Upon visiting both of these places recently I found some changes:

For the Queenborough All Tide Landing, the charge for craft up to 27 feet is now £10, larger craft remain at £12.

The trot boat is thrown in… The boat does finish running relatively early though and it is prudent to use own tender if planning to enjoy the longer evenings ashore…

At the Medway Yacht Club there is now a charge of £5 for visitors.

Skippers/owners should make contact with a ‘boatman’ or the Bosun – who is often around the waterfront – and check mooring availability.

Payment is made at the club’s office whereupon the code for access through pontoon gate (when locked) and into club compound will be given. This code is for the shower units as well.

The charge is probably long overdue: apart from being a useful resource, they do of course have to be maintained!

The MYC floating pontoon on a late September afternoon with a somewhat threatening sky … it didn’t stop the dragon crews from racing though…

By the way, many of the dragons are now dry moored ashore, freeing some moorings. The boatman, when I was last there, told me that the boats kept ashore, and thus clean, tended to have the edge … this system is gaining popularity around our coast.