"PortErin at sunrise" (81cmx 61cm) Oil on Board, 1998.

An early morning approach to Port Erin, on the Isle of Man. Once again,SV Espanola is motoring in to pick up the outer can buoy in the harbourfor a few hours rest before heading north (the far left of the picture), to Peel and the Peel Traditional Boat Festival.The tower is Milner's Tower, a folly, built on top of Bradda Head.Espanola is shown with a hybrid of rigs between the old bermudan and the newer Gaff, as she had her old mast destroyed in the lockpit of Liverpool Marina whilst the painting was unfinished!Circa 1998.