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Boats and Yachts

Mary Fletcher | Marlin

Marlin

Marlin is a commercial fishing vessel lying against the outer wall in the tiny harbour of Pylos, Messina, Greece. She is looking a little worse for wear as the rust takes over...but even she looks beautiful in the evening light.
Mary Fletcher | Balmoral

Balmoral

Balmoral cruise ship moored alongside Falmouth Docks.
Mary Fletcher | Florence

Florence

Florence, number 31, is a Falmouth Working Boat. Here she is racing during Falmouth Classics, in the Carrick Roads, Cornwall.
Mary Fletcher | Port Pendennis Marina

Port Pendennis Marina

Port Pendennis Marina is a privately owned marina next to the docks in Falmouth, Cornwall. It has berths for all sorts of motorboats and yachts, from the small ribs to some of the most famous super yachts in the World.
Mary Fletcher | Ranger and Valsheda

Ranger and Valsheda

Ranger and Valsheda, two of the world famous J Class yachts battle it out during the Pendennis Cup in Falmouth Bay. These yachts were originally designed to race in the Americas Cup.
Mary Fletcher | Gaff Rigged Yawl

Gaff Rigged Yawl

This beautiful classic yacht is often seen sailing the waters around Falmouth, Cornwall. Here she is sailing home during Falmouth Classics Weekend.
Mary Fletcher | Abandoned on the Beach

Abandoned on the Beach

One of the many abandoned and broken old wooden fishing boats along the beaches in Crete.
Mary Fletcher | MS De Jordaan

MS De Jordaan

MS De Jordaan is one of the many Amsterdam party boats that cruise through Amsterdam harbour and canals.
Mary Fletcher | RNLI Sea Rescue

RNLI Sea Rescue

The RNLI lifeguards of Polzeath set out through the surf to inititate a rescue. These brave lads put their own live at risk to save others.
Mary Fletcher | Rescue!

Rescue!

The Polzeath RNLI lifeguards on a rescue putting the small RIB through the surf. These guys put their lives at risk saving others.
Mary Fletcher | Captain Bruno and his Boat

Captain Bruno and his Boat

Captain Bruno is a local character in Mombassa, East Africa. He sails his boat along the coast and will even take you for a sail, if you ask him nicely!
Mary Fletcher | Mirror in the Mist

Mirror in the Mist

A colourful Mirror dinghy appears out of the mist during racing at Restronguet, Mylor. These small dinghies are ideal for children to learn to sail in.
Mary Fletcher | Golden Globe

Golden Globe

The Golden Globe was set up by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston to celebrate the round the World sailing by Sir Francis Chicester in Sualia and him in Gypsy Moth. Pictured in the centre of this scene is Sualia. They have no navigational aids at all apart from a compass and sextant.
Mary Fletcher | Gypsy Moth IV

Gypsy Moth IV

Gypsy Moth IV preparing to race across the channel from Falmouth to France as part of the Golden Globe celebrations 2018.
Mary Fletcher | Gypsy Moth IV

Gypsy Moth IV

Gypsy Moth IV passes St Anthony Head lighthouse as she prepares to sail across the English Channel from Falmouth to France taking part in the Golden Globe celebrations.
Mary Fletcher | Grace

Grace

Grace is one of many in the fleet of Falmouth Working Boats, here she is racing during Falmouth Week.
Mary Fletcher | Tom Bombadil

Tom Bombadil

This lovely houseboat is named after the famous Tom Bombadil a character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow! Bright Blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow! Seen on a Northampton canal and converted into a digital painting.
Mary Fletcher | Superyacht Bow

Superyacht Bow

A superyacht moored alongside Port Pendennis Marina in the sunshine. The water pouring from the anchor is the anchor wash. Port Pendennis Marina regularly has these magnicifent superyachts alongside, many of which have been through some refit work in the neigbouring docks.
Mary Fletcher | The Three Classics .jpg

The Three Classics .jpg

Adela, Marietta and Eve racing in Falmouth Bay
Mary Fletcher | Victory

Victory

The Falmouth working boat Victory sailing back into St Mawes after racing in the Carrick Roads, Falmouth. This is a digital painting of one of my own photographs.
Mary Fletcher | Falmouth Working Boats

