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🗓️ 1 October 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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The Bessie Ellen is a unique sailing ship which has been lovingly restored by Nikki Alford. Originally from the South West of England, she spends most of her time sailing in Scottish waters. Writer Linda Cracknell has a personal association with the ship after she started looking into her family history and discovered that she comes from a long line of sea farers. Helen Needham gets a tour of this beautiful ship whilst she was moored up in Inverness and hears about Linda's book 'Sea Marked'.
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| 1:12.3 | I'm Helen Needham. Being an island nation here in the UK, we're never too far away from the sea. We've a rich history of seafaring. The writer Linda Cracknell recently discovered that she comes from a long line of seafarers and in her new book Sea Marked, |
| 1:15.4 | she uncovered this history through her research which centres on three different ships, |
| 1:18.4 | one of which is the Bessie Ellen. |
| 1:21.1 | Bessie Ellen is a unique and beautiful wooden sailing ship |
| 1:24.9 | which spends most of her time these days |
| 1:27.4 | in Scottish waters off |
| 1:28.9 | the West Coast with skipper and owner Nikki Olford. Recently, I was lucky enough to climb aboard |
| 1:36.2 | the ship when she was moored in Inverness, where I also met up with Linda, who explained the |
| 1:41.7 | thinking behind the title, C-marked. |
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