AMBO Association of Model Barge Owners.

Racing takes place from Norwich down to Chichester and model lakes in between.

The ones with the sticky out bits at the front holding the two sails are called "Bowsprit Barges" and the ones without are called "Staysail Barges" and they race in separate categories.

All the model Barges sail without the aid of motors and rely on the skippers pulling in or letting out the sails as necessary.

These photos were taken at Herne Bay in Kent 2006

Jokes that make me laugh

This is one of Max Millars ( 1950 ish Comedian, He got banned from the radio).
A man goes home to lunch and says to his wife "I have heard that the Milkman has had sex with every woman in our street except one". His wife says " I bet it is that stuck up cow at number 41!"