Queenborough/River Medway : Profile

Docking

An essential, all weather, all tide refuge in the Thames estuary. The best place to wait for the tide if making for central London.

There are mooring buoys at the entrance of the River Medway and a short stay/landing pontoon on the E bank at Queenborough. The green buoys take up to 6 boats and the yellow ones are for single boats. If these are full, call the Queenborough Harbour Master.

Queenborough all tide landing is now available for mooring and shore access.

Further up the Medway there are several marinas. Hoo, Gillingham and Chatham being the principal ones, in that order as you go up river. There are also 4 more beyond Rochester Bridge, as well as some sheltered anchorages down river of it.

Chatham Maritime Marina
The Lock Building, Leviathan Way, Chatham, Medway ME4 4LP
Tel:+44 (0)1634 899 200, Fax:+44 (0)1634 899 201, VHF Channel 80
chatham@midlmarinas.co.uk
Situation on the banks of River Medway. Plenty of secluded anchorages in the lower reaches of Medway Estuary while the river is navigable for 13 miles from its mouth at Sheerness right up to Rochester and beyond for yachts drawing less than 2m. All tide access. All facilities. Fuel, launderette.

Gillingham Marina
173 Pier Road,, Gillingham, Kent ME7 1UB
Tel:+44 (0)1634 280 022, Fax:+44 (0)1634 280 164, VHF Channel 80
berthing@gillingham-marina.co.uk
Gillingham Marina comprises a locked basin. Access HW+/-4hrs. Tidal basin upstream can be entered approximately 2 hours either side high water. Deep water moorings in the river cater for yachts arriving at other times. Contact marina ahead of arrival. All facilities and boatyard. Fuel berth, 65 ton boat hoist, 1 ton crane, chandlery, provisions.

Hoo Marina
Vicarage Lane, Hoo, Rochester, Kent ME3 9LE
Tel:+44 (0)1634 250 311, Fax:+44 (0)1634 251 761, VHF Channel 80
jcmarine@btconnect.com
Hoo is small village on the Isle of Grain, on a drying creek on north bank of River Medway 8 miles inland from Sheerness. Access HW+/-3hrs. All facilities. Repairs, chandlery, sailmaker, 20 ton crane. Grocery stores andHoo Ness Yacht Club close by has bar and restaurant.

Queenborough Harbour Master
Tel:+44 (0)1795 662 051, VHF Channel 08 'Sheppy One'
Will advise on available berths.

Yacht Clubs

Hoo Ness Yacht Club
Vicarage Lane , Hoo, Rochester ME3 9LB
Tel:0870 2856119 (Clubhouse+44(0)1634 250052)
www.hooness.org.uk, secretary@hooness.org.uk
1/2 tide access. The club has two slipways, three scrubbing docks, a tender park, space for winter storage and about 100 deep water trot (fore and aft) and swinging moorings. The jetty leading to docks 2 and 3 is to be replaced with a floating pontoon in 2008. A members' workshop will soon be available and pressure hoses and outboard flushing facilities are already in place. The club owns a tractor which is operated by trained and certificated members and a trot boat is also available for use by members. Hoo Marina, adjacent to the club, has full workshop and brokerage services. Posted May 2009.

Hoo Ness Yacht Club
Postal address - Vicarage Road, Hoo, Rochester, Kent ME3 9LB
Tel:+44(0)1634 25002
moorings@hooness.org.uk
Based on the River Medway. Visiting yachtsmen tel 01634 250311 to book berth.

Medway Cruising Club
Gillingham
Tel:+44 (0)1634 856 489
Moorings, bar, dinghy landing, water.

Medway Yacht Club
Lower Upnor, Rochester, Kent ME2 4XB
Tel:Office+44(0 )1634 718399, Clubhouse +44(0)1634 718399, Fax:+44(0)1634 290615
www.medwayyachtclub.com
All tide access

Queenborough Yacht Club
Tel:+44 (0)1795 663 955
Opening Hours: Wed, Fri & Sat (eve), Sat & Sun (lunchtime)
Moorings, restaurant and bar. Yachts are permitted to tie up to that landing briefly- they are not meant to make lengthy stays or overnight without the permission of the HM or the Yacht Club. Tokens for the all-tide landing gate may be puchased from the yacht club. Local grocery and pubs.

Rochester Cruising Club
Tel:+44 (0)1634 841 350
Moorings, dinghy landing, water, restaurant and bar.

Upnor Sailing Club
1-3 Pier Place, Lower Upnor, Rochester , Kent ME2 4UY
Tel:07092 197923
upnor.sailing@ukonline.co.uk

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