Brighton Marina Full Today

[fredrussell]

It also has a park bench dedicated to Eric "Eazy E" Wright of the NWA.

“Easy is his name and the boys coming straight out of Compton”. Apols for thread drift but I couldn’t resist the opportunity to post an NWA lyric on YBW forum. Surely a first?

 

[R.Ems]

Peaceful? The junk yard crane dropping scrap metal in to a coaster 50 feet from your left ear until 3am made sleep a bit of a challenge. Then after it finally stopped you get an hour before the ferry arrives and starts hooting.

It also has a park bench dedicated to Eric "Eazy E" Wright of the NWA.

I prefer that to getting repeatedly accosted in the Brighton Marina heads, by certain gentlemen, obviously deeply concerned about the environment, whose favourite way of saving the planet is sharing a shower cubicle, with another chap...

 

[st599]

“Easy is his name and the boys coming straight out of Compton”. Apols for thread drift but I couldn’t resist the opportunity to post an NWA lyric on YBW forum. Surely a first?

As long as you don't repeat the next few lines, nor the name of the band.

 

[oldgit]

That was ages ago, when we were still there, around 2016 I think. Probably done by now, although you never know. Huge Dutch tugboat came with a bunch of barges and pinned them against the inside of the wall with its 500 HP bowthruster (which has its own diesel engine just for that and can run as long as there's fuel). The wash blew the fouling right off a rotting wooden liveaboard which immediately began to flood and the owner had to wait three days to get an emergency liftout because the lock to the boatyard was also being serviced

Two weeks ago ?

 

[dk]

And when it first opened there were no pontoons yet in the outer harbour, so everyone, including all the charter angling boats, used to have to lock through from the inner every day.

Of course, that was when the inner was full of pontoons, before they turned it into a luxury housing estate.

Yes, I had a berth there. I clearly remember the loos & showers were underwater and really warm in winter!

 

[Bristolfashion]

I really liked Shoreham as an alternative to Brighton - hardly any further west really.

 

[R.Ems]

I really liked Shoreham as an alternative to Brighton - hardly any further west really.

Same here; also, it's a port of entry which is dredged properly. The marina is run by a lovely chap called Graham, who can find anything in his nooks and crannies.

 

[Habebty]

Thanks for reminding me about Shoreham I always forget to consider it. What is the lock arrangement for making fast whilst in the lock please.

 

[R.Ems]

Thanks for reminding me about Shoreham I always forget to consider it. What is the lock arrangement for making fast whilst in the lock please.

I remember there being no difficulties singlehanded. I think it is a floating pontoon.