Marigold MN119 is a 30ft Patient shrimper built in 1981.

Colne Match results;

Marigold at Maldon Regatta.
©Tim Bees.

Marigold was built at Walter Cook and son, Maldon, in 1981. She is a Gravesend Bawley built upon the lines of the Lillian, built 1869. Gravesend Bawleys were built to work the lower reaches of the Thames, trawling for shrimps with a trim tram trawl. Larger versions such as the Lillian would occasionally stowboat for sprats in the winter.

Marigold at Maldon Regatta. ©
Tim Bees.

Marigold is clinker built with 3/4 inch larch planks on steamed oak frames, with some cut grown frames. With a larch laid deck. She has never had an engine and is traditionally rigged with a loose footed gaff mainsail, topsail, foresail, and jib, the combined sail area is approximately 660 square feet.

MARIGOLD, a perfect twentieth century reproduction of a mid-nineteenth century shrimper, almost ready to launch at Maldon.
Built by David Patient 1981, photo by Barry Pearce.
Used in Smacks and Bawleys page 11
Marigold’s website
Marigold’s Twitter page
Return to smacks