This year’s Faversham Nautical Festival on July 22 and 23 was another success for the organisers, and the Hollowshore CC stand on the Front Brents attracted a good number of visitors.

On the creek itself there was a colourful array of traditional craft. Abbey School youngsters launched their 16ft Julie skiffs designed by HCC member Gavin Atkin and built at a “boatcamp” led by another member, local boatbuilder Alan Thorne and assistant Malcolm Hazleton at the Faversham Creek Trust’s Purifier building.