Falmouth Working Boats

Falmouth working boats racing in the Caarricl Roads. Falmouth, Cornwall. These beautiful boats are easily recognised by their colourful topsails, which are unique in colour to each vessel. A sketch created from my original photograph.
Mary Fletcher | Falmouth Working Boats

Falmouth Working Boats

Falmouth working boats racing in the Caarricl Roads. Falmouth, Cornwall. These beautiful boats are easily recognised by their colourful topsails, which are unique in colour to each vessel.
Mary Fletcher | Boat of Primulas

Boat of Primulas

A small dinghy no longer used for its original purpose now sits in a gravel pit and is filled with brightly coloured primulas. A painterly effect has been added.
Mary Fletcher | Mariette

Mariette

MARIETTE was built in 1915, and designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff for J Frederick Brown of Boston, a successful wool merchant, who raced and cruised her along the North and South Shores of Boston from 1916 to 1927. Renamed Cleopatra’s Barge under Francis K Crowninshield’s ownership, she was requisitioned by the American Navy during the war and declined thereafter. Restored at Cantiere Navale Beconcini in1995, she is owned by Thomas Perkins, of San Francisco, who re-rigged her as original.
Mary Fletcher | Banana on the Beach

Banana on the Beach

A small simulated clinker pram dinghy sits on the beach at St Ives waiting for the tide to come in.
Mary Fletcher | Red and Blue Prow

Red and Blue Prow

An old wooden boat in the last stages of decay, it caught my eye on a cold morning in Penryn, a strange beauty amidst decay
Mary Fletcher | Small Ark

Small Ark

I came across this beautiful little boat in a field in near St Just-in-Roseland, Cornwall. It reminds me of Noahs ark but much smaller.
Mary Fletcher | Falmouth Working Boats

Falmouth Working Boats

Falmouth working boats racing in Falmouth Harbour. Here number 23 leads number 7. Falmouth working boats are built in Falmouth and were designed to fish the oyster beds in the Carrick Roads.
Mary Fletcher | Red Boat Reflection

Red Boat Reflection

This small clinker built dinghy caught my attention as it bobbed gently in the water in Mevagissey Harbour.
Mary Fletcher | Up Yours

Up Yours

Up Yours is an aptly named small fishing boat which lives on the pebble beach at Porthoustock, Cornwall. In the background you can see the working quarry, where aggregates are still quarried.
Mary Fletcher | Lunasea

Lunasea

A small fishing boat called Lunasea sits on the pebble beach at Porthoustock on the Lizard Peninsular, Cornwall.
Mary Fletcher | Blue Boat

Blue Boat

A small blue fishing boat ashore on the beach at Porthallow. The beach is made up of pebbles, this keeps the water clearer and is ideal for divers.
Mary Fletcher | Colourful Fishing Boats

Colourful Fishing Boats

A digital painting of one of my own images of the colourful fishing boats moored in Coverack Harbour, in Cornwall.
Mary Fletcher | East Fleet Fishing Boat

East Fleet Fishing Boat

A digital painting of a traditional Fleet fishing boat as it sits quietly tethered to its pole in East Fleet, Dorset
Mary Fletcher | Eve of St Mawes

Eve of St Mawes

Eve of St Mawes Eve owes her heritage to the pilot cutters of the Isles of Scilly. Rugged and versatile craft built to withstand the rigours of the Western Approaches in comfort and safety; these little ships were fast, weatherly and immensely strong. Built in 1997 by Luke Powell of Working Sail, many people mistake Eve for an old boat; such is the sense of history within her solid new timbers. Constructed entirely traditionally from the best materials available, Eve was built to last.
Mary Fletcher | Queen Mary 2

Queen Mary 2

Queen Mary 2 (also referred to as the QM2) is a transatlantic ocean liner. She is the largest passenger ship built for the Cunard Line since Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1969, the vessel she succeeded as flagship of the line. As of 2018, Queen Mary 2 is the only passenger ship operating as an ocean liner.
Mary Fletcher | X Yacht MinX

X Yacht MinX

Minx sailing in the somewhat “strange” Falmouth Week 2020.
Mary Fletcher | Greek Fishing Boat

Greek Fishing Boat

A typical Greek fishing boat laid up on the beach at Ammothines Bar, near Pylos, Greece.
Mary Fletcher | Falmouth Working Boats

