News from the Barge
Blue Mermaid Visits Sandwich
24/10/2026
by Richard Titchener Towards the end of Blue Mermaid’s tour for the Wind, Tide & Oar film in 2024, she visited Ramsgate and we… Read More
News from our office
21/03/2025
Tudwick Foundation Grant
Insurance Grant Thanks to the trustees of the Tudwick Foundation for their generous grant towards our annual insurance. The Tudwick Foundation is a grant-giving body founded in 2019 by members of… Read More
News from our office
24/02/2025
About the Wind, Tide & Oar film tour
Evaluation film of Wind, Tide & Oar tour – just-in-time delivery eleven times As part of evaluation for the National Lottery Heritage Fund, who kindly funded the tour, we made this short film with the… Read More
News from our office
24/09/2024
The Lord Mayor of London visits Blue Mermaid!
Sailors with disabilities from the RYA Sailability group ‘The Woolverstone Project’ have enjoyed an exciting trip on our Thames sailing barge Blue Mermaid this September. Joining the barge in her home port on the River… Read More
News from our office
31/07/2024
Blue Mermaid’s east coast tour – 11 ports visited!
Blue Mermaid is back on her home mooring after a very busy start to the year. She visited 11 ports between Lowestoft and Ramsgate to a timetable on her ‘Skipper’s of the Future?’ tour, supported… Read More
The Skippers Blog
16/04/2024
A Cargo of Timber to Kent
Ed Gransden asked if we would like to take some wood belonging to Ardwina from Kevin Finch’s yard at Fullbridge to Lower Halstow where it will be used on her. We said yes and asked… Read More
News from our office
20/03/2024
Our Skippers of the Future Tour:
Our National Heritage Lottery funded ‘Skippers of the Future’ sailing tour is about to begin! Blue Mermaid will be sailing to ten ports, each voyage crewed by young people and vulnerable adults taking part in… Read More
News from our office
06/12/2023
Skippers of the Future?
We are delighted to announce a very exciting project for Blue Mermaid in 2024. Thanks to the support of the Lottery Heritage Fund we will be taking Blue Mermaid on tour next year to ten… Read More
The Skippers Blog
07/11/2023
Beer By Barge
This summer Blue Mermaid delivered ten consignments of beer for Maldon’s Mighty Oak Brewery. It is rather daunting to think the last time we did this was with Cambria in 2012! This time it is… Read More