Times Online (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
Coastguards searching for a missing yatchsman recovered a body from sandbanks at West Mersea, Essex. The body, which was awaiting formal identification, was found during a search for Paul Cook, 61, from the village of Barrington, Cambridgeshire.
SAILORS, MARINERS & WARRIORS LEAGUE (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
A major air and sea search was launched after a mystery 'Marie Celeste' yacht with no-one on board sailed into a harbour. The 20-foot boat had its sails set and was being steered on its course by auto-pilot before it finally ran aground at West Mersea at the mouth of the River Blackwater in Essex. Lifeboat crews who went on board found evidence that the boat had been crewed but there was no sign of...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
For several years I've been visiting places like West Mersea island in search of sea vegetables like samphire, sea spinach and sea purslane, then stopping off at the Company Shed for some local seafood. I can't resist gathering free food from the sea-shore, so it seemed appropriate to invent my own Essex seafood salad.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 15/06/2008
A lifeboatman will celebrate the 200th anniversary of his boat, Boadicea, tomorrow. The boat, a 30ft, 12-tonne oyster smack owned by Reuben Frost, of West Mersea, Essex, may be the oldest boat in the world still regularly sailed.
