are Mobos banned at sea?

[gjgm]

Now in Plymouth, and since leaving Weymouth, I think we have seen two mobos underway. I m beginning to see HLB's point about the crowded Solent!
Dropped into Bridport;was easy to get onto the pontoon, but it might be a bit bouncy in any swell. Teignmouth was fun..if you havent been there, def drop in. Torquay was slightly better in the dry than the rain, thank goodness. Exe was on the ebb, and as far as I could work out the navigation markers have been moved half a mile! Decided we try that on a calmer day when there was some water about, and I understood where I was supposed to be.
Seemed to have lost an anode on the o/drive, but a very laid back engineers in a back street in Brixham sorted me out;lets hope those Chineese s/s bolts hold out. O/night in Dartmouth- the fire seemd quite contained, but history lost, I fear.You cant help but love the place, though £55 odd for 10m for a night made me wish I d used a bouy.Quick stop on a bouy in Salcombe for lunch;they seem very laid back there these days, but maybe its the time of year.Bit holed up in Plymouth waiting for the wind to drop before moving west again.
Got to love this boating lark.

 

[Rum_Pirate]

Perhaps many of them have become moored 'gin' palaces due to the cost of fuel?

 

[hlb]

Now in Plymouth, and since leaving Weymouth, I think we have seen two mobos underway. I m beginning to see HLB's point about the crowded Solent!
Dropped into Bridport;was easy to get onto the pontoon, but it might be a bit bouncy in any swell. Teignmouth was fun..if you havent been there, def drop in. Torquay was slightly better in the dry than the rain, thank goodness. Exe was on the ebb, and as far as I could work out the navigation markers have been moved half a mile! Decided we try that on a calmer day when there was some water about, and I understood where I was supposed to be.
Seemed to have lost an anode on the o/drive, but a very laid back engineers in a back street in Brixham sorted me out;lets hope those Chineese s/s bolts hold out. O/night in Dartmouth- the fire seemd quite contained, but history lost, I fear.You cant help but love the place, though £55 odd for 10m for a night made me wish I d used a bouy.Quick stop on a bouy in Salcombe for lunch;they seem very laid back there these days, but maybe its the time of year.Bit holed up in Plymouth waiting for the wind to drop before moving west again.
Got to love this boating lark.

Yep Teighnmouth is great init and no fuss getting in.

Storm bound, do the river trip.. Go up the river, I've tried to give the vid but conection problems. DEBS is on the case.

 

[Kawasaki]

Get Debs off the Case
The Connector could be in the Case!

 

[deborahann]

At high water do the Tamar river trip to Calstock, you can stop (overnight if you like & there's room at Saltash) there's the yatcht club pontoon, if they are not boating themselves, or the Saltash small quay. That's near 2 pubs. It's all wind protected, and you will go past the interesting large Navel base.

At Calstock, you can moor depending on the tide for another trip to the pub, or shops.

We don't (living in the countryside have Broadband, we've tried !!!) so can just put things on here easily. Hopefully hlb will provide the video.

Or you could risk the wind and go a few miles out to the Yealm, or depending on the wind anchor at Cawsands. We were at Plymouth for quite a few years, and nearly always found places to go in the windy wind.

 

[whisper]

Dropped into Bridport;was easy to get onto the pontoon, but it might be a bit bouncy in any swell.

Exe was on the ebb, and as far as I could work out the navigation markers have been moved half a mile!

Quick stop on a bouy in Salcombe for lunch;they seem very laid back there these days, but maybe its the time of year.

Bridport, yes, very.

Exe, yes they have - you mean you've not been updating your charts!! tut tut!!

Did they charge you in Salcombe? If not I'm going to complain to S.Hams D.C. - how else can my Harbour Licence be kept as low as it is?

 

[hlb]

OK the wrong one.



Try this



http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i81/haydn_2006/?action=view&current=MuckyGoesDitchCrawlng_0001.flvDo the Tamar. http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i81/haydn_2006/?action=view&current=MUCKYGOESTOWAR_0003.flv

 

[Nick_H]

You didn't mention the Yealm. Don't miss it, it's the highlight of the South West IMO. If you're on the visitor pontoon, dinghy or taxi to the ferry steps close by, then it's a 10 mins walk down to two pubs in Noss Mayo. For provisions, or for the third pub, dinghy or taxi across to the yacht club pontoons, which is on the other side of the river from the ferry steps, and you can walk into Newton Ferrers village.

edit: at low tide there's a causeway to cross the river between Newton and Noss, and at high water +/- 2 hrs-ish you can take the tender up the river rather than walking, if you prefer.

