Sunday, August 13, 2023

Bessie Ellen

The charter yacht " Bessie Ellen " doing Sailing Holidays leaving Scilly this afternoon - a regular to Scilly . Built in Plymouth, Devon, in 1904 by William Kelly, Bessie Ellen is one of the last surviving West Country trading ketches from a fleet that once stood at nearly 700. Bessie Ellen lived through an era when working sailing ships were an everyday sight in English ports and harbours......Robin Mawer

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