Over the past few years we have been working with the Sea Change Sailing Trust in Maldon Essex to help create a New Thames Sailing Barge.
Commissioned in 2019, The Blue Mermaid is a faithful replica of the original Blue Mermaid,one of the last Thames Sailing Barges built, in 1930, but lost during the war. The Trust uses the Blue Mermaid to work with trainees from various youth groups, gaining sea time and learning traditional seamanship skills. The Blue Mermaid operates entirely without an engine and yet carries cargo around the Thames Estuary, just as her predecessor did nearly 90 years ago.
