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...
Just a "heads up" ... only 4 days until the Thames Match this year. All you need to know is on the website here: www.thamesmatch.co.uk I shall be there taking...
Hello Mike Did you happen to get a photo of Iolo receiving the Gold Belt Trophy? If so and you'd like to see that in the next SSBR Newsletter could you email...
Well - where did that weather come from!! It was ceratainly a "blip" from the usual weather we have had. Forecast was for force 5 -6 gusting 7. After a bumpy...
Probably the best photos that I took during the Thames Match cannot be retrieved from my camera. I am desperately seeking photos of Will particularly when she...
Hi Michael Have been admiring your Thames Match shots - and latest opening page shot of Decima. Wonderful! Finally got to download my photos (only a few as was...
Michael, Is it a digital camera? Is it that you cannot retrieve the image files off the data card? If so I can recommend retrieval software. Mike ... be...
Hi Mike no my camera is pre card and runs on floppy disks. Very susceptible to the vageries of heat/any mis-handling/ wear and tear. The disc in question...
