Telegraph moored at Heybridge Basin on the Blackwater Estuary. She is on the national historic ships register and is an ex-fishing vessel known as a Boston Smack. She has been undergoing renovations for several years now. She celebrated her centenary in 2006.
This photograph was taken at low tide just after sunrise when the sun had risen high enough to illuminate the reeds which are characteristic of this part of the Essex Saltings. Aug 22