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Built in 1897 by Aldous of Brightlingsea, ETHEL ALICE is a fishing smack with a carvel built hull of iroko planking on oak frames and is a gaff rigged cutter with one timber mast. She has no engine. After a working life dredging for oysters off the Essex coast, she now races in local smack matches. There are few craft left in her class.
Built by Aldous of Brightlingsea as an Oyster Smack
Dredged for oysters off the Essex Coast
Total rebuild
Acquired by present owner
A Sustainability Grant of £1,000 towards the cost of sails was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships UK
Classic Boat: Ethel Alices wins Whitstable, March, 1990
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National Historic Ships UK acknowledges the financial support of its sponsors