Swale News
To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the cancellation of the Swale Regatta were greatly exaggerated. Alan Thorne, Rear Commodore of Hollowshore CC, informs us that the regatta did take place on the Friday. It...
Category: Classic vessels
Faversham Creek: it’s not a street
At Faversham Creek sailing barges and other traditional craft are still moored and repaired, but for how much longer? Planners and developers seem ignorant of history and geography, also blind to what is lost if...
Medway Queen Re-dedication
The hull of paddle steamer Medway Queen is nearing completion in the Albion Dockyard, Bristol. A re-dedication ceremony will be held at the dockyard on Saturday 27 July. The ship will not leave the dry...
Medway River Festival, 6 July 2013
This 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...
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...
Steer the Medway Queen down the river
Visit the MQPS website for a surprisingly realistic simulation of steering the famous paddle steamer from Rochester to Sheerness: http://www.medwayqueen.co.uk/index.php/medway-queen-paddle-power-game
Kingswear Castle has left the Medway
The iconic paddle steamer quietly departed under tow for her home port of Dartmouth. Reasons for the move…
Buried warship identified at Chatham
Painstaking detective work has finally identified the 18th century ship found in pieces under the floor of the Wheelwrights’ Shop at the Chatham Historic Dockyard: Read more…
2013 Spring Conference relaunch for MSBA
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...
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