SB RESOURCEFUL
Built
Mistley
Builder
F.W. Horlock
Date
1930
Construction
Steel
Dimensions
Description
Spritsail Thames Sailing Barge
Registered No.
161039.
The sailing barge Resourceful was built as a steel-hulled Thames barge in 1930 at Mistley and is thought to be the last original one ever built. She was converted to a motor barge around 1933 and later became a houseboat. After a period as a tearoom and visitor hub at Maldon's Hythe, she was moved to West Mersea in 2023 and now serves as a houseboat there.