Cheers Paul........ here I sit indoors plugging away at painting.
Outside is hot and sunny....... and now you tell me about this!! It's
just not fair!! I have to say that ther is nothing that can compare
with being PART OF THE CREW rather than being a spectator and being
aboard a barge at night doubly so. Hope you agree.
For years I have watched barges and painted them from a spectators
point of view but having now had the priveledge of crewing on them
that experience i hope has paid off in my paintings..... one thing is
wrong now........ at the moment I am painting a glider painting!! haha

--- In Thames_Barges_2@..., "Paul Barnes" <pavee@b...>
wrote:
>
> Yesterday I was invited along to the 2006 shakedown sail of Henry -
> and what a day! She went really well and the litle bit of experience
> on Decima and Greta recently have started to pay off. We moored to
> wait for the tide to get into Faversham Creek by the Horseshoe Sands
> opposite- see photo. Eventually we crept up the creek in the dark
> (well moonlight) with searchlight on the bow to our berth. What an
> experience!
>