Yes, it does get glamorous sometimes. Welcome to the annual Oyster Dredge Match in West Mersea, Essex; or rather, off the coast of Essex, obviously. Oysters live in the water, and that's where it's at when it comes to harvesting these slippery delicacies.
For good measure, I went twice: once to shoot the smacks sailing during the dredge match, which is the way business has been done traditionally over here. It is proper seamanship navigating these fast sailing boats up and down a one-mile stretch of ground while dredging the bottom for oysters. In the modern world, things are done by diesel engine and hydraulic power on modern dredge boats, similar to small trawlers and fishing boats. Anyway, here's the pictures.
Oyster Dredging - Images by Jiri Rezac
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