Christchurch.....How practical?

[hux001]

It's evident that mooring costs are a function of availability, accessibility, facilities and location.

My requirements are for weekend sailing solent/south coast, reasonable fees, walk-on accessibility, under 24 months on a waiting list, access to power/fuel and proximity to beach hut at Mudeford.

My first thought is Elkins or Rossiters in Christchurch. My Second thought is 'bloodyhell, I don't have the time to dredge a channel!'

So my question is, given a workable wind direction/pressure/prior rainfall, how much time tolerance either side of each HW would I have to make my way through the run and onto either of these yards. This will give an idea of the amount of practical sailing time I could expect for each weekend.
The only thing that makes this a viable consideration is the lifting keel on my Bene 33 giving a .9m draught.

Thanks Huxley

 

[ianat182]

'Geoff at Stanpit' of these fora may be able to give better info of the sailing window for the upper part of Christchurch harbour; a mooring at Stanpit may possibly be obtained from the small yard near to the Sailing club, where he keeps his Parker.
Friends of mine had a mooring further up from his, and you could walk out to it pretty much at low tide, it needed 18" depth, keel up, and grounded, so a lifting rudder may be required too here.
As I recall the route from Stanpit cuts across the marshy bit at about 1/4 mile from the mooring area and a large orange buoy was a marker for the turn. It gets even narrower when the dinghy racing in that 'channel' is going on!

ianat182

 

[Boathook]

Access should not be a problem from 2.5 hours after LW to about .5 hour after 2HW. Drawing around .70m I can sometimes get in at LW if the sea is calm. A lot of boats in Christchurch require around the same as you.