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Sailing charters aboard Wyvenhoe There are many opportunities to come sailing aboard the Wyvenhoe. *** CLICK HERE FOR 2008 SAILING PROGRAMME *** We can provide for family or groups trips for daysails, weekends, and longer trips. There are various locations that we can use in the River Thames including Gravesend, Tilbury, Grays, Greenhithe, Limehouse Basin, St Katharines Dock, London City Pier and others. A charter for a week is ideal for seeing lots of different places but we can also do a long weekend over four days. We normally charter the barge with a skipper and mate to the charterer whose group may contain up to 12 passengers. We can provide a thirdhand where required and trips are usually self catering but we can provide a cook and a very high standard of cuisine. Individual places for singles or couples can be arranged on some trips too. For 2008 we are planning a program for individual trad sail enthusiasts. These will be based around the traditional sailing barge matches, or races, which taken part along the east coast and Thames estuary during the Summer. Although she is also equipped with a powerful diesel engine, we never forget that Wyvenhoe is first and foremost a sailing barge and our policy is sail her as much as we can. Passengers can take a turn on the wheel, pull on the halyards to set the sails, wind up the anchor and the leeboards and generally learn how to sail a traditional sailing vessel. The Thames barge's unique flat-bottom design and shallow draft means that not only it is totally sea-worthy, but it can also explore relatively shallow backwaters, rivers and creeks found along the coast of East Anglia. There is plenty of scope for observing birds and other wildlife, painting, photography, fishing, supervised trips in the barge boat to explore where Wyvenhoe cannot go, and for walks ashore, during a Wyvenhoe charter. Wyvenhoe is comfortably appointed below, with 2 separate twin sleeping cabins, a 4 berth and a double cabin with two more berths in the saloon. She has a shower and modern toilets, electricity, running water supply, a fully-equipped galley with gas hob, an oven and fridge-freezer, a wood-lined and carpeted saloon with comfortable seating, tables and chairs, heating, television and audio, and an air-conditioning unit. She carries modern navigation and safety equipment and complies with safety standards set by the MCA. Follow the links below for more information about: |
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