Category: Ships Blog

Friday 13th, unlucky for some – perhaps!. Welcome to the Ships Blog. Trenching work for the new water main is well underway. Please be considerate when parking at the marina and liaise with the Control Tower as well as the Yard crew if you have any questions. We have a new lady starting in the Control Tower called Ellie Doe. Starts Monday 16th January  and will be taking over a lot of Miriam’s role as she winds down to two days a week in 2023.

Weather wise its been a very changeable week with a number of depressions coming in from the Atlantic, wind and rain being the main theme. Next week its all change to a colder scenario from Sunday through to Thursday at least. There after it becomes milder until the end of the month.

A reminder that the Shipwreck is closed until Feb 13th. There is access for berth holders to use the ablutions but the toilets are closed to the general public.

Tides this weekend are Saturday HW 16:27pm 3.5M and Sunday 15th HW 17:21 3.4M so heading towards the bottom of Neaps. This weekends lockmasters are Andy Howard (days) and Colin Byford night watch. Have a great weekend and wrap up warm.

Morning all and Happy New to everyone. Hope you enjoyed your Christmas and are looking forward to the new season. Weather wise bit of a mixed bag here at Shotley over the next few days. We have some rain coming with a number of very windy days. The upside is that the temperatures remain quite mild for this time of year.

Other news, a new water main is being installed by Anglian Water. The trench work has begun this week at the North end of the marina along the north side of the roadway. This means that parking will at times be restricted on the north bank side of the road i.e. on the shingle. The general advise is to park on the tarmac beside the marina and to beware of blocking any machinery working in the area. We hope any inconvenience will be minimized with the work scheduled to be completed by mid February. For any advise or to answer any queries please do not hesitate to contact the Control Tower on 01473 788982.

This weekends duty lockmasters are Rob Devonshire, days and Andy Howard on nights. Tides are Sat HW 12:01 3.75M and Sunday 12:35 3.77M. Have a great weekend!

Morning all  and welcome to the final Ships Blog for 2022. Thank you to everyone who have paid their mooring fees on time and a reminder to those that have not to let us know as soon as possible what your intentions are for 2023. The Control Tower and lock will be manned and operational over the whole of the Christmas period as usual. So if you  want to go out on your boat, on Christmas day, you can! The lockmasters will be carrying out patrols day and night to keep an eye on all the boats. The weather forecast for the festive period looks to be relatively stable in terms of temperature i.e. no major cold snaps heading our way. The water has been turned back on through out the marina following last weeks cold snap. Finally it only remains to advise that if you have any queries please do not hesitate to call us on 01473 788982, other wise we wish you a Merry Christmas and a peaceful new year.

Morning all and welcome to the Ships Blog. Cold weather with some very low over night temperatures is forecast through to the end of next week with the possibility of some snow this Sunday. Because of this we are switching off the water to the pontoons for the time being until it gets a bit warmer. This is largely to prevent any burst pipes due to freezing. General forecast for the period is a relatively stable pattern with the winds predominantly in the North. The yard and storage ashore is getting full for the winter along with some commercial visitors as well. Tides this weekend are Saturday HW 12:12 3.84M and Sunday HW 12:47 3.81M. Duty Lockmasters are Marc Gilbert day shift and Richard Whitby night watch. Have a great weekend, wrap up warm and take care on the pontoons if you visit us.