 

[maybh1]

Now in Plymouth, and since leaving Weymouth, I think we have seen two mobos underway.

I hate that I start to get panic stricken thinking other boats are not out because they know something that we don't

May
xx

 

[jimg]

O/night in Dartmouth- the fire seemd quite contained, but history lost, I fear.You cant help but love the place, though £55 odd for 10m for a night made me wish I d used a bouy.Got to love this boating lark.

Blimey, £55 Where in Dartmouth did you pay that? Best places are the Town Quay or in Darthaven.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

You didn't mention the Yealm. Don't miss it, it's the highlight of the South West IMO. If you're on the visitor pontoon, dinghy or taxi to the ferry steps close by, then it's a 10 mins walk down to two pubs in Noss Mayo. For provisions, or for the third pub, dinghy or taxi across to the yacht club pontoons, which is on the other side of the river from the ferry steps, and you can walk into Newton Ferrers village.

edit: at low tide there's a causeway to cross the river between Newton and Noss, and at high water +/- 2 hrs-ish you can take the tender up the river rather than walking, if you prefer.

Agree with that. With Salcombe and Dartmouth, the Yealm was one of our favourite destinations in the W Country. It's especially lovely on a soft autumn day. I have to say that there are few places to rival these destinations in the Med. I'll be talking myself into bringing my boat back to the UK soon

 

[Hurricane]

Now in Plymouth, and since leaving Weymouth, I think we have seen two mobos underway. I m beginning to see HLB's point about the crowded Solent!
Dropped into Bridport;was easy to get onto the pontoon, but it might be a bit bouncy in any swell. Teignmouth was fun..if you havent been there, def drop in. Torquay was slightly better in the dry than the rain, thank goodness. Exe was on the ebb, and as far as I could work out the navigation markers have been moved half a mile! Decided we try that on a calmer day when there was some water about, and I understood where I was supposed to be.
Seemed to have lost an anode on the o/drive, but a very laid back engineers in a back street in Brixham sorted me out;lets hope those Chineese s/s bolts hold out. O/night in Dartmouth- the fire seemd quite contained, but history lost, I fear.You cant help but love the place, though £55 odd for 10m for a night made me wish I d used a bouy.Quick stop on a bouy in Salcombe for lunch;they seem very laid back there these days, but maybe its the time of year.Bit holed up in Plymouth waiting for the wind to drop before moving west again.
Got to love this boating lark.

Helped a friend bring his boat from Sutton Harbour to Torquay on Wednesday (day before you arrived - it seems) so a few of us have been about. We live in Torquay but dont have a boat here so have to take advantage of offers to help friends wherever I can. Wednesday was a bit overcast but the sea was nice and flat and we had a really pleasant trip.

 

[Nick_H]

I'll be talking myself into bringing my boat back to the UK soon

We already have, though more to do with SWMBO being up the duff, and son starting school in September.

 

[gjgm]

You didn't mention the Yealm. Don't miss it, it's the highlight of the South West IMO. If you're on the visitor pontoon, dinghy or taxi to the ferry steps close by, then it's a 10 mins walk down to two pubs in Noss Mayo. For provisions, or for the third pub, dinghy or taxi across to the yacht club pontoons, which is on the other side of the river from the ferry steps, and you can walk into Newton Ferrers village.

edit: at low tide there's a causeway to cross the river between Newton and Noss, and at high water +/- 2 hrs-ish you can take the tender up the river rather than walking, if you prefer.

Yep,just didnt get up there this time on the way down;weather got a bit lousy so holed up in Plymouth thinking we might get stuck.Tks HLB for the vid;we nosed up theTamar, but it was low tide. Clearly something to do though another time.
Quick speed round the bays trying to find all these spots HLB has been too that would normally pass by..
Peeked into Polperro;itsy witsy..and keep your mooring rope short.
Blimey three nights in Fowey would be £30 odd total! Top pasty from the deli at the edge of town; wind picked up after that, but had to divert at least to see where Charlsetown is;someone had drained the water away.
Round Dodman and the wind was chucking spray over us across Gerrans Bay, but an easy fast ride across to St Anthony's. In Falmouth, the 45 next to us almost bounced on top of us; looks like a bouncy night.
The boat just loves the seas we ve had. Apart from a bit too much swell at Prawle Point where it seemed an effort to keep the thing in contact with water,
we ve just zoomed along;long,long legs.

 

[whisper]

Blimey, £55 Where in Dartmouth did you pay that? Best places are the Town Quay or in Darthaven.

Dart Marina - where else!!