2021 Awards feature Barges and those who maintain them once again

Just been watching the National Historic Ships annual awards.

Many congratulations to Tim Jepson of Thames Sailing Barge Trust who won the Individual Marsh Charitable Trust Award for Volunteers.   Tim’s award marks his wonderful commitment to the two barges owned by the Trust, training volunteer helpers with their maintenance, and all the work he has done himself on sb Centaur.

Congratulations also to Fraser Gray for winning the Photographer of the Year award for his picture of Thames Sailing Barges at Dawn at Gravesend Town Pier – fantastic picture shown below.

And good too to see that the mighty Edme features as one of the pages of the 2022 National Historic Ships calendar.