Anyone got an opinion...

[Stingo]

... that they'd like to donate on Chichester Marina?

All comments welcome please as I am thinking of moving my boat (12m length and draft of 1.7m) from Brightoff to Chichester.

All in your humble opinion of course.

Thanks

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[jimi]

Its probably a lot flatter and safer than sailing round the world. The natives are a bit inbred, you can tell by their receding hairlines and strange accents, but if you carry a stun gun they'll soon leave you alone. Access to the harbour is often restricted by rafts of debris, particularly on sunny sundays when the scottish chimp shooter is around. Othewise its probably a lot better than Brighton which is the most misnamed town I've come across ... apart from Wigtown which is in fact full of bald luvvies. Hope that helps.

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[ParaHandy]

brum navy keep their boats in there so you might have language difficulty .. oh, and there's never enough water in the place, sort of landlocked other than at unsocial hours so it's just like home for the brummies ... and each week you'll have a new story to tell of rubbish dinghy sailors getting in yr way around itchenor etc etc ... hope that helps


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[Spacewaist]

Main difference between Brighton and Chichester?

.....is that I'd go back to Chichester Marina.

For: Nice, quiet rural. Chichester Harbour is a great and protected cruising area with several anchorages worth staying in Harbour for.

Against: Tidal access to Marina; entrance to Harbour is tricky on the Ebb, particularly in strong southerlies. A bit of a trek from the Marina to get outside the Harbour.

Dunno: about shore facilities.



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[ThomasHome]

We've been at Chichester since December and prefer it to most of the other marinas we've been to, and its a lot cheaper, its a bit of a hike to get out of the harbour but we reckon it worth it.
I can't comment on the club as we have never joined, we tried to eat in the restaurant once without booking and got a flea in out ear so we've not tried since.



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[snooks]

At Brighton you've got a whole host of shops/restaurants just a foot step from your fender and at Chichester there is....erm..... a bar and a chandlery!

At Brighton it will take you as long to read this sentence as to reach open water, in Chichester you'll just have finished reading the new Harry Potter....well alright 45 mins into it by the time to get to Hayling Island...that's if you can lock in and out when you want to, assuming you don't get a log jam on Sunday evenings on the way back in like the Hamble scramble

At Brighton you have few places to explore and don't have to worry about the tide, at Chichester you have loads of places to explore on a rising tide and the joys of the Solent if you want to go further afield

The scenery in Chichester Harbour is beautiful....you know what Brighton looks like!



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[Mr Cassandra]

Sorry but have I missed something ?Arnt you the hero that was going to sail around the world in an unstable boat. What the hells gone wronge .

cheers bob t

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[Stingo]

Upgraded to "hero"??? Does that mean I get a knighthood and won't have to pay any speeding fines or buy my round at the pub?

Couldn't sell the business AND comply with the tax regulations of that nice Mr Brown from Downing St. Bacially I miss-timed it and had to pull out of the sale.

Will try again at the end of this tax year and hopefully it will be off-ski in the rockie and rollie boatie.


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[robp]

None of the criticisms here have made me want to move in eight or so years. It's rural and very pleasant. (And to drive to). Friendly yacht club, never not been able to go sailing any day/weekend I wanted apart from maybe a "day sail". You just need to time things. True there's a bar, as in many entrances along the South. Never actually had a problem though, barring a soaking. If you've got a Southerly gale, you're normally thinking of doing something else anyway!

Same company but I guess you know that...

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[ROSSCO]

Beautifull setting, Good facilities, very helpfull and polite staff but a pain in the backside in the high season if you want to get in and out at the weekends. Long waits for locking in and out - It can ruin a relaxing weekend to have to wait 1-2 hours to lock in on a Sunday night - That being said its a great place for winter berthing.

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[billmacfarlane]

As usual with these things John, there's good and not so good. The not so good is to do with access to both the marina and the harbour. The lock is a pain. I notice you draw 1.7m. It'll give you roughly +/- 3.5 to 4hr access depending on your nerve. The queues on a hot Sunday if you miss freeflow are truly horrible. I try not to day sail on an afternoon tide in summer, which are spring tides, because when motoring at 6 kn , it can take 1.5 hours to leave the harbour. I day sail on the neap tides, which are morning and evening. I go out with the morning tide and come back with the evening one. Then you've got the bar at the entrance. If you've a Southerly gale on your hands and a half spring ebb, I'd head for Portsmouth. If you arrive at low water springs and it's calm I'd go in and I draw 1.5m. If it's rough I'd wait an hour. I've had one contretemps with it in 14 years of sailing there and it was my own stupid fault.
The goods are plentiful. You've got a lovely though busy crusiing ground at your disposal. The marina is in a beautiful location and the staff are OK though the boatyard run by Peters is expensive, but the work they've done for me has always been good. if you decide to move look me up. It's good to communicate with a fellow failed IT guru.


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