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Planning leaving the river early next week, anyone know if the entrance channel has changed much this year?
 
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re the Deben bar

suggest you do contact the Harbour Master at the Ferry

the entrance does get moved about quite a lot with the gales

try the East Coast Pilot . com for details

I understand that John White is / was the Harbour Master
 
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Phoenix of Hamble said:
A bit early to say yet i'd guess!

CliveG might have an idea, but with bouyage removed at present, its probably a case of feeling your way out and watching the water carefully!
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I haven't been down to the Bar since late October as Sirenia is ashore.
I don't think that the buoys are lifted on the Deben as they are in the Ore.

If you wait till nearly High Water but with the flood still running and follow the buoys you should be fine.
 
Some good news, buoys are apparently on station. Plan is to visit the entance overland at LW at the weekend (springs) and check channel. Thanks for advice. I also now have Stephen Reads contact numbers in case of any queries. Thanks again.
 
Jean said:
Some good news, buoys are apparently on station. Plan is to visit the entance overland at LW at the weekend (springs) and check channel. Thanks for advice. I also now have Stephen Reads contact numbers in case of any queries. Thanks again.
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Buoys not removed in the winter. Good idea to check at low water and maybe work out a safe transit line. The issue I always find is that trying to steer between the buoys in a straight line the strong current takes me off the line so I find a transit helpful.
 
Actually a straight line on departure between the Deben buoy and Mid Knoll buoy is not necessarily a good idea, certainly not on the ebb when you can be set off to port onto the bricks.
News item HERE describes what we were advised by John White last year.
 
Cantata said:
Actually a straight line on departure between the Deben buoy and Mid Knoll buoy is not necessarily a good idea, certainly not on the ebb when you can be set off to port onto the bricks.
News item HERE describes what we were advised by John White last year.
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Not suggesting aiming a straight line but keeping a straight line using a transit, as I said above, very easy to think you are keeping a straight line when in fact the tide is setting you strongly one way. A transit helps me keep on the straight and narrow ;)

Sometimes entering or leaving feels more like a ferry glide between the buoys, first time leaving I think we were at a 20 degree angle to the line between the buoys and still only just on track. Those were the days with a shallow cat, now we have 1.4m we will actually have to think about tide times and not just arrive or leave when we feel like it.
 
Sorry if I didn't make myself clear - the point that John White was making and that I was attempting to reinforce is that a straight line is not a good idea anyway, use a curve that takes you nearer to the beach, keeps you in deeper water and further away from the hazard.
 
I went out over the bar a couple of weeks ago; the buoys are indeed on station, and definitely follow the above advice to curve nearer the beach as the knolls do seem to be extending.
 
Ready to set off but mechanical problem has delayed it for a few days. I did though visit the bar overland at LW springs, and channel all covered at LW, and appears wider than last year, so looking good.
 
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