Here are some good poetic extracts:
The Singing Swan by Sir A.P. Herbert extracts
APCM Handbook for Bargemen and Lightermen by Charles T. Perfect extracts
Books on Sailing Barges
Carr, Frank G G. Sailing Barges. Dalton, 1989.
‘The Thames Sailing Barge Compendium’.
Hervey Benham, Roger Finch, and Philip Kershaw. Down Tops’l. The Story of the East Coast Sailing-Barges. By Hervey Benham with Additional Material by Roger Finch and Philip Kershaw. (Second Edition, Revised.). George G. Harrap & Co, 1971.
Ionides, Cyril, J B Atkins, and Andrew Haig. A Floating Home ; & Born Afloat. Chaffcutters, 2003.
Simper, Robert. The Barge Coast of Suffolk, Essex and Kent. Creekside Publishing, 2007.
Smith, – Richard W, and Jill Freestone. The Port of Ipswich, It’s Shipping and Trades, n.d.
Smith, Richard W. Thames Barge in Suffolk, n.d.
———. The Thames Barge in Suffolk, n.d.
‘Society for Sailing Barge Research’. Accessed 27 October 2019. https://www.sailingbargeresearch.org.uk/index.htm.
Stammers, Mike. Suffolk Shipping. Stroud Tempus Publ, 2003.
Willmott, F.G. Cement, Mud and Muddies, a History of APCM Barges, n.d.