A port side view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the Colchester smack Charlotte Ellen (1907) and the London bawley Helen & Violet (1906) under sail in the River Medway, bound downriver after the start of a match.

A port side view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the Colchester smack Charlotte Ellen (1907) and the London bawley Helen & Violet (1906) under sail in theRiver Medway, bound downriver after the start of a match. The CK258 port registry of the Charlotte Ellen is on her hull and the mainsail and she is on the port tack. The Helen & Violet's port registry LO262 is on her hull and on her mainsail and she is also on the port tack Negatives numbers PM2359/2 to PM2364/37 were taken on the same day.