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Sailing Barge Cambria |
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is probably the best known sailing barge. She was the last sailing barge
to trade under sail alone, as she has never had an engine fitted. Bob
Roberts, her skipper, and latterly her owner in trade, wrote about his
experiences with her, and other craft he commanded in several books. This model was built by Mick Martin, and won an award at the Model Engineering Exhibition. The hull is of wooden plank construction. She is depicted with a cargo of coal, as the barge was involved in supplying several gas works in the South East of England with coal from Keadby. She is a typical coasting barge built to carry large cargoes over long coastal journeys. Her large size and full bowsprit rig meant that she would often carry an additional member of crew - 3rd hand - to help sail her. |
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