GRAVESEND, England — One of the oldest sailing races in the world is the America’s Cup. Right behind is the Thames Sailing Barge Match. The America’s Cup competitors race $10 million space ...

Pudge, the wooden Thames sailing barge, was moored up in London at night in May 1940 when her unremarkable life as a cargo carrier was interrupted in spectacular fashion.

We began at Butterman’s Bay, where the old square-riggers used to offload grain from Australia on to the waiting Thames sailing barges. With 2,600 square feet of red ochre sail filled by a soft ...

Historic Thames sailing barge Melissa has headed from Ipswich to London dockland for the London Boat Show. The 80ft Victorian vessel, based at Ipswich and Pin Mill, joins hundreds of boats ...

On 3 June, more than 1,000 boats will celebrate the Queen's 60-year reign and Britain's maritime history by sailing down the River Thames. Use the navigation bar or drag your cursor around the ...

Sailing Barge May was built in Harwich in 1891 to carry grain and flour for the Ipswich millers Cranfields, and did so until 1964. She was then bought by Tate & Lyle for use as a charter and ...

Squeezing a fine history of sailing barges and the people who built and traded in them into a 49-minute film was always going to be a challenge. But Red Sails, the new DVD from Countrywide ...

A history of the British people told through six of its best-loved boats. Homepage. Accessibility links. ... to the imposing Thames sailing barges – boats that helped build London.

A parade of barges will be passing along the riverside at Deptford and Greenwich this weekend, September 16. The community history volunteer project Deptford Working Histories will be aboard the ...

Squeezing a fine history of sailing barges and the people who built and traded in them into a 49-minute film was always going to be a challenge. But Red Sails, the new DVD from Countrywide ...