News from the Barge
New Tour Video
15/11/2025
Take a look around Blue Mermaid While we’ve been busy getting Blue Mermaid ready for winter, we took the opportunity to film a new video with Diggory to show you around the barge, and give… Read More
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28/10/2025
A New Spar for Cutty Sark (2)
Part 2: Home to Maldon In Part One the Blue mermaid and the spar for Cutty Sark arrived at Greenwich Pier. [Photo Credit: Sarah Jones] Once the spar was placed… Read More
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03/10/2025
A New Spar for ‘Cutty Sark’
Part 1: to London! [Photo Credit: John Wheeler] Sea-Change was partnered with Cutty Sark during the Shipshape Heritage Training Partnership run by National Historic Ships. This led to a team from the ship and Royal… Read More
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29/08/2025
Youth Sailing Scheme
In August 2025 Sea-Change delivered two weeks of Youth Sailing Scheme voyages with young people returning to us. The changeover was at Pin Mill on the River Orwell and meant the second week started with… Read More
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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
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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
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09/08/2023
Six Tacks up Collier’s Reach
Pictured on Blue Mermaid at Heybridge about to go ashore for lifts back to Kent, the crew from Kent Virtual School with leader Steve Orwin and Oli and Hilary from Sea-Change. The boys joined at… Read More
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19/07/2023
Blue Mermaid goes to the Thames Match
It has been a while since I have written a blog due to being busy and there not seeming much new to say. At last there is. We won the Thames Match and have added… Read More
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21/04/2023
Blue Mermaid delivers beer under sail.
Monday 3rd April saw the team gather at Hythe Quay for the arrival of a cargo of beer from the local Mighty Oak Brewery. Jim Dines had brought the barge down from his yard the… Read More
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05/05/2022
The Cutty Sark Curatorial Team Go Sailing
One of the many legacies of the immensely successful and ground-breaking Shipshape Heritage Training Partnership that ended last year and was supported by Heritage Lottery Fund, was the involvement of both static museum ships and… Read More