Sail Collection (page 17)

Out Sailing - Young Couple in The Netherlands
Out Sailing - A young couple in The Netherlands take their small sailing boat out onto the lagoon for a spin. Date: circa 1940s

A Sea Battle - New Guinea

Advertisement for Martell Cognac, featuring a ship at sea, powered by sail and steam, of the kind used to export the product in 1851, the year of the Great Exhibition

Irish Scouts in a motorboat in Dun Laoghaire harbour. 1970s

Swedish scouts learn to sail. circa 1980s

Sea Scout training ship
The Irish Lightvessel Albatross which was used as a Sea Scout training ship in Dun Laoghaire harbour. 1970s

Swedish scouts and upturned sailing boat
Two Swedish Scouts awaiting rescue from their overturned light sailing boat enjoy a refreshing bottle of pop in the middle of the lake

Sailing at 1948 Olympics

Sea Scouts helping at Olympics
Sea Scouts assisting with the boats at Torquay during the 1948 Olympics. 1948

Sea Scouts helping at 1948 Olympics
Sea Scouts assisting with the boats at Torquay during the 1948 Olympics. 1948

Warrington and Robert Baden-Powell sailing canoes
Warrington and Robert Baden-Powell sailing in their Nautilus canoes in the Baltic by Warrington Baden-Powell. circa 1910s

Swedish Scout bringing drinks ashore

Swedish scouts take a break from sailing and sit on the lakeside bank, enjoying a drink of Coca Cola. circa 1980s

Sweden - British Sea Scout craft
Sweden - Sea Scout craft getting under way with British Sea Scouts on board. 1955

We anchored by the moon (A Voyage). 1922

Through the Menai Straits in a Racer. 1892

Primitive sailing boat
A primitive sailing boat near an island, probably in the Pacific Ocean

Model Yacht & Owner
A man with his model yacht which he is probably preparing to sail Date: 1950s

Galley under Sail
Galley under sail Date: circa 1730

Boulters Lock, Thames, London
Some take to a boat on the river, others simply watch and stroll along the path at Boulters Lock on the River Thames, Maidenhead, England

Sailmaker - Penzance, Cornwall
An elderly sailmaker (Arthur Willoughby), working in the traditional way in Penzance, Cornwall

WW2 British Merchant Navy vessel
Typical of tens of thousands of their comrades in the merchant navy: the officers and crew of the Canadian-built " Fort Dease Lake" stand beside the ship they sail

Coastal trader off Newport, South Wales
A coastal trader, number DH400, sailing along the River Usk off Newport, Gwent, Monmouthshire, South Wales

European woman near a river, Middle East
A young European woman standing at the side of a river where dhows are sailing, somewhere in the Middle East

Training Ship Exmouth, flag signalling drill
Uniformed boys on the deck of the Training Ship Exmouth learning flag signalling. The Exmouth, moored off Grays in Essex, was used by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a naval training establishment

Training Ship Exmouth, gun crew
Uniformed boys on the deck of the Training Ship Exmouth in formation as a gun crew, pulling a gun carriage. The Exmouth, moored off Grays in Essex

We Anchored by the Moon by Hilda Miller

Dutch Union Castle Poster
Dutch poster advertising the Union-Castle Line, a shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and freighters between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977

Music sheet cover for Down Went the Captain, with words by Frederick Bowyer and music by Kate Royle, who was also the singer of the song

Model boatbuilder
Model boat builder aholding up a finished example of his craft

View of boats in the bay at St Ives, Cornwall
A view of fishing boats in the bay at St Ives, Cornwall, with the town in the background

View of boats in St Ives harbour, Cornwall
A view of fishing boats in the harbour at St Ives, Cornwall

Fishermen and boats at St Ives, Cornwall
Fishermen with their boats on the wet sand at St Ives, Cornwall

Oyster boats off Falmouth, Cornwall
Oyster boats with their colourful sails off Falmouth in Cornwall

Scottish-built fishing boat out at sea
A 45 foot Scottish-built inshore wooden fishing boat, out at sea on a relatively calm day

Herring boats off St Ives, Cornwall, on a calm sea

Fishing boats at St Ives, Cornwall
A large number of fishing boats and fishermen in the harbour at St Ives, Cornwall

Ship sails past lighthouse
A steamer sails past a lighthouse under the light of the moon

Russian Steam sailing ship in a storm

Sailmaking, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a sailmaking class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

White / Red Star Lines Winter Cruises
Poster advertising winter cruises in the Mediterranean, West Indies, and around the world

Woman, boat and sail, 1930s
A woman stands and waves in front of the outstretched sail on a boat, on the Norfolk Broads in the 1930s

Woman washing down boat
A woman wearing shorts smiles for the camera as she rubs down a boat on the Norfolk Broads in the 1930s

Chinese Houseboat Junk - Shanghai
Shanghai, China - Junk houseboat with the traditional wide square-shaped sail

Coaling a Royal Mail steam packet at Kingston, Jamaica
Scene at the harbour in Kingston, Jamaica, showing lines a women carrying baskets of coal on their heads on board a Royal Mail steam packet ship

Fish Sailing Couple 1939
A sailor, with his female companion, find a far more interesting way to sail the seas, on the back of a fish. The steering wheel must be of invaluable assistance

Sailing boats on the River Nile, Egypt
The distinctive wedge-shaped sails of Dhows and Feluccas on the River Nile, Egypt

Emigration. Departure of the Nimrod and Athlone Steamers
Emigrants set sail from Cork for Liverpool in the first stage of their transatlantic jouney. Dock side with exterior of two steam ships

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