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The Thames Sailing Barges racing on the Medway River 3rd June 2017
Chatham
***ONLY 6 TICKETS LEFT***
The Thames Sailing Barges racing on the Medway River 3rd June 2017
A great opportunity to photograph the wonderful old barges from the water while they are put through there paces during a full day of racing.
£75.00
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About this event
Sailing barges have been seen on the rivers around London for well over a 100 years, originally the mainstay of the Capital when it came to moving goods around. Nowadays however these wonderful craft are more likely to be seen in private ownership for leisure and pleasure with a number of them coming together each year in the pursuit of 'Match Racing'.
Our day on the river will start from Chatham (time to be confirmed but most likely before 08.00) where we will set sail to witness the spectacle of Thames sailing barges under full sail racing against each other on the Medway River. So many great photo opportunities at close quarters will be on offer throughout the day as we sail amongst the competitors to capture images otherwise not possible from the waters edge.
Anyone who has sailed with us before will know we always get close to the action with our very experienced skipper, Richard in charge of our 'photo boat'. The Jacob Marley is a roomy vessel with plenty of covered inside space, useful for storing our equipment and of course us if the weather turns. The Jacob Marley is much larger vessel to other we use on the Thames, with a licence to carry 100 PAX, however we will only be at around 30 PAX so plenty of room to move around and capture all the different angles.
Start point for this trip will be Chatham and will see us out for around 6 hours.
Event cost £75.00 per person.