Beaching (& BBQ..?) at East Head

[kilkerr1]

Guyz guyz guyz

So, getting back into this sailing malarky, we're setting off from mooring at Emsworth early early tomorrow morning, planning to beach at East Head so I can spend all day on beach writing and HWMO can flit off in new tender and pretent he's a MOBOer. He has made a final demand that I finish my novel before end of month, and both agent and editor are circling ever closer, so this is real life or death stuff...

And so to my question(s). Not having beached our little'un before, and having seen a few beached yachts last weekend at EH, does one just point and shoot (at the beach) a couple of hours off the tide? How does one arrange the anchor? (For those who know not, our little saily boat is bilge keeled , 21 footish long.) Etc. and etc. I'm needing step-by-step stuff here, preferably with diagrams, soundtrack, animated GIFs...

Next query is that we have one of those disposable BBQs (basically a tin foil thingy) and would like to cook on it on shore in the evening. I was wondering whether one is actually allowed to do such things at East Head, never having anchored there before and tending towards the rather more wild and woolly delights of anchoring off Pilsey Island (where, I'm pretty sure, creating any sort of fire would be punishable by a quick hanging). I am assuming that one cannot have a barbie on East Head beach.

Anyway, please advise, dearest hearties. And thanks to all for lovely thoughts and best wishes to my first post for many and many a month...

Pip pip, Justine

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[bigmart]

On a Saturday night it is almost illegal not to Barby on East Head. The main problem you will suffer is finding a Square Foot of Sand that isn't covered in burning Charcoal. As far as the beaching goes thats pretty much what i'd do. Maybe chuck out a couple of Anchors to hold you in position & make sure that the next tides are high enough to lift you off. As you probably know the morning tide tends to be lower than the Evening job around there.

Martin

 

[ruff_n_tumble]

We used to just drive our Sailfish (lift keel, completely flat bottom) in to the beach at right angles to the waterline, jump off the bow with anchor and dig it in a little way up the beach. No experience of BBQs though.

I'm sure you'll have a good time!

 

[wooslehunter]

Take a look at this, posted a couple of days ago. It'll give you an idea of the bottom profile. From I was anchored right on the drop off to the channel with about 1.5m at low water. You can see the drop off running through the middle of the anchored boats. The bottom shelves gently up to the beach where there's a steaper bit as you get to the high water mark.

 

[Sybarite]

Tell us about your novel...

John