Thames Estuary Sailing
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Painting of SB Greta at work off the East Coast in the 1960's
Now a brilliant sail on Monday 4th September 2006
The Kent & Essex Fisheries Protection Patrol Vessel drops by
As we arrive at Red Sands Army Forts
Just in time for Tea
Everyone's always thrilled to see the Forts
The Fisheries Vessel resumes Patrol with Shivering Sands Army Forts in the background
Base of Gun Tower 4 with Seagulls roosting
Artist Derek Ray with sketch pad captures the moment
Note at low tide the detail of the oxford picture frame base
Derek Ray's sketch's - Gathering at the wheel
Greta Saloon
6 of the towers that make up Red Sands Army Fort
Close up view into the Searchlight Tower where the generators are housed
You can see the Generators in action on Radio 390 in Red Relics
The new platform base & ladder arrangement into the Southern Gun Tower 1
Erected in 2006 this is the 1st phase of the refurbishment of the Fort
Redsand Towers North Buoy
All 7 Redsand Towers from the North West
For the whole history of the Maunsell Sea Forts see Fort Fax
Simon Greta Crew with the Windfarm in the background
A calm day & close sail by a Elsam Wind Turbines
Plans to build more Windfarms in the Thames Estuary are being greeted with mixed views
Ramsgate, in Thanet where a £400 million 150 turbine site should be completed by 2010
Gunfleet 1 & Gunfleet 2 are to be built 5 miles off Clacton Essex, with them the East Coast seascape will dramatically change & make life interesting for ships approaching the Thames Gateway Container Terminal
This London Array will make entry to all the ports of the East Coast a challange for other shipping & Yachtsman when taking into account the ever-shifting sand banks
108 turbines are also proposed off Norfolk at Sheringham Shoal
Derek Ray's - Greta & the Windfarm on the Kentish Flats
Happy Sailing Trippers, come & join us soon
Above Derek Ray's - Stowing the Fore s'l
With the wind falling away & approaching harbour the sails are dropped
Derek Ray's Up The Creek
A barge under tow making its way up Faversham Creek