Pirates on The Quay, Burnham-on-Crouch

The Phoenix, which visited the festival in 2026 is a 111-foot square-rigged tall ship built by Hjorne and Jakobsen of Frederikshavn, Denmark in 1929 as a merchant sailing ship. Instead of taking the traditional trade routes, she was used as an evangelical mission schooner for 20 years until she was used for freight. Following a change of ownership, she was once again transformed for a new…