LNG terminal exclusion zone
At the last MSBA business meeting, Captain Ian Clark reminded boaters to keep 150 metres away from the LNG terminal. Otherwise, proximity alarms go off and mayhem ensues, potentially resulting in a fine! Curiously,...
Category: Navigation
Beware inaccurate Navionics charts of Medway
If you use the popular Navionics charts on your chart plotter, iPad, smartphone or web app (see for yourself here) you may notice highly inaccurate depths and spurious features such as non-existent rocks and buoys....
Exceptional High Tides Warning
Peel Ports have issued a Notice to Mariners regarding the highest tidal predictions of the natural 19 year astronomical cycle. There will be a number of exceptionally high (and low) tides during the period...
Aground in Style
On the East Coast they say if you don’t go aground you’re not trying hard enough. The crew of this yacht seen in Sharfleet on Saturday evening must have been trying very hard. They...
Buoyage changes in East Swin
Roger Gaspar’s Crossing the Thames Estuary website points out that if you take the popular route up the East Swin to Essex, via the South Whitaker buoy, there are some major chart corrections to make...
Sunken tug near Cuxton: now removed
Peel Ports have issued Notice to Mariners No 21 of 2015 concerning a sunken 20 metre tug boat lying awash adjacent to “Trenchmans Wharf ” Cuxton. Only the mast of the sunken vessel is...
Holborough Bridge under construction
The new bridge, which is to provide access from the A228 to a thousand new homes on the east bank of the Medway at Peters Wharf, halfway between Rochester and Allington, will have a clearance...
Rochester Pier closures
Hayley Taylor from Medway Council advises that Rochester Pier will be closed on the following dates for firework displays: Saturday 18th July 6am for 24 hours Friday 24th July 6am for 24 hours
Sun Pier open at last!
Hayley Taylor at Medway Council is responsible for Rochester, Sun and Gillingham Piers. She has advised us yesterday that the pontoon at Sun Pier is now fully operational. Though it should be fairly straight...
Peel Ports on the case…
Two updates today to Peel Ports Notices to Mariners: No 16: The missing topmark on the new Uplees north cardinal buoy, marking the trawler wreck at Harty, has been replaced. No 19: The large...
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