Recent content by Jeanluc

Just come back from a lovely trip up the blackwater , nice trip up the colne and a lunch stop at rowhedge , couple of nights in heybridge with virtually nobody there, stopped of in bradwell overnight for a trip to the pub and a nice meal before returning along a windless coast to the mudway. It...

Why don't they harness all the power from the weirs with some turbines, it's all going to waste.

If you can't get on the pontoon there's lots of visitor buoys, and I think there might be even a trot boat in operation. Here's a link to see it for yourself. http://www.iossc.org.uk/weather/?sn=qb2

Oldgit is completely correct Londons your best bet. Leave Harwich on the flood tide head out to the medusa buoy then along the Essex coast with the wind farm on the left, take care for lobster pots close to shore here!. At the end of the wind farm turn to port across the swin spitway and head...

Sunbury moorings are lovely whither a stop for lunch or overnight, a few good pubs nearby with usual pub grub, very nice garden just 50 yards up from the moorings on the right , free entry with a nice tea room.

I kept my 32 foot lift keel yacht (draught 3ft) here for a couple of years before I sold it and bought a motor boat. As said before access is about one and a half hours either side of HT . Very friendly Marina, one benefit is that because the boat is sitting on the mud half the time it stops a...

Your plan to leave teddington on the high tide is spot on, it should take around three hours to get to galleons reach. Just did this last week, thru London is a bit lumpy with all the trip boats etc. Second leg should be ok too leaving on high tide with a full six hours you should round north...

I was cycling along the tow path the other day at Maidstone bridge the water was just covering the path , came back an hour or so later and the water level had dropped three inches so level must change from time to time. Doesn't look a lot of height under Maidstone bridge though but a lot more...

Re: Boat Density Yes I spotted a porpoise just opposite gillingham Marina swimming towards Rochester on Friday. First one I ever saw on the mudway.

Can anyone tell me an accurate height above Chart Datum of the Broomway on the approach to Havengore? Have 1.4m draught and want to attempt this but cannot find precise height of the road on the chart. What minimum height of tide do I need?