Proper prior planning for boat manoeuvres at Hermitage 1. Proper attire Sensible shoes; tight clothes; life jacket; optional gloves* 2. Anchor Make ready, oiled and tested and crew know how to operate. 3. Ropes Use thinner ropes, 1 1/4 inch best. (Do NOT use heavy permanent mooring ropes). Ensure that the only knot is in [...]
Lockdown Exhibition 2021: KEEPSAKE (Keep Safe) After a grim winter at the mooring with no Wassail, no Imbolc and no New Year’s parties we held an exhibition in the Pierhouse – it started out as a ‘fun, Covid-friendly idea’ for everyone to bring an interesting object out of their vessel to display and share. What [...]
Tea & Cake in the Pierhouse this Saturday and Sunday
Space for your boat at Hermitage? (Sorry, we're full!) There are no vacant berths at Hermitage, the co-op membership is full. Unfortunately vacant berths rarely become available, as usually when a member leaves they sell both their vessel and their membership. See Current Availability section for berth+boat availability. Temporary Membership If a member goes on [...]
2016-06-16 Today is the saddest day of this close community. We have lost a dear, dear friend in the the most tragic and outrageous circumstances. We pay tribute to our amazing, wonderful and spirited member of this community. A beacon of hope who believed in love, friendship and values and that we all so [...]
Type: Humber Barge Year: 1954 Length: 30.8m Beam: 6m Draft: 1.2m Engine: Lister Selby Ellen is one of a generation of small motor barges that gradually replaced the sailing Keels and Sloops of the Humber after the Second World War. Built by Richard Dunstan’s yard at Thorne in 1954 along similar lines to the first steam [...]
Type: Medway Coaster Year: 1961 Length: 27.4m Beam: 6m Draft: 1.4m Engine: Kelvin K4 Designed by Richard Dunstan Shipbuilders of Thorne in Yorkshire, Rock was built by the London and Rochester Trading Company at their Quarry Yard in Frindsbury on the River Medway in 1961. A distinctive feature of the smaller coastal motor barge fleet [...]
Type: Luxe Motor Year: 1931 Length: 23.1m Beam: 4.5 m Draft: 1.2m Engine: DAF 575 Maxime was built by the Van Der Laan brothers of Woubrugge, Holland in May 1931. The Luxe Motor barge type rapidly supplanted the older aak and tjalk hull styles in the 1920’s and 30’s offering straighter sides and a [...]
Type: Norwegian Coaster Year: 1916 Length: 34m Beam: 6m Draft: 2.1m Engine: Scania DSI11 M/S Hans was built in 1915 by the Muller yard in Amsterdam as a coastal steamer. Built of steel riveted onto angle frames she was the last small coasting vessel of her size to work in Norway. Originally she was fitted [...]
