Lovely old lady.

Steam yacht Vita
laying off the seawall at Wivenhoe,this yacht was originally called Argosy

This is good even i get a breif showing .

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More boats with their silver harvest.

More sprat boats at Brightlingsea.

I love sprats.

Sprat boats unloading their catch on the hard at Brightlingsea.

A Wivenhoe hero.

A Wivenhoe Man who fought at the battle of Trafalgar and is buried in Wivenhoe churchyard.

These look like old yachts.

Old sailing yachts on the colne at Wivenhoe..

loved those old sprats.

The North Sea Canning Company owned two of these boats CK54 and CK59, called the Fisher Girl and the Essex Girl. the Company canned sprats and sold them under the trade name of Fisher Girl brisling.  In the summer they canned chickens.  The owner was Lewis Worsp who lived next door on the Quay.