Classic motor vessels / Classic vessels
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 28th October 2014 · Last modified 5th November 2014
Chatham Marina manager Alastair Hand and lock-keeper John Kempton will be abseiling down the side of the Premier Inn in Canterbury on Saturday to raise funds for the restoration of the Paddle Steamer Medway Queen....
Navigation / Peel Ports / Safety
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 21st October 2014 · Last modified 5th November 2014
Not the chimney, at least not yet! E.ON have not published dates for demolition of the two power station chimneys but Peel Ports Notice to Mariners No 31 defines an exclusion zone 250 metres from...
Canoeing / Dinghy sailing / Training
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 20th October 2014 · Last modified 21st October 2014
Medway Watersports Centre, which provides youth training, is no longer run by Medway Council. Trevor Peen asks you to vote for the Trust’s application for a grant to refurbish their changing rooms. Instructions for voting for Medway...
Nick Ardley informs us that the autumn public meeting held by the PLA was held at the Island YC, Canvey Island, (his club) on Thursday. There were issues which Medway and Swale sailors may be...
News just in, as they say on CNN: the 60 metre x 9 metre pontoon (in 3 sections joined together) have now been installed and connected to the All Tide Landing hammerhead. However, the...
If you sail a yacht, please complete this survey to help the RNLI, Royal Yachting Association and Maritime and Coastguard Agency improve sailing safety in the UK. The survey is open from Oct 9th...
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 10th October 2014 · Last modified 15th October 2014
Please download the petition, print it, and get signatures from your club or organisation. “We the undersigned call on Medway Council to improve access to the River Medway at the Strand in Gillingham. The...
The sea-going paddle steamer Waverley will visit the River Medway on the afternoon of Sunday 12 October. The embarcation point is Gravesend. Book here.
Clydeport Operations Ltd, owned by Peel Ports, have been fined £650,000 for health and safety breaches after the deaths of three tug crewmen. Tug operator Switzer was also fined £1.7m. In December 2007 the Flying...
Max Taylor, Peel Ports Deputy Harbour Master, says this was reported yesterday by a passing yachtsman. The vessel has sunk close to No 1 buoy near the scrubbing dock. He thinks it is the...
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