Just pictures

[Nauti Fox]

Cuxton yesterday evening

 

[Capt Popeye]

Cuxton yesterday evening


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Well after my many years spent boating on the river Medway I do think that the Medway in the Halling /Cuxton reaches is quite beautifull , the low sky line with few Houses spread out on a fairly flat landscape , remains by way of Docks , Warfage , derilict boats , strange built monuments to a bygone age = sheer nostalgic beauty

 

[LONG_KEELER]

This is a picture from my prized East Coast Rivers of 1967.
They are Leigh Cocklers coming home and using the oars. But I can't quite make out why.
Perhaps the water is too shallow to use an engine. Probably need multiple clicks on the picture.

 

[Jan Harber]

This is a picture from my prized East Coast Rivers of 1967.
They are Leigh Cocklers coming home and using the oars. But I can't quite make out why.
Perhaps the water is too shallow to use an engine. Probably need multiple clicks on the picture.

I'm ashamed to say that I've never noticed this photo before, although it would almost certainly have been taken by my dad, Jack Coote. It is puzzling that the cockler appears to be proceeding stern-first up the creek. Unless they are actually going down the creek, trying to get away early on the tide?
It looks as if the tide has hardly made at all so that is probably why they're not using the engine.

 

[mrming]

Swale Marina, Conyer Creek this morning

 

[steve yates]

Couple of iphone snaps from Bethfrans seatrial, down benfleet creek at sunrise, over to queensborough for a couple of pints and back again to bump back up the creek as it got dark
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[PeteLivez]

 

[Capt Popeye]

This is a picture from my prized East Coast Rivers of 1967.
They are Leigh Cocklers coming home and using the oars. But I can't quite make out why.
Perhaps the water is too shallow to use an engine. Probably need multiple clicks on the picture.

Well from observing the Fishing Craft (Bawleys) at Rochester Pier in the 60s , they used to be seen using 'long sweeps' (oars) to move their craft a short way , usually around the vicinity of their moorings . Guess its better be rowed than chance the prop collecting crap or lines or even old pots , that could well loose them a days Fishing at least

Very good photo (notice it was not taken on an I Phone etc {#)

 

[PeterV]

This is a picture from my prized East Coast Rivers of 1967.
They are Leigh Cocklers coming home and using the oars. But I can't quite make out why.
Perhaps the water is too shallow to use an engine. Probably need multiple clicks on the picture.

I remember them doing this. They went up stern first so they could get out forwards. And they used sweeps because they were bumping along the bottom with the tide. There was no point using engines, they’d just go a few yards then run hard aground.

 

[Kukri]

I remember them doing this. They went up stern first so they could get out forwards. And they used sweeps because they were bumping along the bottom with the tide. There was no point using engines, they’d just go a few yards then run hard aground.

Thank you.

It’s always nice when someone who knows the answer, from their personal experience, posts it.

This is something that is well within living memory yet it was about to be lost to history. And now we all know.

 

[Jan Harber]

I remember them doing this. They went up stern first so they could get out forwards. And they used sweeps because they were bumping along the bottom with the tide. There was no point using engines, they’d just go a few yards then run hard aground.

Thank you for enlightening us. It's good to know there are still some of us alive who are old enough to remember the not so very 'olden days'.
When he took that photo Jack, like the rest of us of in the 1960s, was blissfully unaware that in the not so distant future digital cameras would replace film. And he certainly never envisaged a time when everyone would be taking photographs with their phones!

 

[ex-Gladys]

Falmouth working boats (oyster dredgers where no engines could be used for fishing) had two huge sweeps for light airs

 

[Slowboat35]

If I thee another thunwise or thunthet I shall thqueem!

 

[Capt Popeye]

Might mention that Boats before Engines were fitted all used to use either a Pole , Sweeps , Pulled along from shore etc etc in order to get out of tight spots or get into main channel so that they could actually use the wind to sail effectively ; so them Boaters of recent years using Sweeps to save using the boats engine were most probably bought up that way as Sail was the normal at that time

 

[Nauti Fox]

Good morning from Cuxton.

 

[mrming]

Swale Marina this afternoon

 

[Concerto]

Well it has been a while since I added any photos. Three recent views of Chatham Marina showing the different weather we have had.


A balmy day on 24 March 2022


Chucking it down on 6 April 2022


A tad breezy on 7 April 2022.

 

[Concerto]

Today (18 April 2022) I hauled myself up to the top of the mast using my new TopClimber for some maintenance and decided a few photos were needed.








Finally I remembered I had never taken a photo of Concerto's deck from aloft.

 

[Major_Clanger]

Left West Mersea at 0345 and now anchored off Harwich shelf. Here's one of sunrise as I was heading down the Wallet.

 

[LONG_KEELER]

First of the season seen today.