The Will is currently moored at Otterham Quay, Rainham, Kent. This week she has had fitted a brand new (40ft+) Bowsprit & brand new mizzen mast. The big barge...
Hi everyone. After a bit (!) of a lay off from the barges I've been busy on Henry and given her stern a fresh coat of paint. Can anyone tell me what and if...
Hi Mike - did you get to AGM? Couldn't make it this year unfortunately. Any news we all need to be aware of? Spent yesterday afternoon tarring port side of...
Hi Paul good to hear from you. Well the AGM:- A "renunion walk" is outlined for Sun 3rd Sept on Foulness, we have 312 members slightly down on this time last...
Hi Michael and thanks for update. I will put my hand up and say I haven't paid my membership fee as yet (slap wrists) although this will be addressed this...
Crikey Paul...... sorry mate I totally forgot to say thank you. Big apologies and a BIG THANK YOU!! Fantastic, she was the 2nd barge I ever went aboard and...
British King II latest is that she is being readied for transportation. As can be seen in the photos I have posted you'll see a framework and supports. Big...
Thalatta is a St. Osyth and is undergoing a major rebuild which is likely to take +/- three years. The photos I have posted shows the extent of this...
I am getting :- [spcommon.c: 2257] There was a send error. Plus other error messages. I'll keep trying to post images of Thalatta and British King II....
Now I am getting "[spcommon.c: 2257] There was a send error " anyone else having problems uploading? If you really really want to see photos of either Thalatta...
Wow Michael - fantastic photos! Looks like some rebuild is required, so lottery funding will be very useful! I've been out on Greta pulling a few ropes and...
HI Michael - I have had an amazing time and took part in my first ever barge match. I joined Tim, Gary and George Diddams at the Decima for 5am on Friday and...
Great Paul, thanks for that. Wish I was there too! It really is an experience not to be missed. Hope you made yourself useful and get to go again. :-)...
Yesterday I was invited along to the 2006 shakedown sail of Henry - and what a day! She went really well and the litle bit of experience on Decima and Greta...
Cheers Paul........ here I sit indoors plugging away at painting. Outside is hot and sunny....... and now you tell me about this!! It's just not fair!! I have...
Hugh Perks sent me this:- A small notice in the Faversham Times this week asks if anyone knows of the whereabouts of Leslie George of the bareg Celtic....
Lovely photos Paul. Thank you. Obviously the "Marjorie" photo was the best....!! What a day that must have been. Loved the way they are sailing above their...
HI Michael. Yes Ethel Maud is progressing and is jacked back into her proper. Must phone Gary to get some 'insider' photos. Certainly most of her frames have...
HI Michael. Yes Ethel Maud is progressing and is jacked back into her proper shape. Must phone Gary to get some 'insider' photos. Certainly most of her frames...
HI Michael. Yes Ethel Maud is progressing and is jacked back into her proper. Must phone Gary to get some 'insider' photos. Certainly most of her frames have...
Some good photos of Cambria on the move, but poor old Celtic...... wasn't she a bit of a heroine in WW2? I seem to remember reading somewhere as playing a part...
Blackwater- what a day! One of those days I shall always remember with a big grin and smile. I left home at 3am to join the barge at 5am from Heybridge Basin....
Good morning all from Canada: Noticed that the picture of "Dinah" from the 80's shows her with what looks like a Capstan rather than a windless in the bow. Am...
Hopefully you'll be able to tape the film "The Long Memory" on Thursday 6th July 1:45pm on Channel 4. Message about the details in the original group on Yahoo....
Those of you in the BBC Radio Essex area might like to know that I will be talking about model barges / barges 18th July 1:30 - 2pm. I don't expect to get too...
