Sailing Barge Edith May

EDITH MAY
of Harwich.

S.B.Edith May - Blackwater Barge Match, 1992 .
(Photo - D.Renouf)
S.B. Edith May

S.B. Edith May in Lower Halstow Dock, 2000.
(Photo E.C.Gransden)

Official No. 116180. 64 ton ,built of wood at Harwich in 1906 by Cann.
Owned by W.T.Sagrey, Barrett, and then G.F. Sully she traded until 1961 as motorbarge.
Rerigged by Vernon Harvey and had many successful races.
Moved to Liverpool Docks, she returned to St. Katharines 1990, owned by Roger Angus.
She was acquired in October 1999, by Geoff Gransden, and is now undergoing restoration at Lower Halstow Dock in Kent.