Medway Queen heads to Ramsgate next week.

LONG_KEELER said:
That's wonderful news.

Noticed in the paper this Oyster farm shut down after 'at least 100 people' fall ill
Wonder if it has something to do with water company being fined.
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Cantata said:
I'm sure that's what the Oyster company would say!
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Well the fact that very large areas of Oyster, Shell Fish farms were contaminated by the duration and extent of the contamination is exactly what happened ; the Case against the Company actually states the vast extent of shell fish sold into the Food Chain plus Fishermen having stop orders against them fishing Large areas of the South East East Coast were effected

Guess is that some Boaters who swam and bathed in well know East Coats rivers were poss effected
 
Was the meadway queen moored i London marina back in the1970 s,
There was a paddle steamer in there?
 
All I can remember is that there was one in the marina gallions reach mid 70s ?
Just cant remember its name.
 
Ah, forgotten that bit. From there she was ‘rescued’ and laid up in Damhead Creek, off the Medway, where the hull rotted beyond repair. A new hull was built down in Bristol to the original design which, because of current regs, regrettably means she can never be licensed to carry passengers, apparently.
 
Cantata said:
Ah, forgotten that bit. From there she was ‘rescued’ and laid up in Damhead Creek, off the Medway, where the hull rotted beyond repair. A new hull was built down in Bristol to the original design which, because of current regs, regrettably means she can never be licensed to carry passengers, apparently.
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no longer deemed 'historic' post reconstruction as I recall. It therefore has to comply with current regulations, which it cannot because of its original design....
 
The MCA are quite happy to sign off the Waverley and other single skin riveted iron vessels for passenger duty because of grandfathering; it would be silly to allow anyone with high levels of stupid to build a riveted iron hull and bypass the rules, but equally silly to have a "computer says no" attitude to what is a painstakingly authentic reconstruction which is unlikely to be sailing except in very clement conditions.
 
Cantata said:
Ah, forgotten that bit. From there she was ‘rescued’ and laid up in Damhead Creek, off the Medway, where the hull rotted beyond repair. A new hull was built down in Bristol to the original design which, because of current regs, regrettably means she can never be licensed to carry passengers, apparently.
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Not quite true. A lot of the rotting hull was due to poor amateur restoration attempts, usually concrete to seal a leak. When she was in Bristol for the hull repairs, they found the keel was too far gone and had to be replaced. This work was then was deemed as a new hull and subject to current regulations, not a restoration. Complete nuts in my opinion as it was work that needed doing to save a historic vessel.

I had heard the Medway Queen can take some paying passengers, the maximum being 12 at any one time. That is not the hundreds needed to make her pay her own way. The restoration has been turned into a farce and highly unlikely she will ever sail under her own power (currently she has no engines). This means she will become a static display somewhere, as Gillingham Pier is not an ideal place for a historic ship as she sits in a mud berth and has limited facilites for visitors and no tourist traffic.
 
As far as I'm aware her machinery is all in place, although more work is needed to complete the restoration started when the new hull was built and lacking a boiler so not unlike the Maid of the Loch.
 
Are you sure? She was due to be bean tins by now, barring a loon willing to spend the millions to build a replica around the little remains that's worth keeping. CV19 no doubt will be blamed.
 
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