MSBA Business Meeting, Tues 25 Sept 2018
Please make sure your club or organisation is represented at our business meeting on Tuesday at 7pm at Strood Yacht Club. Directions to the club are here…
Category: Police
Outboard thieves foiled at Queenborough
Harbour Manager Emma Crompton tells us what happened. On the afternoon of 25 June, an alert mooring holder at Queenborough Harbour spotted three chaps in an inflatable dinghy removing an outboard from another boat. The...
It’s getting worse! Please report all PWC incidents
Although many owners of personal watercraft (PWCs or jetskis) are responsible, anyone can see reckless and irresponsible behaviour almost any day on the Medway and the Swale. These craft are usually launched from Commodore’s...
Look out for Stolen Dinghy and Outboard
We have heard of more thefts recently from boats on the Medway. The latest is a report from Chrissie Peters of Segas SC: “Our dinghy and outboard was stolen during the night while we...
Police chase PWCs
John Wall took a video of the police RIB chasing the PWCs up the Medway on 28 April. There is a 6 knot speed limit upstream of Folly Point and the wash from speeding vessels...
MSBA launches CCTV to monitor rogue jetskis
Here’s some terrifying video from the new CCTV camera sponsored by the MSBA and hosted at Medway Cruising Club, giving a good view of Commodore’s Hard and Gillingham Reach. The antisocial and dangerous behaviour...
Boatyard burglars arrested
Two men have been arrested following a burglary early on Tuesday morning at Shoregate Wharf Sailing Club (an MSBA member) near Upchurch. Several boats were broken into. Stolen items including power tools were recovered...
Stolen hovercraft now found
This 2013 BHC Marlin II ‘Extreme’ was stolen over the weekend of 17 June from Broadstairs in Kent. It’s very distinctive in being one of only three in this colour scheme – black hull and...
Speeding PWC causes crew to fall from mast in Gillingham Reach
On Sunday afternoon, 9 April, a man fell about 10 feet onto another crew member from the mast of a yacht moored in Gillingham Reach. While the injured man was given oxygen, the Sheerness...
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