Ships Blog

Happy New Year to all our berth holders for 2026! Just a couple of notes to keep every one updated. Firstly with the extended cold spell running until the end of this week we have turned off the water supply to the pontoons to prevent any leaks or burst pipes. It will go back on … Continue reading “Ships Blog 5th January 2026”

Morning people and welcome to the Ships blog. A good weather forecast for this bank holiday weekend. Winds look to be fairly light for Saturday and Sunday with a little more about on Monday. Clacton Air show is on today and plenty of berth holders have locked out already to go and watch it from … Continue reading “Ships Blog 22nd August 2025”

Just a note to everyone that we are offering a special for August re a lift, pressure wash and launch at £25 per metre inc VAT. We will continue with the usual Summer Scrub Ashore at £46 per metre until the end of September. To book either in the first instance contact the Control Tower … Continue reading “August Summer Special 25”

Afternoon and welcome to the Ships Blog. Weather has been very dry for the whole of March with a steady easterly wind. Rumours of a change on the way before Easter may bring a little more unsettled weather for a few days. Berth holders have been getting their boats ready for the season and the … Continue reading “Ships Blog 8th April 2025”

Ok folks last Ships Blog of 2024. We want to let all our berth holders know some information regarding our upcoming maintenance program. Firstly, on the 6th January 25 we will commence a five to six week dredging campaign to restore the depth profile in the marina. During this period vessel movements, during the working … Continue reading “Ships Blog December 2024”

Afternoon and welcome to Octobers Ships Blog. Couple of reminders, lock closure 2025 will commence on Monday February 3rd and should be finished Friday 14th February 2025. Secondly our new parking system is going live this Friday the 1st of November. All of our berth holders have been very helpful in supplying their registration numbers … Continue reading “Ships Blog 30th October 2024”

Morning all and welcome to the bank holiday Monday. Things did not start off too well on Saturday with the wind and rain. However yesterday and today have been a lot better and the outlook for the rest of the week is dry and fine with temperatures peaking at around 28 degrees C on Wednesday. … Continue reading “Ships Blog 26th August 2024”

Afternoon folks, the summer holidays are here and things have been non stop for last few weeks. Below is the content of an email sent to all our berth holders at Shotley Marina. We have appointed Europarking Services to install Automatic Number Plate Recognition Cameras to help us with security and marshalling of our parking … Continue reading “Ships Blog 6th August 2024”

Here we are folks at the first bank holiday of May and its raining cats and dogs! Don’t worry the forecast is looking better for the rest of the weekend. A lot of boats are now back in the water and the yard has more space in it. This years summer scrub offer starts the … Continue reading “Ships Blog 3rd May 2024”

Morning all and welcome to the Easter Ships Blog. This year Easter is very early and despite this the new season launch program is well underway. The weather is a mixed bag with Storm Nelson tracking through today. Otherwise its sunshine and showers. Colin and the crew have been out checking all the boats and … Continue reading “Ships Blog 28th March 2024”

Afternoon folks, just a quick up date re lock closure. Due to some appalling weather conditions we have taken the decision to delay lock opening until Monday morning for safety reasons. Normal service will then be resumed. Have a good weekend.

Afternoon all and welcome to the first 2024 Ships Blog. Happy New Year to you all. Quick update, we have switched off the water to the pontoons as a temporary measure in view of the up coming cold weather. This is to prevent burst pipes and wasted water. We will review this on a daily … Continue reading “Ships Blog January 5th 2024”