter balance these flat bottoms whilst out on the open sea,the Main sail and the Jigger sail where Spritsail rigged for ease of management by a small crew of 2 or 3 men and the top sail was almost in a fixed position whether in use or not.I hope that I have got this right!.
Dave
May 29, 2019 at 4:24 am #822516
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These are Mersey Barges known as Mersey flats,these 2 are rigged as sloops with a Gaff rig used within the Mersey and the river Weaver and the canal systems,other Mersey flats where ketch rigged for sailing out of the Mersey and along the Lancashire and North Wales coasts
June 14, 2019 at 3:30 pm #822511
jickmagger
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So fine work!
Well done indeed!!

Regards
Udo

"We create as good an illusion as we can!"
(Marine Artist Geoff Hunt, RSMA)
www.udodieckmann.de
June 25, 2019 at 2:16 pm #822517
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Thank you for comments Udo.
Dave
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