Ethel Alice CK476 is a 40ft Aldous smack built in 1897.

Ethel Alice was rebuilt in 1995 by Barry and Dan Tester at Hollowshore in Kent, she is one of the few engineless smacks sailing on the East Coast. She is still a very active family owned smack, based in West Mersea.

Colne Match results;

Swale Match.
©Seamus Masters @glassonion68.
Colne Match 2016.
©Tim Bees.
Sailing in the Blackwater. CK476 ETHEL ALICE.
©Mersea Museum.
L-R Chicks Milgate, Cecil Stebbens, Don Wright, on board ETHEL ALICE.
©Mersea Museum
Ethel Alice CK476 & Alberta CK318
Ethel Alice’s National Historic Ships Registry page
Ethel Alice’s OGA page
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