Venue: Aboard saling barge Edith May at Lower Halstow Dock, Lapwing Drive, Lower Halstow. When: 11 Nov, 1030-1600 with parking available Nick was brought up, afloat, on a Thames spritsail barge: his childhood life...
Conference / RYA / Talk or lecture / Training
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 21 October, 2017 · Last modified 20 October, 2017
RYA affiliated clubs can send up to four people for free to this excellent all-day conference which will be held near Maidstone. Lunch and refreshments are provided. This year we will be unveiling the...
This photo of a group of hovercraft forming an orderly queue in Faversham Creek was taken by MSBA committee member Bob Telford. Bob is active with the Faversham Creek Trust and keeps his boat in...
The crew of the Inshore Lifeboat (ILB) were called by the UK Coastguard at 8.33am on Friday 13 October reporting that a yacht had run aground on Hoo Island in the River Medway with...
Marinas / People / Queenborough
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 13 October, 2017 · Last modified 11 October, 2017
Applications are invited from enthusiastic pro active persons in the Leisure Boating Industry to join the team at Queenborough Harbour Trust CIC in the role of Harbour Controller. The harbour is a not for profit...
The nameless blue yacht was evicted from Sun Pier and then moored unsuccessfully on the Historic Dockyard slipway, as shown in this photo taken on Sunday. The vessel, which has been the subject of more than...
PS Waverley, the last passenger-carrying sea-going paddle steamer in the world, visited the Medway on Saturday as part of her annual round Britain cruise. The historic tug Touchstone was among the local boats that went...
Peel Ports have advised that the exceptional high tides have caused some vessels in Faversham Creek to float into the wrong places, in some cases out of the creek altogether. The infamous “pirate ship”...
Sailing past Sheerness Dock on Saturday, your webmaster thought he was imagining it when he heard the captain of the huge car carrier call Medway VTS saying, “We’ve got a whale carcass on our...
Cruising Association / History/archaeology / Medway Council / Talk or lecture
by MSBA Webmaster · Published 4 October, 2017
Carl Madjitey will give a talk on the 1667 Raid on the Medway. The 350th anniversary was commemorated by Medway Council this year. In June 1667 the Dutch, under the command of Admiral Michiel...
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