The minutes of the meeting, which was held in York on 24 November 2018, have now been published.

Vevey remains in service offering trips on Fridays and Sundays into December.

On Monday 29th October Stadt Luzern's outgoing Captain Kuno Stein and her new master Roger Maurer spent the day clearing the ship's bridge and office.

There is now a sufficient rise of water level on the Elbe at Dresden for the paddlers to sail in Saxon Switzerland today.

Capt Kuno Stein welcomes passengers aboard Stadt Luzern at Fluelen on his last sailing as a paddle steamer captain and Stadt Luzern's last trip before a major rebuild.

Low river water levels on the Elbe at Dresden continue to cause havoc with the timetables for the paddle steamers there.

If you want a last trip on Stadt Luzern before she is withdrawn, you'll have to get your skates on.

Hartlepool Borough Council launch a new conservation plan for Wingfield Castle.

A statement from John Beveridge, Chairman of Loch Lomond Steamship Company, in response to the the Heritage Lottery Fund's decision not to grant funds to the Maid of the Loch.

Anyone out there want to buy a paddle steamer? The paddle steamer Monarch is up for sale at an initial asking price of £75K.

Friends of the Maritime Heritage Trust are visiting Hartlepool Maritime Museum and HMS Trincomalee 23rd on Sunday and the maritime archive and Wingfield Castle on Monday 24th September.

Kingswear Castle made her last trip of the 2018 season between Dartmouth and Totnes on 18th September.

Thank you to the Wessex Branch for supporting Waverley during her visit.

Waverley shopkeeper Brian Elliott and his granddaughter with PSPS Wessex Branch Chairman Chris Warren waiting to board for the cruise to Yarmouth and on around Portsmouth Harbour.

A pictorial review by Martin Longhurst of one of Kingswear Castle's relatively rare return trips between Dartmouth and Totnes.

John Megoran, in his August 'Pictures of the Month' feature, takes a look at the paddler Diessen on the Ammersee near Munich.

A review of a recent visit to Dresden by Captain John Megoran.