New clip on our Video page

Great video clip of the 2012 Pin Mill Match, filmed from Reminder, and showing Edith May and Reminder neck and neck as they re-enter Harwich Harbour.   Click here.

Good field for the Blackwater Match

Plenty of wind for the Blackwater Match on Saturday, and it attracted a good field in all classes.

The Match was well advertised on the Quay and Promenade at Maldon, but it was disappointing that so few people were at either place for when the barges returned.   Probably the time, the last one arrived at about 5.30pm, and the very cold wind by then put them off.   Certainly, apart from The Barge Blog, there were only two people at the far end of the Promenade by the statue who knew what was happening.

Here’s Hythe Quay as the barges returned afterwards, and some adjustment as Pudge is put away for the night.

Click here for the Results, courtesy of the Sailing Barge Association.