Yacht Elver 1939

Travels of the Yacht 'Elver' on the Essex coast and on a trip to the Netherlands

One of a series of films recording the travels of the schooner Elver, her owner V.B. Harrison, crew and guests. Scenes are shot from the Elver including adjustment of sails, sea, waves, buoys, coastline and passing boats, sometimes close enough to see crew in detail. This reel is in colour throughout. Scenes include: sunrise with shrimp boats; guests on the Elver and yachts White Rose and Chittabob; Clacton pleasure trip boats; Susan helping on board. On a trip to the Netherlands, scenes of the Harwich to Flushing ferry, light vessels and rainbows in the Channel, shipping at Flushing, the approach to Middelburg and to Veere, waiting at locks, a barge with horses and cattle closely packed on deck, barges and yachts around Zeeland, sailing in a gale, Hellevoetsluis, Rotterdam with shipping including harbour ferries and a 3,000 ton lighter pulled by a tug, and entrance to the Royal Maas Yacht Club.

Keywords

Boats; Sailing; Sea; Travel abroad; Animal welfare

Intertitles

Spelling as it appears on the intertitles Yacht “Elver” 1939 Part One Sunrise off Orfordness May 6th Shrimpers The Cork light vessel The crew Hughie going ashore The skipper and the rest doing likewise First sail in “White Rose” Susan in the foc’s’le Kath and Ronald in “White Rose” “Chittabob” Sailing on the mud On the way to Clacton Priory Spit Pohlman’s “Cetal” Everetts and Bullo aboard Uncle Bullo washing Susan Making the mooring all fast The Bulls and Williams depart Dutch trip - off to Flushing June 30th New Harwich Flushing boat Galloper light vessel Rainbow Flushing Approaching Middleburg [Middelburg] Early morning at Middleburg [Middelburg] Veere Outside the locks A cargo of livestock In the Zeeland Islands A fine motor yacht overtaking us Approaching Hellevoetsluis under power in half a gale Leaving Hellevoetsluis for Rotterdam Rotterdam The ferries A 3,000 ton lighter Entrance to the Royal Yacht Club de Mass [Maas] End of Part One

Other Places

Clacton, Essex Flushing [Vlissingen], Netherlands Middelburg, Netherlands Veere, Netherlands Zeeland, Netherlands Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands

Background Information

lightship - The Cork lightvessel was stationed on Cork Bank off Harwich Priory Spit buoy off Essex coast The Galloper lightship - lightvessel, North Sea