Navy Day

[Canboria]

This fine bank holiday weekend its Navy Day at the old Historic Dockyard Chatham Kent (river Medway) and the old Navy basins by St Mary's Island, if your in the area you can visit by berthing at Chatham Maritime Marina adjacent to basin 2 where all the ships are located, starts Sunday until Tuesday.

 

[oldgit]

Its cheaper to moor in the river opp Whitewall creek.

And this is summer is it?

 

[graham]

That brings back memories. I used to take part in the Whaler racing at Chatham when it was a working dockyard.(do they still do the racing.)

I was in the army team . Our training method was a gentle row up to the Command House Pub have a few beers before another gentle row back.

Not surprisingly we never used to win!

 

[Canboria]

graham

The only racing is now in Basin 2, once a year and its Dragon Boat racing, the Army has won for the last 3 years, if you have not been back for some time you would see a vast difference.

St Mary's Island is vast new housing development with a number of waterside houses and flats, they have even started building new houses in the old dockyard. the Basin opposite Upnor Castle is a new MDL Marina.

 

[graham]

Thanks for the update. I was last there in 1982 ,I have fond memories of the area and the people.