Poorly marked lobster pots and fishing gear are the most difficult and unpredictable hazard facing coastal cruising people. Fishermen, too, report the loss of expensive gear as a result of entanglements. These encounters could...
Network Rail will be closing the non-tidal River Medway to navigation at the railway bridge, just upstream of the disused lock and below Branbridges at East Peckham, (known as East Peckham Rail Bridge). This is...
Young talent across the RYA London and South East region is receiving a boost thanks to Performance and Coaching Bursaries from the regional Youth Training Fund Charity (YTFC). The awards are intended to provide...
Dinghy racing / Multihulls / Regatta / Rowing / Sailing / Wind surfing
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 7th September 2017 · Last modified 8th September 2017
Isle of Sheppey Sailing Club will be hosting the world famous Round the Island Race, a true “tick in the box of life” for leisure and professional sailors. This year the event is open to...
Boat Show / Classic motor vessels / Classic vessels / Festival / Queenborough
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 1st September 2017 · Last modified 7th September 2017
PLEASE NOTE: Queenborough Harbour will be closed to visiting boats from Noon Friday 8th to 6pm Sunday 10 September to accommodate the classic boat event. We hope to see you there, but kindly request...
History/archaeology / People / Sailing barges / Yacht cruising
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 31st August 2017
Nick Ardley is an eccentric, an anachronism from a simpler age, for the way he sails his clinker sloop around the Thames estuary. In Rochester to Richmond: A Thames Estuary Sailor’s View. The book is a reflective journey...
Peel Ports advise that the Nore Swatch Buoy, Fl(4) R 15s in approximate position 51º28.28’N 000º45.58E, is temporarily removed from station. The buoy will be repaired and re-instated as soon as possible.
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 14th August 2017 · Last modified 17th August 2017
Less than a month after the reopening of East Farleigh lock, the non-tidal Medway is again closed to navigation. This time it’s because of severe damage to Teston Bridge, allegedly caused by a drunken...
The Sheerness Inshore Lifeboat carrying out a rescue at Lower Halstow YC will feature in a TV series on BBC2 starting on Wednesday 16 August at 8pm. Saving Lives At Sea tells the story of...
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