This time, it’s a selection I shot using a film camera…
More photos from the 2016 Medway Barge Match
Category: Working boats
Bridlington Sailing Coble Festival, 13th-14th August
Coble enthusiasts are planning a Sailing Coble Festival at Bridlington on the 13th–14th August this year, which sounds like a great idea.
It is being organised by the Bridlington Sailing Coble Preservation Society and The Coble and Keelboat Society, and is sponsored by the local Independent Shellfishermen’s Co-operative, and will bring together the largest gathering of sailing cobles anywhere in the British Isles in recent years.
Four locally based sailing cobles, Three Brothers, Imperialist, Madeleine Isabella and Gratitude; will be joined by the two new cobles; Free Spirit and Misnomer. Christina from Mevagissey and Grace from Staithes will also attend, and a number of other coble owners have expressed interest – and there is even talk of the North East Maritime Trust attending with the coble Royal Diadem II and a 40ft restored seine net keelboats.
Read all about it in the latest Coblegram.
The Whitstable Maritime project has a new website
The Whitstable Maritime ande harbour campaign has got itself a lovely new website.
It is is continuing to work towards creating a viable and sustainable future for the harbour that includes tourism, heritage and education, and a purpose-built discovery centre on the harbour’s West Quay. The project has been the subject of a consultation that seems to have been largely positive – so it will be interesting to see how it progresses.
In the meantime, why not check out the website history page, and consider the navigation notes –Â apparently the current past the harbour mouth rushes along at up to three notes at half tide…