Watercolour of a previous boat that was painted from a photograph by a local artist Marian Forster of Emsworth. The picture shows the first time I crossed the English Channel in my own boat to a foreign country (France), always a special moment.
I recall that Ellery Thompson -- an old Connecticut dragger captain who gained acclaim for his paintings -- said that all his fellow dragger captains who wanted a portrait of their boat wanted it set in a storm at sea, at night, at the moment lightning is striking the boat.