The Colchester smack Ellen CK222, also known as the three swans, sailing in the River Colne. Shes recently been relaunched after another refit at a local yard in Brightlingsea. Normally sporting a topmast, to ease her back into sailing shes being sailed polemasted. She was originally built in Rowhedge in 1900 by the Harris brothers and with a cutaway forefoot she was perfect for stowboating and dredging for oysters. Nowadays shes sailed for fun and is also now engineless. #ellen #ck222 #harris #