Gallery – TECTONA TRUST

Tectona Photo and Video Gallery

Early years to 2000

1928: Beach launch Calicut, India

Launch- stern view, every one pushing!

1965: Plymouth School of Navigation crew on a brisk sail

1970’s: Sailing back up Hamble river, owned by Tom Blackwell. NO shed!

Cruising in Devon -National Geographic article Alan Villiers. Tom Blackwell skipper

Deck view, all hands, Tom Blackwell skipper

1960’s: Painting of Tectona – all tan sails, no deckhouse

Tom Blackwell- view of steering position, no deckhouse

Late 60’s: Tom Blackwell, teaching on deck

1968: Filming from the Tectona for the BBC’s ‘Onedin Line’ at Dartmouth

1968: Tectona alongside Queen Anne’s Battery – pre marina days

1966: Tectona At Sea – Merchant Navy Cadet Training

Marseilles Marina 2007 - Plymouth May 2008

Sep 2007: Tectona – green and red

First view of focscle

Forecabin after tidying

Dave Colman helps Roger – deck view from top of mast – marine ply deck

Ce bateau n’est plus A Vendre

Sep 2007: View of bulwarks to quayside – sun bleached

Feb 2008: Deck view

Sep 2007: Chaos on old deck, view aft

May 2018: Arrival out of mist into Plymouth

Apr 2008: Dave, Barbara and Jim leaving Gibraltar behind on the delivery voyage to Plymouth

Apr 2008: Crew ready to deliver Tectona to Plymouth

Renovation 2008- 2009, Polruan Boatyard and Southdown

En route Plymouth to Polruan- still red/green

Bronze screws for new teak deck- £1 each. Polruan.

Deck off, revealing deck beams open to elements. Polruan.

2009: Roger hangs off crane at Mashfords – Bowsprit going into position

Tectona against the quay at Mashfords – Low water

Dom Bridgman and Bill Muirhead direct deck operations 2009

Wheel re-varnished by Nigel Crabtree

2009: Jim and rigger sort mast iron work

2009: Chris Rees supervises mast-stepping

Voyages 2010-2014 with Rehab clients from Phoenix Futures, and Others

Raising the mainsail, from the bows

Stuart Plant- who started the Rehab Connection with Phoenix

Rehab volunteers clean tar off newly caulked deck

2010: Dylys and Alison Crabtree on deck – Watchet Harbour, Somerset!

Voyage scenes, deckhands busy making sail

Cracking sail to windward

Oct 2014: Cracking along in churning sea, with large crew

Christmas 2014: Lighting Up Ceremony, Plymouth Barbican

Christmas 2014: Deck view with Tectona Tall Ship Placard, Plymouth Barbican

Special meal around saloon table – Jim Whitehead first mate

Connall, Becca, Hannah antifouling against quay at Mashfords

Raising the anchor, 4 on the winch

Having a good rest on shed roof

Back home Mayflower Marina ahoy!

2010: Thank you’s from teachers and students Plymouth College

Voyage of Recovery around UK July-September 2012

Tectona Sailing!

2010: Sailing in Torbay – Brixham Trawler Race

Yellow sails in the sunset!

Sailing across Bigbury Bay

2015: Eddystone Charity Pursuit

All sail, from aft – wind on the beam

All sail, from aft – wind on the beam

2016: Tectona – under the curling seas?

Pirate flag aloft along with all sail

Tectona Videos