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Open Days 16th & 17th Sept 2023

This September we welcome the 3 vessels of The Cirdan Trust as part of their 40th anniversary. Queen Galadrial, (1937 Baltic Trader 32m x 6.4m x 2.4m draft) Faramir (1981 Bermudian Ketch 22m x  5.25m x 2.5m draft) Duet (1912 classic Yawl 20m x 3.4m x 2.2m draft) The Cirdan Trust was founded in 1983 to [...]

Moving boats at Hermitage

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 [...]

By | July 24th, 2023|Hermitage Community Moorings|Comments Off on Moving boats at Hermitage

KEEPSAKE Exhibition 2021

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 [...]

By | April 1st, 2021|Hermitage Community Moorings, Hermitage River Projects|Comments Off on KEEPSAKE Exhibition 2021

Great Get Together at Hermitage

Tea & Cake in the Pierhouse this Saturday and Sunday

By | June 21st, 2018|Hermitage Community Moorings|Comments Off on Great Get Together at Hermitage

Residential Berths

Space at Hermitage There are no vacant berths at Hermitage, the co-op membership is full. Vacant berths rarely become available, as usually when a member leaves they sell both their vessel and their membership. See next section for berth+boat availability. If a member goes on a trip with their vessel (eg to France) for a [...]

By | July 21st, 2017|Hermitage Community Moorings|Comments Off on Residential Berths

Misty mooring

By | January 24th, 2017|Flotsam, Hermitage Community Moorings|Comments Off on Misty mooring

Jo Cox – our message

  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 [...]

By | June 17th, 2016|Hermitage Community Moorings|Comments Off on Jo Cox – our message

Selby Ellen

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 [...]

By | January 26th, 2016|Comments Off on Selby Ellen

Rock

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 [...]

By | January 26th, 2016|Comments Off on Rock

Maxime

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 wider [...]

By | January 26th, 2016|Comments Off on Maxime