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<blockquote data-quote="jay hay-char" data-source="post: 1644346" data-attributes="member: 116810"><p>Thanks; interesting stuff. They're very similar to Thames Barges in the UK which are of a similar size and draft, and also use lee boards to get into the creeks and estuaries of the English East Coast. In the old days, they were also sail powered and the rig was designed so that they could be operated by a crew of two (often the skipper and a teenaged "lad"), though I'm not quite sure how <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. A number of them have been restored and they race them nowadays, which is quite a sight.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Thames_Barges-Canthusus.jpg/320px-Thames_Barges-Canthusus.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p></p><p>(Apologies for thread drift, everyone).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jay hay-char, post: 1644346, member: 116810"] Thanks; interesting stuff. They're very similar to Thames Barges in the UK which are of a similar size and draft, and also use lee boards to get into the creeks and estuaries of the English East Coast. In the old days, they were also sail powered and the rig was designed so that they could be operated by a crew of two (often the skipper and a teenaged "lad"), though I'm not quite sure how :). A number of them have been restored and they race them nowadays, which is quite a sight. [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Thames_Barges-Canthusus.jpg/320px-Thames_Barges-Canthusus.jpg[/IMG] (Apologies for thread drift, everyone). [/QUOTE]
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