Tectona Trust
Voyages of Recovery
Tectona Video and Photo 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
1500 miles – one special boat!
Wet deck – sailing off the Isle of Man
Oct 2014: Cracking along in churning sea, with large crew
Commemorative VOaR, oar slung from deckhead
CARTOON : artist’s impression of life on board
2012: Map showing Voyage of Recovery around the UK
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