Falmouth Working Boats

Living relics from a byegone age, the Falmouth Working Boats make an impressive sight, and there can be few who are not inspired by the beauty of these powerful gaff-rigged cutters under sail. Outwardly, little has changed in nearly 200 years, their existence being a direct result of the local harbour byelaws prohibiting the dredging of oysters by any mechanical means.
Mary Fletcher | Sadness by the Sea

Sadness by the Sea

Along the Penryn River, Cornwall there is a boat graveyard. We call it this because there are numerous old boats decaying on the banks. Occasionally they are removed and set on fire by the local harbour master. Many of them belong to people who are either deceased or who can no longer looks after them.
Mary Fletcher | Boats that Work, Flushing, Cornwall

Boats that Work, Flushing, Cornwall

A colourful array of some of the working vessels which can be seen , around Falmouth and the surrounding waters. Party Boat Princessa, Morel Margh and Datchet moored up on a pontoon near Flushing
Mary Fletcher | Cornish Gigs

Cornish Gigs

A painting of an original photograph of several Cornish gigs lined up on a sandy beach in Cornwall.
Mary Fletcher | Eve of St Mawes

Eve of St Mawes

Eve owes her heritage to the pilot cutters of the Isles of Scilly. Rugged and versatile craft built to withstand the rigours of the Western Approaches in comfort and safety; these little ships were fast, weatherly and immensely strong. Built in 1997 by Luke Powell of Working Sail, many people mistake Eve for an old boat; such is the sense of history within her solid new timbers. Constructed entirely traditionally from the best materials available, Eve was built to last. This image is a digital painting of my original photograph
Mary Fletcher | Pride of Falmouth

Pride of Falmouth

A digital painting of the pleasure boat The Pride of Falmouth with a rainbow appearing to stem from the flybridge!
Mary Fletcher | Mariquita

Mariquita

Mariquita sailing downwind during the Falmouth Classics 2012. This beautiful classic 19-Metre gaff cutter designed by William Fife III and built in 1911. Sepia and grain effect added.
Mary Fletcher | Mariquita

Mariquita

Mariquita, meaning ladybird in Spanish, is probably the last 19-Metre in existence. Here this beautiful classic yacht is racing in Falmouth Bay.
Mary Fletcher | LT 472 Excelsior

LT 472 Excelsior

Excelsior is an authentically restored fishing smack of the Lowestoft fishing fleet . She was built by John Chambers of Lowestoft in 1921 and worked until 1936 before being converted into a motor coaster.
Mary Fletcher | Fishing boats in Mevagissey

Fishing boats in Mevagissey

Colourful fishing boats in Mevagissey Harbour in Cornwall. Mevagissey is a popular tourist destination in Cornwall, and it is a fully working harbour.
Mary Fletcher | Tatty Tender

Tatty Tender

A watercolour painting of a small rather neglected tender sitting on its mooring in Porthleven harbour, Cornwall
Mary Fletcher | Against a Brick Wall

Against a Brick Wall

Fishing boat PZ260 lies alongside the harbour wall in Porthelven Harbour Cornwall.
Mary Fletcher | Fisherman's Return

Fisherman's Return

A brightly coloured red fishing boat returns home to Penzance Harbour with his catch of the day. A digital painting from one of my original photographs
Mary Fletcher | Little and Large

Little and Large

A small brghtly coloured fishing boats enters the harbour next to a much larger commercial vessel in Penzance Harbour Cornwall
Mary Fletcher | Blue Boat

Blue Boat

A small blue fishing boat ashore on the beach at Porthallow. The beach is made up of pebbles, this keeps the water clearer and is ideal for divers.
Mary Fletcher | Up Yours

Up Yours

Up Yours is an aptly named small fishing boat which lives on the pebble beach at Porthoustock, Cornwall. In the background you can see the working quarry, where aggregates are still quarried.
Mary Fletcher | Lunasea

Lunasea

A small fishing boat called Lunasea sits on the pebble beach at Porthoustock on the Lizard Peninsular, Cornwall.
Mary Fletcher |  Moody Evening

Moody Evening

A silhouette of a fishing boat on it's mooring, taken in Greece as the sun began to set after another hot day.
Mary Fletcher | Adela

Adela

Adela with her spinnaker, big red, in Falmouth Bay. The 182ft twin masted schooner Adela was modified and restored by Pendennis Shipyard, Falmouth and launched in 1995, but she dates back to 1903. Originally constructed by John Goodman Fay & Co, Adela was redesigned, engineered and beautifully restored by Dykstra Naval Architects.
Mary Fletcher | Setting out to Sea

