A distant view of sloop rigged cruiser/racer yachts racing in Gillingham Reach on the River Medway, Kent.
A distant view of twelve sloop rigged cruiser/racer yachts racing in Gillingham Reach on the River Medway, Kent, heading downriver. All the boats are using multi-coloured spinnakers. The red-hulled boat with the red, white and blue spinnaker leading the race is The Red Dragon (fl. 1979) and her sail number is K3733. The photographer is on a boat in Gillingham Reach looking west-north-west with Hoo Ness Island on the right. Negatives numbers PCT14344 to PCT 14349 inclusive were taken on the same occasion.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT14344 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Weston, Derek Richard |
| Vessels: | The Red Dragon (fl. 1979) |
| Date made: | 1979-1981 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm |