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
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
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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