Thames tideway trips in 2015

[Scholar Gypsy]

St Pancras Cruising Club have now published details of their trips in 2015:

 

• January 8th to 12th 2015 - Royal Docks
• April 3rd 2015 - Limehouse to Brentford
• May 9th 2015 - Thames Barrier, Brentford and Teddington (photo below)
• May 16th and 17th 2015 - Barking
• May 23rd and 24th 2015 - Gravesend (photo below)

For further details and registration forms, please click here

[blackrose]

Shame I'm no longer in the area. I wouldn't mind joining them for a couple of those trips.

[Alan de Enfield]

Obviously well prepared - check-list

 

Lifejackets - yes

Anchor - yes

Plenty of fuel - yes

Clean filters - yes

Spare wheel (just in case) - yes

[Scholar Gypsy]

Obviously well prepared - check-list

 

Lifejackets - yes

Anchor - yes

Plenty of fuel - yes

Clean filters - yes

Spare wheel (just in case) - yes

 

from memory the wheels (both of them) were on the sack trolley. A nice boat, but since sold ...

 

Vincent Joseph

Edited December 27, 2014 by Scholar Gypsy

[blackrose]

I just found these photos of my boat on the Thames from 2006.

 

Isleworth

 

 

Naked boating!

[Scholar Gypsy]

I was minded to report the last photo caption for being rather misleading.

 

Anyway, here is a report of the trip on Saturday.

https://nbsg.wordpress.com/2015/05/10/thames-tideway-may-10th/

 

Sample photo below...

 

[RichardN]

Great photos, I love the way that you get tugged across by the tide at Greenwich!

[Scholar Gypsy]

Great photos, I love the way that you get tugged across by the tide at Greenwich!

 

What tide? You can see the power cables supplying the yellow electromagnets ...