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Thanks - will download!

thanks for your reply - though on these two I have seen construction barges tied up. I guess then they are just for the sewer works. But to my other question - will your guide/app help me find overnight mooring stops for my 26m barge for a trip from Gillingham to Kingston? Thanks again.

Just downstream of the construction of the new sewer there are two huge yellow buoys. I've often wondered if they are there purely for the use of barges involved in the construction of the super sewer, or whether I could use one to stop overnight with my barge. Will your guide/app give me the...

No hijacking here - just a discussion on the return trip which I'll have to do at some point! What is the draught of your vessel? Mine max's at 1.5M

Thanks.

I defimitely have some form of problem - as i mentioned earlier just off the Goodwin sands the filters got clogged up, even switching to the secondary one, and ended up being towed to Ramsgate by the lifeboat. Admittedly the crossing was a F3/4 so there would have been much movement. Sadly the...

So true. I'm a competent male cyclist, but reckon if I declare in a few Sundays time that I actually feel like a woman I might clean up in the women's race....... That is a strangely simple and yet genius idea. I was going to fit a Racor fuel/water separator to aid the existing filters that...

Thanks to all for your comments (Captain Popeye - does my avatar look like I could be a woman?!) I have had plenty of helping experience - but NOT of my barge! I plan to mess about for a while around Gravesend to get used to her.. Good point about mucky diesel. When I took her across channel...

A bit of both, really. As it's a cruise I'm not inn a rush. I know just outside St Katherines Dock there is the Hermitage moorings - but is there something around Chelsea? Further up is it just a case of finding a bit of riverbank and tying up? Does my draught cause an issue?

Hi all, being the owner of a 26m barge, with a max draught of 1.5m and air draught of 3m I am pondering a spring cruise from Gravesend to Kingston. Bridges don't seem to be an issue - however i am more than nervous about finding overnight moorings! After all, not every mooring bouy can handle...

Completely accurate, yet strangely unhelpful ? ? ? ? ?

Croatia yes, Okuklije no.......

After a slap on the wrists, I thought I'd post a picture from my recent charter holiday:

Thank you all for comments - all being noted. Please keep them coming! agreed, long day sails won’t be appreciated, so I’m looking for a 2-4 hour sail each day followed by exploring/beach/eating ?

Interesting!