Cruising

CRUISING NEWS

& INFORMATION

NAVIGATIONAL AND TIDAL INFORMATION

CRUISING GUIDES AND NEWS

Tide Times

Full tide tables for the year

covering the River Thames,

provided by the PLA.

(Acrobat Reader required)

PLA Notices to Mariners

Covering the River and Tidal Thames areas.

Harwich Haven

Authority

Containing navigational information for the ports of Harwich and Felixstow and the River's Stour and Orwell plus surrounding area's.

Cruising to Belgium or Holland?

Then you will be required to submit "Schengen" registration forms on arrival in each country.

(required in triplicate for each, so print three copies)

The files below are as provided by the RYA: unfortunately not very good copies.

Most harbour offices will "fax" these forms to the relevent authorities.

Schengen Form Belgium

Schengen Form Holland

Selden Mast Rigging Guide

A good comprehensive guide containing details on how to rig, tune and care for a mast. Warning: big file 2.5mb.

RIGGING GUIDE

A detailed history of the River Medway, including Queenborough & the sinking of the SS Richard Montgomery

Click here (courtessy of Medway Pilots)

Queenborough Yacht Club

trotboat service operating times for

2011 sailing season

The Queenborough All-Tide is now

back in action

click here for news report

Queenborough YC trot boat is currently

not in service due to vandalism late

last year (completely burnt out and sunk)

Navigation Buttons:

Navigation Buttons:

MAINTENANCE GUIDES ETC.

ENGINE MANUALS

The website links below contain files for copies of workshop / maintenance manuals for most makes of marine in-board engines (downloadable .pdf files).

The first site is in Dutch language, but most of the manuals are in English.

VHF "Port" Radio Channels for the River Thames and Thames Estuary

covering the "Port of London" areas

Effective April 2005, the port working channels are as follows:

VHF Channel 69 - covering the seaward limit (approximately the Margate-Harwich line) to Sea Reach 4 buoy.

VHF Channel 68 - Sea Reach 4 buoy to Crayfordness.

VHF Channel 14 - upstream of Crayfordness and including the Thames Barrier Zone.

The Callsign for all Vessel Traffic Services centres is "London VTS".

above detail taken from Spring RYA Magazine

Links to weather sites and weather related information are shown on the BYC Weather page

WEATHER INFORMATION

"East Coast Pilot

Lowestoft to Ramsgate"

A new publication by Imray

Click here to view regular updates to this pilot book

BYC "CRUISING" PROGRAMME 2012

Date

February

Sat

Fri

March

Sat 24 & Sun 25

April

Mon

Sat

May

Sat

Fri

June

Bank hol w/e

Sat

July

Fri

Sat

August

Sat

Bank hol w/e

September

Sat

Sun

October

Sat 20 & Sun 21

click here to download a printable version of the full BYC Sailing Programme (Excel file)

Event

Sailing Prizegiving Supper (7.30pm)

Benfleet YC "At Home Evening" (8.00pm)

Work Party weekend (am)

Easter Fun Day (Lunch Time)

Shakedown cruise to Queenborough with

Evening Meal in Queenboroug YC

Cruise to Chatham Marina: Saturday evening meal

in the Ship & Trades ph. BBQ Sunday lunch time

Honolulu at Hooness: Haiwian fancy dress, Saturday evening meal

Calais Rally breifing

Calais Rally (Queen's Diamond Jubilee weekend)

Cruise to Queenborough with Bar BQ on barge (bring your own)

Nore Race (more of a rally than a race)

Nore Race Prizegiving

Cruise to Harty Ferry (evening social ahore)

Ray Day and lunch time Bar BQ

Cruise to Upnor (evening meal in Medway YC)

Wine and Cheese in Stangate

Bank Holiday Cruise to Ramsgate

Cruise to Upnor (evening social)

Commodores Tea Day

Work Party weekend (am)

Link to "Eastcoastrivers.com" website where chartlet's and navigational information for the entrances to following areas can be downloaded and printed:

River Deben entranceRiver Ore entranceSouthwold approaches

Walton Backwater approachesBrighlingsea approaches

Conyer Cruising Club

where visiting yachtsmen are welcome. Their website contains navigational details & aerial photographs showing the intricate creeks leading to Conyer.

2011 details now available

CURRENT LOCAL CRUISING NEWS

2011 details now available

CHANGES TO SHIPS RADIO LICENSING (VHF RADIO LICENCES)

Ofcom has announced that the following changes will come into force on October 1st 2006:

Licence's will be issued for the life of the vessel, removing the requirement for radio users to purchase a license each year.

Licenses will be issued and valid as long as the license details remain correct or until the license is revoked by Ofcom.

Licenses shall not be transferable upon the sale of the radio equipment.

A web-based licensing service will be provided as an alternative to the postal service.

Electronic licence's will be issued online, free of charge. The licensee will then print a hard copy of the license.

Licensees will be required to confirm their licence details at least every ten years.

A copy of the license must be kept on board the vessel, but the license disc need no longer be displayed.

Ofcom will continue to make paper licenses available for applicants who do not have access to, or prefer not to use, the Internet but an administrative fee may be charged for this service.

For further details, visit the Ofcom website http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/ifi/licensing/classes/maritime/

Above text was copied from RYA "Wavelength" magazine in Spring 2006.

Roach Sailing

Association

contains details and photographs of the Havengore Route

European Health Insurance Certificate (EHIC)

The European Health Insurance Certificate replaces the E111 form, for either necessary free or reduced cost medical treatment abroad. Carrying the EHIC means you may benefit if you are visiting other EU states, EEA countries or Switzerland. Full details of what is available and where, is detailed in the leaflet "Health Advice for Travellers, which can be downloaded, along with an application form from: www.ehic.org.uk

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