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  • Committee and Officers

    St Pancras Cruising Club – Committee

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  • An exploration of BARKING CREEK

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    SPCC NOTES ON VISITING THAMES CREEKS

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    An exploration of BARKING CREEK

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    Barking Creek is still an active commercial navigation with small coasters trading from the wharfs in the lower reaches. Sadly traffic no longer uses the formerly navigable River Roding Navigation to Ilford Bridge, but with the advent of the new Barking Barrage it is again accessible by smaller craft and canoes. Headroom restrictions at the bridges stop i

  • ​​​​​​​DARTFORD AND CRAYFORD NAVIGATIONS

    SPCC NOTES ON VISITING THAMES CREEKS

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    DARTFORD AND CRAYFORD NAVIGATIONS

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    The key to a successful visit to the Dartford and Crayford Navigations is the use of the tide. The Creek experiences high and low water approximately 45 minutes before London Bridge. (The Thames Barrier tide is 20 minutes prior to London Bridge). For simplicity this summary works on tide times at London Bridge. However, please remember the further

  • THE TRANSIT TO THE MEDWAY

    SPCC NOTES ON VISITING THE RIVER MEDWAY

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    THE TRANSIT TO THE MEDWAY

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    THIS IS A CRUISE THAT REQUIRES PRE-PLANNING AND IS NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED

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    Once you leave BOW LOCKS there are few places to land, and only barge buoys on which you can lay over. The last of these barge buoys are in the GRAVESEND REACH. Once you clear Lower Hope Reach you are very much ‘on your own’ until you are back in the Medway Channel. Good weather forec

  • HORN SIGNALS

    SPCC NOTES ON VISITING THE RIVER THAMES

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    HORN SIGNALS

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    The term Short Blast means a blast of about 1 second duration The term Long Blast means a blast of about 45 seconds duration

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