Session No.4

These vessels hold so much information about our County and her changing economic landscape. This archive is so far removed from the length/ breadth/ depth method of recording a vessel’s heritage as its aim is to follow the owner home at the end of a day’s work and discover who the vessel was supporting, the families that grew, the houses that proudly carried the names of the boats, the trades that grew alongside, the skills passed down through the generations and the communities that grew and then diminished as the vessels were changed to modern versions.

At the Mersea Hub Project this week we are continuing to investigate the vessels that worked from Mersea and the families connected to them.

Smacks Class II- Our Boys

Smacks Class III - Boadicea, Mayflower, Dorothy, Gracie, Peace, Puritan, Pricilla, Hyacinth, Electron, G&A, Ida, Phathom, Primrose, Skylark and Cybil.

We would love to hear from you if you have a connection to one of these vessels or if you know of one that still exists and we have not mentioned it in our list.

Don’t forget there is plenty of tea and homemade biscuits to enjoys while we mull over the findings !