Royal Marines and locals help dig a wooden ketch called Wake out of the intertidal mudflats of the River Tamar. The two masted ketch has been aground for five years at Weir Quay. A ketch is a traditional sailing vessel distinguished by a forward mainmast which is larger than the after mast or the mizzen. It may be square-rigged or Bermudan-rigged. Weir Quay was built on the Bere peninsula to serve the silver mines.