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 the Barge
05/04/2022
Hoorah! We Are Under Sail Again After The Winter Refit!
We have our first trainees of the season. They are a little older than our usual customers! We are addressing the skills shortage in the historic Thames sailing barge fleet. This is a PLA funded… Read More
The Skippers Blog
15/03/2022
Local Knowledge Training Day for trainee Bargemasters
Waiting for Tower Bridge at the end of a training trip from St Katherine’s Dock to Woolwich Barrier, Greenwich and Tower Piers. As part of the work of Thames Sailing Barge Trust and Sea-Change Sailing… Read More
The Skippers Blog
13/10/2021
A Late Season Weekend
Last weekend we were joined by Emma and Amelia for the last training weekend of the year before the wind and promised icy blast arrives. Being at the quay alongside Centaur from the previous day’… Read More
The Skippers Blog
13/09/2021
Colne Match and Beyond
After a few days at home, mainly loading and unloading the washing machine or so it felt, it was time to leave the mooring at Heybridge again to get down to Brightlingsea for the Colne… Read More
The Skippers Blog
28/08/2021
And so to the Medway
You left us on the SBA buoy after a scrub and paint round on Pin Mill Hard. The next day saw us leaving early to make low water off the Naze with a fair wind… Read More
The Skippers Blog
13/08/2021
A passage from St Katharine Dock to Pinmill
It was time to leave St Kat’s after a pleasant forty eight hours with ample use of laundry, local shops and a run ashore. After all, having come from Ramsgate it was de rigeur to… Read More