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Aerial video of River Medway
Beautiful aerial video of the Medway, Upnor, Chatham, Rochester and the Historic Dockyard. Well done MERRA, whoever you are!
New Sheppey inshore lifeboat
Sheppey’s new inshore lifeboat has been named Buster after a 99-year-old man who loved “messing about in boats”. The D-class rigid inflatable, with a top speed of 25 knots, was delivered to Sheerness on...
Maidstone River Festival Cancelled
Our upstream partner organisation, the Medway River Users Association, has just announced that “due to complete incompetence of Maidstone Borough Council the towpath/footpath is closed from this week until late Aug 2017; this will...
Old Gaffer sails classic yacht Winifred
Brian Corbett, MSBA Chairman, talks about sailing Winifred, his Herreshoff half-rater.
Speeding PWC causes crew to fall from mast in Gillingham Reach
On Sunday afternoon, 9 April, a man fell about 10 feet onto another crew member from the mast of a yacht moored in Gillingham Reach. While the injured man was given oxygen, the Sheerness...
TS Royalist to visit Queenborough
The famous tall ship, TS Royalist, will be coming to Queenborough Harbour on Tuesday 11 April at approximately 4.00pm. This will be their second visit. Well worth coming to have a look. The new sail...
Queenborough Harbour wins £500K award
Queenborough Harbour Trust CIC is delighted to have been awarded £500,000 from the Coastal Community Fund Awards, Round 4, to develop Queenborough harbour’s mooring facilities and in so doing support the local visitor economy....
River Medway Nursery Area: No-Take Zone
Working with Rochester Oyster and Floating Fishery, Kent and Essex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) is leading the way in marine conservation with the creation of the UK’s largest no-take zone in the...
Battle of Chatham / Medway in Flames – Latest Update
The Dutch are well underway with the registration of the 200 or so yachts and ships coming to the Medway for the historic event. The really good news is that the bulk of the...
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