The "Sara"
Built for for Horlock's. Sold to Everard's: 1929. Races 2nd in 1931, winner 1932, 2nd in 1933 - 1935, winner of bowsprit class 1936 and 1937 Coronation Thames Match Races. 2nd in 1902 - 1903, winner in 1928 and 1930 (awarded a £5 prize for being the first wooden barge to finish!), winner in 1932 - 1933 (fastest time ever in the Medway event), disqualified in 1936 after finishing 2nd for fouling s.b. Queen, and won the 1937 Coronation event in Medway Match Races. Badly damaged in a collision near London Docks in 1935 she sank, was salvaged and repaired. Having been damaged and then laid up in 1949 she was refitted and painted as in her racing days in 1951, as a moored exhibit at Festival of Britain. Broken up at Greenhithe, 1963. No other known owners.  The "Sara" after refit in 1951. Photographed by H W Black |
 The "Sara" during the Medway Match Races, 1937. Probably the Coronation Event. Photographed by Fred Owen |