Bridgemarsh drying times?

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Good afternoon to you all and seasons greetings.

Having now purchased Lady Jayne (formally Tangle) I plan to service the engine tomorrow and she is being launched on Wednesday at Burnham YH. Due to being a poorly paid part time geography teacher, I can not afford BYH prices (well over £120 per WEEK) so have chatted to Bridgemarsh and arranged a temporary home on a pontoon there for a quarter of the price while waiting for a weather window to sail her home to Maldon.

I have been looking at charts and see that Bridgemarsh dries. Not a problem but next Friday (moving day) LW is midday(ish) so does anyone know how long I will have to trundle about until I can get onto the pontoons? Gets dark around 4:45 ish so would like to be tied up by then if possible.

Cheers all in anticipation.

By the way with the plate up she draws about three feet I think.
 
you won't have to wait much longer than an hour and half or so. And if you don't mind touching the bottom you can 'touch and go'. :)

Follow the red cans carefully for the deepest water. From the middle of the river, approach perpendicular to the creek and leave Ada Point about 10 yards to your port and then head for the red cans and leave them to port too. Once you are past the third one, you can head for the end of the pontoon. It's nice soft squidgy mud...
 
Thanks mate

I love squishy mud!

One more question though (I am a natural worrier). Not sure where our berth will be, is there enough tidal stream to make it worth approaching against the flood, or is there not enough to make much difference?
 
Agree with all that. The main pontoon is pretty empty at present, so I expect Biff will put you on the outside of it, quite near us. Always berth into the tide, because it runs quite quickly, and you can use it to ferry glide onto the pontoon. The channel is wide enough to turn round if you are coming in on a rising tide. Biff or John will probably come down to take your lines when you first come. If we are around when you arrive, and we expect to be over Christmas, come and say hello.
 
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