THE SPIRIT OF BIRMINGHAM IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN
Lisa Clayton in her yacht Spirit of Birmingham was the first woman to make a full circumnavigation around the world single handed, nonstop and unass...
THE PRESENT S. Francis Smitheman - Marine Artist
KASKELOT OFF NEWHAVEN
Kaskelot is a replica of a nineteenth-century three-masted barque, one of the last proper square riggers to be built. She was built for the Danish G...
A LONG WAY FROM HOME, THE SPIRIT OF BIRMINGHAM IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN
A second version of Lisa Clayton's record breaking round the world voyage focusing less on the frightening sea but more on the sense of isolatio...
BRIXHAM, A TRAWLER BY THE STEPS
THE BELLE TOUT COMING HOME
I was commissioned by the owner of a Devonshire crabber to paint his boat the Belle Tout. The attraction was that he would take me out on a typical ...
A COASTAL STEAMER BEING TOWED INTO NEWHAVEN.
This was commissioned by Dr Colin Morris who for many years broadcast "Thought for Today" on the Today radio programme. He writes his broa...
CADAQUES, A PRETTY RESORT ON THE COSTA BRAVA, SPAIN
THE PUNTA DELLA DOGANA AND SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE
UFFA FOX BOATYARD
Uffa Fox was a brilliant fast small-boat designer. During the war he designed a lifeboat capable of being carried by an aircraft and released by a ...
THE SAIL TRAINING VESSEL SORLANDET
Visiting Kristiansand, Norway, I was introduced to the Captain of the impressive white-hulled Sail Training Ship Sorlandet (Southlands). She was bu...
A FRENCH SCHOONER LEAVING NEWHAVEN HARBOUR
COLLIOURE PROMENADE
This is a simple scene from across the bay of Collioure. We have taken our summer holidays in this area for over thirty years. The light is just as ...
LA CAPTE
A seaside village close to Hyeres has a small population of some 600 inhabitants but its port offers more than 300 moorings during the season. It is...
COLLIOURE HARBOUR
In the early twentieth century, Collioure became a centre of artistic activity and a host to Fauvism. Derain, Braque, Matisse, Picasso and Mackintos...
ALMIRANTE
Almirante was a banana boat working for Fyffes. It got into trouble in the Channel when its cargo shifted. The tug Meeching went out from Newhaven ...
HMS SHOREHAM
HMS Shoreham is a Royal Navy Sandown class mine hunter which was commissioned in Shoreham by Sea on 20th July 2002. She has a crew of 35, weighs 50...
SAGRES II
One of a number of such sail training ships this handsome vessel was built in 1937 by Blom and Voss at Hamburg for the German Navy. Eventually, she wa...