London Powerboat School

06/09/2025

Hector Pardoe, GB Olympic medallist swimmer, enters the Thames at Barnes for the Surfers Against Sewage Thames Swim. The point is to highlight the appalling and unwanted distribution of raw sewage into our waters by corporate parasites. Find out more here: https://www.sas.org.uk/water-quality/our-water-quality-campaigns/the-thames-swim-against-sewage/

13/06/2025

Dawn at the Thames Barrier.

13/06/2025

Instructor Paul (r) poses with two successful crews from last weekend's powerboat courses.

Left to right: Kon, Eva, Alex, Anatol, Tomasz, Ian. Go and be amazing (safely)!

13/06/2025

Congratulations Theresa and Vincent, we had a great course and you both achieved your Level 2 Powerboat certificates!

20/04/2024

How fantastic to see a common dolphin mother and calf at the Deptford small craft moorings.

12/10/2022

Through the mighty Barrier again!

15/04/2022

Michael and Charlotte were star pupils and fully deserve their powerboat certificates. We can’t wait to hear about their adventures!

18/02/2022

It’s a little bit breezy here right now. The sea gets blown away at about 55kn of wind. Here’s a Clipper shrugging it off.

02/01/2022

A special Happy New Year for the men and women of the RNLI who are celebrating the 20th birthday of stations on the Thames. Keep up the good work!

RNLI lifeboats have been operating on the River Thames since 2 January 2002 from our lifeboat stations at Chiswick, Gravesend, Teddington and Tower.

02/07/2021

Always check your lifejacket…

13/05/2021

Slo-mo wake at the Thames Barrier.

16/04/2021

Historic Trinity Buoy Wharf has an interesting history but also pops up in some unlikely contexts!
https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/fascinating-story-londons-only-lighthouse-19978102?fbclid=IwAR2lrMuFgCD2KVjWQtelSh8VBs8-QGWriBgQcemd-WuGwEEXE8ojXxgb7rQ

It is probably the strangest and least known landmark in the capital