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Cooks Yard is a boat-building business established by Walter Cook in 1894 on the bank of the River Blackwater at Maldon, Essex, England. Originally known as Walter Cook and Son and specialising in the building of Thames sailing barges, it operated until the 1980s - at which time, it was the last remaining barge yard in Britain.
Academi, formerly known as Blackwater and Blackwater Worldwide, is an American private military contractor founded on December 26, 1997, [2] by former Navy SEAL officer Erik Prince. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was renamed Xe Services in 2009, and was again renamed to Academi in 2011, after it was acquired by a group of private investors. [ 5 ]
There are two public house/restaurants: "Blackwater Bar & Bistro", situated adjacent to the Blackwater Marina, and "Hardy's". There are two sailing clubs; Maylandsea Bay Sailing Club, situated near the boat yard & Bistro and the Harlow (Blackwater) Sailing Club, accessed via North Drive, Mayland.
The Blackwater estuary is a major sailing centre on the English east coast. Founded in 1899, the club has sponsored national and international yacht racing meetings. The club has competitive offshore racing fleets and run racing throughout the UK sailing season, a cadet week and an annual regatta during 'Mersea Week'.
Dave Matthews Band's tour bus stopping at the Kinzie Street Bridge to empty its blackwater tank. On August 8, 2004, a tour bus belonging to Dave Matthews Band dumped an estimated 800 pounds (360 kg) of human waste from the bus's blackwater tank through the Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago onto an open-top passenger sightseeing boat sailing in the Chicago River below.
A memorial stone was unveiled at the bridge in the centre of Blackwater village on 31 May 2009 to mark the 150 anniversary of the sinking. [18] It reads, "On 27th April 1859 a 1400 ton ship called the Pomona left Liverpool bound for New York with 404 passengers and a crew of 44 under Captain Charles Merrihew. Three hundred and sixteen of these ...
Between 1955 and 1966 she was used as a lighter to tranship timber from ships in the Blackwater estuary to canal lighters headed for Chelmsford. [9] In 1966 she was purchased by Richard Duke and re-rigged as a charter barge with four four-berth cabins. In 1968 she was class winner at the Blackwater Sailing Barge Match. [13]
The Blackwater Esturary. The majority of people live in the small rural villages, many of which have their origins in connections with the coast or agricultural economy. The district has a long association with sailing, as is referenced in the council's logo. Burnham-on-Crouch, the district's second largest town.