Below: Doug Stoker - West Mersea Yacht Club ferryman c.1978 

 

 

Below: Ethel Alice CK476 helmed by Tony Collett, overtaking Maud MN21 -Tollesbury Race 1979 

 

Below: MAUD MN21 and PRISCILLA MN76 share a mooring at Heybridge Basin - summer 1976

 

 

Above: Lee Caswell and Peter Brookes enjoying a sail in Priscilla's skiff.

 

Below: Eddie (centre) with friends Chas (left) and Mike (right) - Billingsgate Race 1976. 

 

 

Waiting to lock out - St. Katherines Dock (FOG ! morning after Billingsgate Race) 1976.  

 

 Above: Left - my '1st Mate' Terry Smith (1976), and below a model of MAUD MN21 being built by

              Terry (2011), useing pic's from this site as a guide !.

 

Below: Masthead and Gaff (Picture on wall of MAUD painted by Sue Polden c.1976)

 

 

 

Below: KATE CK159 having just locked out of St. Katherines Dock. (Billingsgate Race 1976). 

 

 

Below:  A.D.C  CK431 (aground) with George & Alice  CK76 behind.       Tollesbury Race 1979.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Above:  Ethel Alice from Maud - Thames Race 1977

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                    Above: Rowhedge Regatta 1978.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Above and below: MAUD MN21 alongside A.D.C CK431 - Heybridge Basin, Maldon, Essex - 1978.

 

 

 

Below: Colin Brookes on MAUD MN21 Staysail, racing with VICTORY LO111 - Tollesbury Race 1979.

 

 

 

Below: MAUD MN21 with other boats waiting to lock-in,  Heybridge Basin, Maldon, Essex c.1978

 

 

 

 

Above and below: Locking-in scene of MAUD MN21 - Heybridge Basin, Maldon, Essex - c.1979

 

 

 

 

Below:  Eddie with his Wife Pam and crew relaxing on MAUD MN21 after Tollesbury Race 1979. 

 

Below: "Maud" and "Priscilla" sharing the same mooring - Winter 1979.  BBRrrrrrrrrrrr !

 

 

 

                                             Above and below: MAUD locking-in at Heybridge Basin,

                                             assisted by Colin Brookes and Mike "Skua", winter 1979

 

 

 

 

Above: Mullet net fishing, then tie-up to the "Posts" (below)

at Brightlingsea hard for a Bottom 'Scrub-Off' - 1979

                                                   

 

 

                                    Above and below:  Waiting for the tide to go out to then 'Scrub Off'.

 

 

 

 

OOPS ! Wind changed and tide turned early !!, but thanks to a local boatman Maud was 'made safe'.

 

 

 

 

   Above:  Locking-in scene at Heybridge Basin.      Below: MAUD MN21 in company with 'Conabor'

                                                                                                        en-route to Holland !

 

 

 

                        Below:  MAUD MN21 in Breskens Marina, Holland. (with force 8 gales outside !) 

 

 

 

                                                      Above: VICTORY LO111 - Tollesbury Race 1978.         

 

 

 

               Above: 'A.D.C' with 'George & Alice' behind, overtaken by Maud ! ('A.D.C'aground !),

                                                                        Tollesbury Race 1979          

 

 

 

Above:  Charlotte Ellen CK258 racing in Tollesbury Race 1979.                                                                    Below:  Repairs due to Grounding on the 'Barrow'. 

 

 

 

                                      Below:  Brightlingsea Creek scenes with Maud and Victory 1978