⛵️⚓️ Stone Point Latest.??

[nortada]

Yesterday was a beautiful day and as we now have a boat in the water based at Walton, I poodled down the Walton Channel to the Island Point NCM, fiddled about a bit and drifted all the way back into the Walton Yacht Haven (The Pond), past the newest arrival, The Lady of the Twizzle, in Foundry Reach.

Pleased to say all of the buoys are in the right place and provided you stay in the buoyed channel for the narrow bits (around Stone Point and south of the Spit CM at the entrance to Foundry Reach) very straight forward.

As yet, dumping a load of spoil around the barges at Stone Point appears to have had no impact.

Some of the buoys in The Walton Channel have been moved to make the channel easier to navigate but there are still plenty of empty buoys, including the very large buoy just south of Stone Point right in the middle. Over recent years a large uninhabited vessel used this buoy continuously but it appears to have moved on, leaving a very secure overnight mooring.

Early in the season but there were very few buoys occupied and only 2 boats at anchor in Hamford Water.

Didn’t get as far as Kirby Creek to investigate anchoring in the now defunct oyster beds - possibly that will be next time.?

 

[Plum]

Yesterday was a beautiful day and as we now have a boat in the water based at Walton, I poodled down the Walton Channel to the Island Point NCM, fiddled about a bit and drifted all the way back into the Walton Yacht Haven (The Pond), past the newest arrival, The Lady of the Twizzle, in Foundry Reach.

Pleased to say all of the buoys are in the right place and provided you stay in the buoyed channel for the narrow bits (around Stone Point and south of the Spit CM at the entrance to Foundry Reach) very straight forward.

As yet, dumping a load of spoil around the barges at Stone Point appears to have had no impact.

Some of the buoys in The Walton Channel have been moved to make the channel easier to navigate but there are still plenty of empty buoys, including the very large buoy just south of Stone Point right in the middle. Over recent years a large uninhabited vessel used this buoy continuously but it appears to have moved on, leaving a very secure overnight mooring.

Early in the season but there were very few buoys occupied and only 2 boats at anchor in Hamford Water.

Didn’t get as far as Kirby Creek to investigate anchoring in the now defunct oyster beds - possibly that will be next time.?

That "large uninhabited vessel " is currently in a mud berth at Bedwells. Anchoring in Kirby Creek is all good as long as you avoid the very Southern end near the junction at Honey Island on the ebb.

Www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

 

[Crowblack]

That "large uninhabited vessel " is currently in a mud berth at Bedwells. Anchoring in Kirby Creek is all good as long as you avoid the very Southern end near the junction at Honey Island on the ebb.

Www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

Wasn't there a thread on here about someone anchoring in Kirby Creek who got chased off by an irate local saying haven't you read the sign !

 

[Plum]

Wasn't there a thread on here about someone anchoring in Kirby Creek who got chased off by an irate local saying haven't you read the sign !

There was no visible sign when I went through last week.

 

[ianc1200]

At Easter the hand painted sign was still at the junction of Hamford Water & Kirby Creek. Lady of the Twizzle left from the entrance to Titchmarsh Marina about three weeks ago after a new road was put in for access in the current location.

 

[nortada]

At Easter the hand painted sign was still at the junction of Hamford Water & Kirby Creek. Lady of the Twizzle left from the entrance to Titchmarsh Marina about three weeks ago after a new road was put in for access in the current location.

Think that access road was put in by Anglia Water so that they can access the sea defences for maintenance work.

Possibly Danny and the team on the Lady of the Twizzle have negotiated use of this road.

 

[ianc1200]

Think that access road was put in by Anglia Water so that they can access the sea defences for maintenance work.

Possibly Danny and the team on the Lady of the Twizzle have negotiated use of this road.

Are you sure? If so very interesting. I'm at the front of Titchmarsh and there has been a huge amount of discussion about this but all were assuming the owner of the LotT was putting in the road himself.

 

[LONG_KEELER]

£600 to £700 per night apparently.

Minimum 3 night stay.

 

[nortada]

£600 to £700 per night apparently.

Minimum 3 night stay.

Home Page - Lady of the Twizzle

Plenty of other site on Google if interested.