This year our cruises include old favourites such as St Katharine Dock, Faversham Creek, Brightlingsea and of course our usual weekend visits to Queenborough for a barbecue and Stangate Creek for lunch at The Three Tuns.
The Calais Rally at the end of May usually attracts large numbers of Club boats and has always been great fun with the possibility of a trophy for the Club - greatest number attending.
We have some cruising for shallow draft vessels with a visit to Benfleet Creek at the end of July and a cruise to Paglesham via Havengore in September for the more adventurous.
Join us when we anchor off the sands for a Rounders Match with Hoo Ness Yacht Club and Thurrock Yacht Club on 2nd September. The programme says Blythe Sands but Marsh End Sands opposite Southend seems more likely. Then on the 24th September a rowing race round the moorings in your dinghy.
This year our Club Holiday Cruise from 8th to 23rd July will be to the East Coast Rivers in the wake of Maurice Griffiths. We hope to include the River Deben, the River Orwell, Walton Backwaters and the Rivers Colne and Blackwater.
With all the cruises it helps the Cruise Captain if you can let him know that you are thinking of attending. If your plans change it is usually easier to cancel berths and restaurants than it is to add them on the day. It also helps us keep a lookout for you on passage, which is one of the many benefits of cruising in company with the Club.
The Cruise Captain Mike Prescott will be happy to answer any queries, just ask.
01/01/06 (Sun) New Year's Cruise to Queenborough
14/04/06 (Fri) Easter Cruise to St Katharine Yacht Haven - dinner at Dickens Inn
29/04/06 (Sat) May Day Cruise to Harty Ferry / Faversham
07/05/06 (Sun) Wreckers Race - 10.00 start USC
13/05/06 (Sat) Medway Weekender Cruise to Stangate Creek / Lower Halstow
20/05/06 (Sat) Cruise to South Deep / Harty Ferry - Dinghies for dinner at Ferry Inn - South Deep if weather unfavourable
24/05/06 (Wed) Briefing for Calais - in the Clubhouse
27/05/06 (Sat) Narrow Seas Club Calais Rally
04/06/06 (Sun) Round the Island Race
17/06/06 (Sat) Commodore's Cruise to Queenborough - alongside lighter - barbecue
18/06/06 (Sun) Ladies Race - deferred until a later date, probably 13th August
28/06/06 (Wed) Briefing for Holiday Cruise - east coast - 20.30 in the Clubhouse
01/07/06 (Sat) Medway Weekender Cruise to Sharfleet Creek - treasure hunt - visit Medway Queen
08/07/06 (Sat) Holiday Cruise - east coast
12/07/06 (Wed) Medway Regatta Evening Race - Barbecue at the Clubhouse
23/07/06 (Sun) Return from Holiday Cruise
29/07/06 (Sat) Cruise to Benfleet - only for those prepared to dry out
05/08/06 (Sat) Cruise to Brightlingsea
06/08/06 (Sun) Passage Race on return from Brightlingsea
20/08/06 (Sun) Single-Handed Race - 11.00 start USC
26/08/06 (Sat) Bank Holiday Cruise to Erith / Thurrock
02/09/06 (Sat) Rounders Match on Blyth Sand - in competition with Hoo Ness Yacht Club
06/09/06 (Wed) Briefing for Havengore Cruise - in the Clubhouse
09/09/06 (Sat) Cruise to Paglesham via Havengore
16/09/06 (Sat) Cruise to Queenborough - dinner at The Flying Dutchman
24/09/06 (Sun) Dinghy Rowing Race - round the moorings - 11.00 start
30/09/06 (Sat) Medway Weekender Bird watching at Stangate Creek - bring bins and booze
Don't forget - your cruising exploits may be rewarded with one of the following trophies:
The
Gad Cruising Trophy
For a notable achievement - by a skipper who is either a newcomer
to sailing or who sails a small boat.
The
John Bull Trophy
For the first skipper in the year to reach a foreign port from
the Medway.
The
Wanderer Salver
For an outstanding voyage.
The
Longnose Trophy
For the longest voyage from and returning to the Medway within
28 days.
The
Tigger Trophy
For the best, most interesting log.
The
Protegimus Trophy
For the winner of the Passage Race.
some of our sailing waters - Medway - Swale - Thames Estuary - East Coast Rivers - Kent Coast - Going Foreign
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