The Hoo Freezer is back!
Good news for hardened dinghy sailors: the Hoo Freezer is back on 15 and 16 February 2014. The event will be run by Wilsonian SC and Hoo Ness YC but will be hosted by...
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Proposed Medway buoyage changes: what do you think?
Deputy Harbourmaster John Gurton would like to know what we think about changing buoys 15 and 16 (green and red channel buoys between Oakham Ness and Bishop Spit) to quick flashing. It is suggested...
Environment Agency consultation closes on 22 December
Mark Loos of the Medway Swale Estuary Partnership reminds us that the closing date for comments on the Environment Agency’s ‘Challenges and Choices’ consultation is Sunday 22nd December. Please submit your comments at http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/research/planning/33252.aspx
Launched Sideways in Faversham Creek
This is a trailer for A Sideways Launch by Mike Maloney, available on DVD from www.cwideprods.co.uk
Do you listen to the Shipping Forecast?
That is the question being asked by the BBC. However their poorly designed questionnaire refers not to the forecast but to “Maritime Safety Information” and is really about whether they should keep their aging...
Yacht Design Course
Yacht Design Course 6 evenings – Jan to March 2014 Central London and Southampton The International School of Yacht Design (ISYD) is running a Yacht Design Course over 6 evenings in Winter 2014. The...
Medway Queen has arrived
Film by OCR Studios Source Kentish Times The Medway Queen, which was rebuilt in Bristol with a new riveted hull just like the original, berthed at Gillingham Pier on 19 November with a welcome...
Will Qatar gas deal scupper plans for airport on Grain?
In a £4.4bn deal, Centrica, which owns British Gas, announced a four-and-a-half-year agreement yesterday to buy up to 3 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas from Qatargas. Sixty percent of our gas will be imported...
Gillingham Marina & Clarke & Carter Christmas Party, 5 Dec
Peter Norris writes, “We are celebrating another very successful year at our Kent offices at Gillingham, Ramsgate & Chatham by holding, in association with Gillingham Marina, a Christmas Party in the Gillingham Marina Chandlery...
All Tide Landing, Isle of Sheppey, Happier Times.
Press Release from Tim Bell of the Even Keel Project: This year has seen the all tide landing at Queenborough closed for EKPs’ use and the impact it has had on the Even Keel...
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