The Thames sailing barges Reminder and Edme preparing to take part in the 2014 Colne Barge Match off Brightlingsea, Essex.
Sailing Barge. Edme has never had an engine. She is rigged and sailed by her crew in the same way as when she was built in 1898. In 2002 Edme decided to take on the challenge of loading aboard a cargo of 60 tons of variegated stone, making her te first barge to carry a cargo for over 30 Most barges today have been converted into living quarters below deck, but Edme still has her original hatches (and open hold), which can be removed for loading. Reminder was launched in 1929 from the F W Horlock yard in Mistley, Essex, for F W Horlock’s own fleet. One of the last spritsail barges built, REMINDER had a steel hull and large sail plan to increase her speed for racing, though this was reduced six years later to make her more manageable as a working barge. The main trade at Mistley when REMINDER was built was bringing barley to Brooks’ maltings and Free Rodwell’s maltings, usually from the Royal Albert Dock in London, but sometimes from ships unloading in Butterman’s Bay on the River Orwell, and carrying malt from the maltings to breweries. In addition, Horlock had a lucrative contract with local Brantham chemical factory, During the 1960s Remidner was still owned by Horlock and was in the ballast trade, taking sand, stone or ballast at Harwich. The Colne Barge Match, was the eighth and final match of the 2014 season. Eight barges contested a course from Bateman's Tower to the Colne Bar, Clacton Pier, the Spitways and back
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