NHC replaces PY racing for Cruisers. NHC aims to promote a single National Handicap scheme for Cruisers, giving clubs a uniform scheme that can be easily adopted for their racing. NHC hopes to promote...
The Cruising Association Kent Section inform us that the Port of Dover is hosting a seminar this Friday 28 March at the Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club. If you a user, visitor, berth holder or...
On Thursday 27 March we are invited to Strood Yacht Club to hear a talk on “Cruising the Baltic, the Black Sea and the Caspian” organised by the Inland Waterways Association.
Navigation / Peel Ports / Safety
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 19 March, 2014 · Last modified 4 October, 2014
We have been advised that Peel Ports do not intend to replace the current harbour master, Cathryn Spain, when she steps down at the end of March. It is unclear how a “group harbour...
Talk or lecture / Yacht cruising
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 19 March, 2014 · Last modified 21 March, 2014
Medway Cruising Club invites us to their Strand Clubhouse for a talk on 28 March, at 7.30 pm: “In 2013 Santy, a Victoria 34 from Chatham sailed to the German Baltic Coast through both...
After a review by Kent Police the 54ft Tamar class lifeboat, Princess Alexandra III, which previously belonged to the RNLI and can travel up to 27 knots, has been sold at auction for £100,000....
Medway Council are holding the third river festival on Saturday, 12 July 2014. The Medway and Swale Boating Association (MSBA) supported by the Medway Yacht Club and the Wilsonian Sailing Club are supplementing the...
(press release from MP Gordon Henderson’s office) At a meeting last Thursday, initiated by Gordon Henderson MP, the various groups involved in Queenborough Harbour came together to reach agreement on the way forward over ownership...
Navigation / Planning / Sailing barges
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 25 February, 2014 · Last modified 10 March, 2014
Thanks to everyone for your replies, which you can read below. Cllr Kelly Tolhurst (Vice Chair of MSBA) is working with Medway Council to ensure that officials do not make rash promises regarding use...
Queenborough Harbour Trust is purchasing a massive 60 metre long by 9 metre wide concrete pontoon, formerly used by the Gosport ferry in Portsmouth harbour. This will not only provide space for alongside moorings...
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