More medway stuff going on than you can wave a stick at.

[oldgit]

RCC have been asked to provide a sailpast for the Medway River Festival taking place on July 6th in Chatham Bight.
http://www.whatsonmedway.co.uk/festivals/medway-river-festival
AKA to all and sundry locally as " Rats Bay".
Hope to get a decent turnout from the 100 odd boats in club......Or Else.

 

[Brayman]

RCC have been asked to provide a sailpast for the Medway River Festival taking place on July 6th in Chatham Bight.
http://www.whatsonmedway.co.uk/festivals/medway-river-festival
AKA to all and sundry locally as " Rats Bay".
Hope to get a decent turnout from the 100 odd boats in club......Or Else.

Sounds like that might be an honour, Fred

 

[R1chB1ch]

Have you heard anything about the Maidstone river festival this year Fred?

 

[oldgit]

Have you heard anything about the Maidstone river festival this year Fred?

All sorts of rumours going around but the Maidstone River Festival Website remains firmly un-updated.
Am increasingly suspecting that it will be just a bunch of us going up over that weekend as per last year.Still managed to get 50 odd boats up there.

 

[R1chB1ch]

All sorts of rumours going around but the Maidstone River Festival Website remains firmly un-updated.
Am increasingly suspecting that it will be just a bunch of us going up over that weekend as per last year.Still managed to get 50 odd boats up there.

I've heard it's on but as you say nothing official seems to have been announced. We'll be there whatever and if its not on it will still be as enjoyable as last year.

 

[oldgit]

Will be flying all my MRF pennants aquired since 1998.Did attend previous years but failed to collect flags.

 

[boatone]

Will be flying all my MRF pennants aquired since 1998.Did attend previous years but failed to collect flags.

... yes,you do have a few ........

 

[oldgit]

Ooo......... look its the nice yellow/orange flag given to those who took the time and trouble and went to the considerable expence and effort to attend the practice for the "national" celebration AKA The Queens Jubilee which took place on the Thames.

Shame then that I was not in one of the of the upper Thames clubs which completely monopolised all the available slots and then distributed them among themselves to the exclusion of everyone outside the area.
To date no one has stood up and said " it was me that picked em",just a sotto voice mumble.....It was somebody else mate.Honest.....

 

[Brayman]

I like the Budgens one

 

[My She]

I like the Budgens one

Did I tell you I actually washed AND ironed all the ones you gave me!! OCD or what!

 

[Brayman]

Did I tell you I actually washed AND ironed all the ones you gave me!! OCD or what!

You mean, like they needed washing? Surely not! Ironing I would agree with though, they spend so much time rolled/folded up. Hope you get to use them in June if not before

 

[R1chB1ch]

I've only got them for the last 7 years or so (including the ones we made ourselves the year the tight buggers decided on charging for them, but omitting to tell anybody until the festival had finished)! Sadly the burgees from the years we attended prior to that were still on the boat when we sold her.

Interestingly enough we had the 2013 skippers guide delivered today, with the river festival advertised in it....

 

[oldgit]

" skippers guide delivered today, with the river festival advertised in it..."
H,mm