FORTHCOMING EVENTS FOR JULY
10-11 MYA Dinghy Regatta - Wilsonian Sailing Club
10 Open Day - Queenborough Yacht Club
11 "Blessing of the Waters" - Queenborough Rowing Club
15-18 MYC Regatta - Medway Yacht Club/Upnor Sailing Club
17 Contessa 26 Open - Hoo Ness Yacht Club

For more events please see our EVENTS page

and the Swale extend from Whitstable on the East Swale past Garrison Point at Sheerness to Allington Lock near Maidstone. Strategically located in North Kent, they provide a wide network of sheltered tidal waters which are ideal for all sorts of water sports, whE

ether competitive events or cruising with the possibility of overnight anchorages in quiet creeks. Above Allington Lock the non-tidal waters of the upper Medway offer excellent motor cruising through the Kent countryside.

In spite of the commercialisation of parts of the estuary, much of the Medway and Swale and their coastline, with their salt marshes and migrating birds, is in conservation terms of European significance.

At the same time the estuary has great cultural and historic interest. Rochester Cathedral dates from 604 and Rochester Castle, one of the finest of its kind, dates from the early years after the Norman Conquest. Rochester was besieged by the Vikings in 885. Further down river Chatham Historic Dockyard is developing as a heritage centre, reminding us of its days as strategic base for the Royal Navy.

The Medway and Swale have good communications by rail and by motorway with most of Kent and involve a journey of perhaps an hour from much of South London. They provide an excellent base from short cruises to various places of interest on the East Coast, while for those who wish to go further afield the coasts of northern France, Belgium and Holland are within reach. Every summer sees cruisers from these countries visiting us.