Nick Ardley in “My Classic Boat” film
A charming 12 minute film featuring local “ditch crawler” Nick and Christobel Ardley on their wooden Finesse 24. Whimbrel can often be seen cruising in the Medway and Swale, usually with her matching sailing...
Category: Sailing
Swale Smack & Sailing Barge Match, 4 (not 14) Aug 2018
The annual Swale Smack & Sailing Barge match is probably the most prestigious traditional boat event on the East Coast, and has been running since 1972. It is open to all Thames barges, smacks,...
CA Winter Warmer Talk, 110 Years of Cruising by Jeremy Batch, 8 March
There is nothing… absolutely nothing, half-so-much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” Appropriately, those words were first published in 1908, the year that the Cruising Association was founded based on a different...
Is your bottom clean? Medway CC, now Thurs 8 March
Want to know why there are so many options of antifoul on the shelves? Interested in how they work? And why they’re different? How about the future for antifouling? Join us at Medway Cruising...
CA Winter Warmer Talks, 8 Feb 2018
Caroline Milmo will give a short presentation on the CA Crewing Service and tell us about her trip from Lymington to Svalbard in the Norwegian archipelago. This will give you a flavor of how...
Race Management Course, Medway YC, 27-28 Jan 2018
An RYA Race Management course will be held at Medway Yacht Club on 27-28 January, and a National Race Management course in Slough on 17-18 March 2018. For information and to book click here…
Nominate an RYA Youth Champion by 19 Jan 2018
The RYA is turning the spotlight on 2017’s most promising young sailors, windsurfers and powerboaters by opening nominations for the RYA Regional Youth Champion Awards. These awards are a fantastic opportunity for clubs, class...
Chatham Interface Land Proposal – please respond before 22 Dec
Please add your response to the Chatham Interface Land proposal using this questionnaire. Please share it on social media too. PLEASE NOTE: For your views to count, you must send your response, ideally using the questionnaire, to Medway...
East Coast Christmas Quiz
Dick Holness, co-author of East Coast Pilot, has prepared a super Christmas quiz for followers of the East Coast Forum on YBW.COM. Knowledge of East Coast waters is definitely an advantage, as is reference...
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