Chichester & Northney

[derekgillard]

Am taking a new crew out this weekend and they will want a marina for Saturday night.

Thought I might take them to Chichester harbour, and maybe up to Northney but I have never been there.. As I have left my chats on board could anyone with local knowledge help please.

1 Low water Sunday Morning at the bar is 08.45 BST 1.1, can I get out of Northney around low water? if not how long after. I am fin and draw 1.5

2 Any local pubs I could take them to, I know there is one near the bridge.

Thanks in advance

Del buoy.

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[M_Russell]

I'm sure one of the Northney crew will give a more authoritive answer, but as a sometime visitor I'm pretty sure Northney has all tide access for 1.5m.



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[dk]

Derek
Hope this helps:

Northney Marina
Contact (023 9246 6321, www.mdlmarinas.co.uk)
Three miles up the Emsworth Channel from the entrance brings you to a left fork heading NW, directly below the Emsworth south cardinal beacon and tidal gauge. Called the Sweare Deep, it is a well-marked channel with red/green posts that meanders its way towards Langstone and is lined with swinging moorings as usual. It also leads to the largest, fully equipped, marina on Hayling Island, Northney Marina. With 225 pontoon berths, 35T hoist, a big slipway and easy access to the mainland and M27, Northney is a very popular harbour both for permanent berth holders and trailer sailors alike. Space can usually be found somewhere for visitors, providing they are not too large, and it is an excellent place to pull in for a pit stop as, not only does it have its own yard facilities, but it is easy to arrange for an engineer to meet you there.
The Sweare is dredged to 2m up to the marina and Northney’s access channel is dredged to 1m, but the depths can sometimes be a little patchy so don’t leave it to low tide to approach. On entering the marina beware of the mud bank that rises steeply just 30m from the end of the pontoons. This bank creeps even closer the further in you go until it touches the innermost hammerhead at low tide.
Facilities
Water and electricity on pontoons, fuel, gas, toilet/shower block, ice, launderette, refuse disposal, 24hr security, public telephone, weather forecast. Boat and engine repairs by South Coast Boating (023 9246 7171) and Northney Marine Services (023 9246 9246). Electrics by Steve Hughes Marine (023 9271 9054).
Going ashore
There is a hotel on site and a garage with small shop five minutes away. A short walk over Langstone Bridge takes you to Langstone village with two excellent pubs, the Ship Inn (023 9247 1719) and the 500 year-old Royal Oak (023 9248 3125), both of which serve excellent food. At high tide it is tempting to take the dinghy across to the pubs, but you have to make it a sharp one as the water turns to mud very quickly - an hour or so after high tide! A conservancy slip is available at the end of the High St. For serious shopping, Havant town is only a 2-mile bus ride away.

Duncan

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[iangrant]

In patches along sware deep a 2.0 m fin touches in a high pressure 1 hour before HW Portsmouth on a 4.3 metre tide..Very soft mud. The pontoons will have over 2.0 metres at LW on saturday .... If you touch at Sweare deep you'll touch Chi Bar!!

Ian

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[iangrant]

Oh, and the food in the hotel at the marina entrance is excellent but expensive..
The Royal Oak over the bridge is a better pub, the ship will be heaving with grockles..

Ian

Ian

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[derekgillard]

Thanks Very much, will give it a go.

Del Buoy

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[tome]

You'll get in at any state of the tide with 1.5m this weekend. I keep my boat there, it draws 1.7m and I've only had problems on LW at top of springs.

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