Medway River Festival, 6 July 2013

Sonatas from Medway Yacht Club racing at the festivalThis year’s free council-run festival will be bigger and better than ever before. It will be a  fun-packed day of activities centred on and around the River Medway, best viewed from Chatham Waterfront where there will be lots to see on and off the water.

If you want to try a boat or have a go at sailing, a shuttle bus will take you to and from the Boat and Chandlery Fair at Gillingham Marina.

Races and floating river processions are among the plans with colourful displays of yachts, rowing boats, motor cruisers, barges, tugs and kayak activities taking place on the River Medway. Local clubs and associations will be offering support and advice shore side for everyone to learn more about the river. Live music, nautical-themed performances, food stalls and children’s entertainment are also planned for the festival.

Meet James Wharram at Queenborough on 19 April 2013

Queenborough Harbour Trust is proud to say James Wharram will be coming to Queenborough on Friday 19/04/13 and will be giving a talk about the Lapita Voyage. This voyage demonstrates that the Polynesians were capable of ocean travel using traditional designs.

For a little information regarding  James Wharram and the voyage please visit the web addresses below.
http://www.lapita-voyage.org/en/lapita_voyage.html
http://wharram.com/site/

James is stopping off at Queenborough on his way to London to pick up an award from the Ocean Cruising Club and offered to present this talk as he is a Patron of Queenborough Harbour Trust. If you are interested in building a boat, sailing a catamaran or sailing across oceans you will find James highly skilled and able to answer questions.
The talk will be held from 19.30 at Queenborough Yacht Club
                                                                     7 High Street
                                                                     Queenborough
                                                                     Kent. ME11 5AA
Admission is £7.00 which is to cover the cost of the buffet. Could interested people please contact Eddie Johnson by e-mailing edcjohnson@aol.com or calling 07749375449.

2013 Spring Conference relaunch for MSBA

Tom Cunliffe key speaker at MSBA Spring Conference
Tom Cunliffe will speak at our Spring Conference

With our new name and clarified objective, we plan to start next year’s boating season with a splash. The keynote speaker at our Spring Conference on Saturday 9 March will be  sailing guru, classic boat enthusiast, prolific author and TV presenter Tom Cunliffe. Watch this site for more details coming soon…