Tug Touchstone hosts Hoo Ness YC raft-up
Some of the most enjoyable, interesting and satisfying boating events happen when one MSBA club or group helps another. For the third year running, the crew of the veteran tug Touchstone hosted a floating...
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Cabin cruiser collides with car carrier
Sheerness lifeboat crew assisted a cabin cruiser that had drifted and collided with a bulk car carrier moored at Sheerness docks. The crew of the Sheerness inshore lifeboat ‘Eleanor’ were called at 4 am...
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...
Pump House to become Distillery
Planning permission has been granted for Russell Distillers to turn Pump House No.5 at Chatham Maritime into a distillery producing a range of spirits: premium vodka, gin and whisky. The Grade II listed Victorian...
Seal spotted at Allington Lock
This young fellow was seen resting on the frame of the sluice gate of the weir adjacent to the lock. Another seal was seen in 2008 swimming as far up as East Farleigh lock,...
Faversham Creek Dinghy Race
Six dinghies started but only four finished the two laps and the winners were Alan Staley for the Traditionalists and Helen North for the Bermudans. Worries about whether the tide would make enough water were...
Honda Challenge, Sat 1 August
For the second year running Medway Yacht Club is hosting the SE Regional Finals of the Honda RYA Youth RIB Championships, sponsored by Gillingham Marina. Further details…
Gathering of Boats at Maidstone, 25 July
The Gathering of Boats, which has replaced the Maidstone River Festival, will take place on Saturday, 25 July. Some 150 boats are expected to arrive in Maidstone town centre. Read more… The Medway River Users...
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...
Queenborough Blessing of the Waters, 19 July
This strangely touching annual ceremony will take place at 3.15 pm on Sunday at Crundell’s Wharf (near the walkway to the All Tide Landing). According to Marco Devereux, “about 400 years ago some mariners...
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