Sunday 11 February 2024

A Date for Your Diary

 Marple Carnival - Saturday 15 June 2024

The club has accepted an invitation to put on a display of boats at Marple Carnival on Saturday 15 June.

Last year's event in the Memorial Park was a great success and the organisers are hoping for even greater things this year.

Sailing will be available on the top lock of the canal.

Make sure you put this date in your diaries. George Barrett, the Exhibitions Secretary, will be asking for entries of boats in due course.

Friday 19 January 2024

Club Directory

 Club Directory

The first edition of the Club Directory for 2024 has now been published. This lists contact details of all Club members who have consented to be included.

For data protection reasons, this information is available only to Club members and can not be published on the Web Site, but if you would like an electronic copy in .PDF format, please EMail the Hon. Treasurer, Geoff Garside. Contact details are on the Contact Us page.

Membership Subscriptions

 Membership Subscriptions

All members should by now have received a subscription renewal request, either by post or Email. If for any reason you have not received your renewal request, please contact Geoff Garside, the Hon. Treasurer. Contact details are on the Contact Us page.

Subscription renewal rates for 2024 are the same as 2023.

The renewal date for all members is January 01 and, under Club Rules, subscriptions must be renewed by the end of February.

Model Boat Mayhem Show

 Model Boat Mayhem Show

We have received an invitation for the Club and all Club members to attend the sixteenth annual Model Boat Mayhem show at Wicksteed Park, Northamptonshire on Saturday and Sunday 25-26 May 2024.

This is claimed to be the biggest dedicated model boat show in the world, and there will be free sailing on both Saturday and Sunday.

There will be a number of traders attending, along with the RNLI,  a huge bring and buy sale and onsite catering.

On site camping is available and Kettering town centre hotels and shops are nearby.

For full details and news, click HERE.

Sunday 8 October 2023

Boat Judging

 Boat Judging and Commodore's Challenge


A reminder that judging of boats for this year's model building competitions is on Sunday October 29, on the landing stage.

Judging of the Commodore's Challenge will take place at the same time.

A Date for Your Diary

 Quiz Night


The Club Night meeting on Wednesday 25 October be a quiz night, so gather together a team and come along. The quiz starts at 8.00 p.m.

Hot dogs will be served, courtesy of Mike H.


Thursday 24 August 2023

Free to Good Home

The Cervia


The Club has been offered a model steam tug, the Cervia, free by Peter Fenlon.


29 August 2023  -  This boat has now been snapped up by Bob McMenemie, so is no longer available.





In his Email, he says:

I have watched with pleasure your boats on the water at Etherow.

I have a model boat given to me yesterday that one of your members may be interested in re-commissioning.

It was built by the Late Alan Smith, of Oldham. Alan was in minesweepers during the war, and has a couple of the model minesweepers

He made the model on display in Plymouth's Minesweeping museum.

This Tug boat is called  the Cervia, and there is much online about its history.

The boat has fallen into some disrepair, but it looks as though it could be repaired without too much difficulty.

Dimensions are approximately  45 “ long by 11” wide.

If it is of interest to one of your members who is prepared to carry out proper repairs, and NOT sell on, please get in touch.

There is no radio equipment sadly but the motor is fitted.



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