Setting out to Sea

This small colourful Cypriot fishing boat sets out for a days fishing. Most of these Greek Cypriot fishing boats are painted in red, white and blue, despite their size they go quite a way offshore.
Mary Fletcher | Cypriot Fisherman

Cypriot Fisherman

These small vessels go quite far out to sea in the Mediterranean Sea to catch fish, most of which are sold to the local restaurants.
Mary Fletcher | Two Broken Boats

Two Broken Boats

Two abandoned fishing boats lie side by side in the long grass near a marina in Cyprus
Mary Fletcher | Little Red Boat

Little Red Boat

This small red boat was tethered by a strop to the bank, sadly it had filled with water, but hopefully one day it will float again.
Mary Fletcher | Motor Vessel Marala

Motor Vessel Marala

This classic motor yacht built by Camper and Nicholsons has recently been restored to her former glory by Pendennis Shipyard in Falmouth. Oringinally built in 1931 her original owner died before taking delivery, since then she has had only 3 owners in nearly 90 years. She is built of steel and aluminium and accomodates upto 13 guests in 7 cabins.
Mary Fletcher | Fairline Squadron

Fairline Squadron

A Fairline Squadron moored alongside a pontoon at Port Pendennis Harbour. The National Maritime Museum and vewing tower stand behind.
Mary Fletcher | Marguerite at anchor

Marguerite at anchor

Marguerite is a Bristol Channel pilot cutter based in Falmouth. She is regularly seen sailing in the harbour with charter guests on board. Here she is lying at anchor in Falmouth harbour the Falmouth docks can be seen behind her.
Mary Fletcher | Kianda 68

Kianda 68

Kianda is a 68ft sailing yacht, designed for seriously relaxed cruising holidays. She is a Nautor Swan built in 1996 and has two extensive refits.
Mary Fletcher | Mary Mouse Haslar Marina

Mary Mouse Haslar Marina

Trinity’s Lightship was the former LV1 Lightvessel, established in 1946. She was decommissioned in 1993 & sold to Dean & Reddyhoff, Gosport for conversion into Trinity’s Lightship, a bar and restaurant in Haslar Marina and painted green and renamed Mary Mouse II after the director’s wives Mary Reddyhoff and Joanna (Mouse) Dean. The restaurant closed in 2021.
Mary Fletcher | Girl Rachael

Girl Rachael

A painting of Fishing vessel Girl Rachael moored in her home port of St Mawes.
Mary Fletcher | Beyond Malpas

Beyond Malpas

There are a number of boats moored up the Truro River. This one caught my eye as a traditional wooden boat probably originally used for fishing.
Mary Fletcher | Fair Morn

Fair Morn

Wooden fishing vessel FAir Morn moored up the Truro River.
Mary Fletcher | Autopride and Autoprogress in the Carrick Roads

Autopride and Autoprogress in the Carrick Roads

The Carrick Roads in Cornwall is one of the Worlds deepest natural harbours. Often large ships are seen moored in the river upstream from the King Harry Ferry. The sky has been replaced to add drrama.
Mary Fletcher | One Man and his Boat

One Man and his Boat

A small tradional sailing boat sailing in the Dovey estuary early evening.
Mary Fletcher | One Man and His Boat

One Man and His Boat

A well known British sailor, Peter Jennings sailing his traditional gaff rig day boat in the Dyfi Estuary, Aberdyfi in Wales.
Mary Fletcher | Blue Boat

Blue Boat

A watercolour painting of a small wooden boat moored near a jetty on a lake on a misty Autumn morning. Image created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Rowing Boats

Rowing Boats

A painting of rowing boats on a lake on a misty Autumn morning Image created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Venetian Gondolas

Venetian Gondolas

A painting of gondolas moored up in Venice. Gondolas are used as a mode of transport within the Venetian canal system and are widely used by tourists to explore this beautiful city. Image created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Wooden boats

Wooden boats

A watercolour painting of small wooden boats moored peacefully alongside the lake edge on a misty Autumn morning. Image created with the help of AI
Mary Fletcher | Cornish Beach

Cornish Beach

Boats pulled up on a small beach in Cornwall. Watercolour painting created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Misty morning on a lake

Misty morning on a lake

A line drawing of three small wooden boats moored on a calm lake in the Lake District Image created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Three in a Row

