Varuna CK442 is a 45ft Aldous smack built in 1895.

Varuna’s launch day 2017.
©Elly Howlett
Varuna’s launch day 2017.
©Elly Howlett
Smack VARUNA CK442 being launched after a complete rebuild at David Patient’s Fullbridge yard. David is in the cab driving the crane.
©Richard Pattison
Caulking party.
©Richard Pattison
Painting by numbers.
©Richard Pattison
Lattice.
©Richard Pattison
Planked up.
©Richard Pattison
Richard putting his mum to work.
©Richard Pattison
Harwich – Tollesbury smacks BERTHA CK335 and VARUNA CK442. Postcard 2118.
VARUNA crew. CK442
Shrimping from Brightlingsea in the 1950s – smack VARUNA CK442.