Three in a Row

Three small boats moored on a lake in the Lake District , Cumbria. A line drawing created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Two Wooden Boats

Two Wooden Boats

Two old wooden boats moored on a lake on a misty day. A watercolour painting created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | African sail boat

African sail boat

A painting of a small tradtional African sailing boat off the East coast of Africa. Image created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Chinese Fishing Boats

Chinese Fishing Boats

Two Chinese fishing boats anchored off rural China, near Hong Kong. Painting created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Greek Fishing Boats

Greek Fishing Boats

Traditional Greek fishing boats anchored of a small village in Crete. A painting created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Greek Fishing Boats

Greek Fishing Boats

Traditional Greek fishing boats anchored ion a calm Mediterranean sea off the Island of Crete. A painting created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Mevagissey Harbour

Mevagissey Harbour

Mevagissey Harbour in Cornwall is a popular tourist destination but is still a working fishing village. watercolour painting created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Brixham Harbour

Brixham Harbour

Brixham is a picturesque fishing town built upon a limestone outcrop at the southern end of the Torbay crescent of coastline. The town was built around the busy harbour and a fine array of colour-washed houses line the narrow streets leading from this area. Images created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Mevagissey Harbour

Mevagissey Harbour

Mevagissey Harbour in Cornwall is a popular tourist destination but is still a working fishing village. Images created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Tradtional Boats in Brixham

Tradtional Boats in Brixham

Brixham is a picturesque fishing town built upon a limestone outcrop at the southern end of the Torbay crescent of coastline. The town was built around the busy harbour and a fine array of colour-washed houses line the narrow streets leading from this area. Painting created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Colourful Cornwall

Colourful Cornwall

Cornwall is famous for it's pretty houses overlooking colourful harbours. Many of our coastal villages and towns are still working fishing ports. Painting created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Mevagissey Harbour

Mevagissey Harbour

The second largest fishing port in Cornwall, Mevagissey Harbour is beautiful, historic and hosts a thriving fishing industry. These stunning surroundings and fishing boats seem to have changed only superficially over the centuries. Painting created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Fishing Boats in Brixham

Fishing Boats in Brixham

Approached from the sea the view of Brixham with its many colourful houses cascading down on either side of the harbour is one of the prettiest along the South Devon coast. Brixham personifies the classic English fishing port, mixing tradition with a modern vibrant industry. Painting created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Tarbert Fishing boats

Tarbert Fishing boats

Fishing boats moored alongside near the village of Tarbert Argyll, Scotland on a winters day. Painting created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Scottish fishing boats

Scottish fishing boats

Three small fishing boats anchored beside the shore on a winters day near the village of Tarbert, Agyll, Scotland Painting created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Cruising in the Fjords

Cruising in the Fjords

a small classic boat cruising in a Norwegian Fjord with snow capped steep rocks on either side. Image created with the hel[ of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Norway

Norway

A fjord is a long, deep, narrow body of water that reaches far inland. Fjords are often set in a U-shaped valley with steep walls of rock on either side. Image created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Norwegian Fjord

Norwegian Fjord

A red ship crusing through a fjord in Norway Image created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Red Ship in Norway

Red Ship in Norway

A classic red ship cruising in a Norwegian fjord. Image created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Wooden Rowing boat

Wooden Rowing boat

A clinker built wooden rowing boat tied up alongside an old wooden jetty on a lake in the Lake District in the Autumn. Painting created with the help pf Ai
Mary Fletcher | Traditional Paddle Steamer

Traditional Paddle Steamer

Paddle steamer lying alongside the shore on a calm lake in the Lake District in the Autumn sunlight. Painting crested with the help pf Ai
Mary Fletcher | Autumn on the Lake

Autumn on the Lake

A painting of small wooden rowing boats moored alongside an old wooden jetty on a lake in the Lake District durting the Autumn Image created with the help of Ai
Mary Fletcher | Wrecks

Wrecks

Painting of old wooden wrrecks lying abandoned on a beach in Suffolk. Image created with the help pf Ai
Mary Fletcher | DSC9516

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RS300 National Championships 2023 Aberdyfi Gwynedd Wales
Mary Fletcher | DSC9535

DSC9535

RS300 National Championships 2023 Aberdyfi Gwynedd Wales
Mary Fletcher | DSC9579

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RS300 National Championships 2023 Aberdyfi Gwynedd Wales