Deben entrance

Excellent, very useful, well worth watching. It does seem that the new red/white transit pole is pretty difficult to spot though?
 
It is very hard to see. It's actually not a new pole, it appears to be the easternmost of an existing line of poles with triangles on top, and it seems they have painted the pole red and white. I would guess there will come a time with changes needing buoy moves when the pole will become no longer useful.
When I left the entrance the other week (I had come in before they laid the extra buoy and painted the pole) the pole was very useful as a transit coming out. Coming in again, it is virtually impossible to see from out by the West Knoll. The transit for entry was the Mid Knoll and the 'left-hand' end of the cottages, with the added security of the extra red buoy now in place.
Useful video, certainly, and well-made. However I fear that it's not the folk who keep an eye on the chartlets, websites and now videos who get into trouble anyway, it's the folk who don't.....!
 
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Cantata said:
However I fear that it's not the folk who keep an eye on the chartlets, websites and now videos who get into trouble anyway, it's the folk who don't.....!
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Disagree strongly Dick!! (See recent thread when I confessed to a few minutes on 28 June parked close to where the new red "A" can now is.) I also came to grief on the bar on 5th May 2000, but on a falling tide, and was grateful for a tow off by Duncan Read. The buoys were introduced during the subsequent week because the posts were in the wrong place. I like to think I pay attention to the information available, and according to my log, I've negotiated the bar 434 times in the last 15 years, sadly not with a 100% success rate!
 
That's only twice in 14 years, Bill, you're not trying hard enough.
In truth I expect that as a local you will try things that a furriner like me will not. In my own waters I often really push my luck but I behave when I go to the Deben.
 
A very nice, helpful video. Done in the laid back friendly style that I associate with Felixstowe Ferry folk.
 
Great video and well worth the effort
Thanks to the Felixstowe Ferry Team.

How come the OP was edited by FullCircle????
Is there something we should know Jim the Dog?
 
My friend came out on the ebb last Friday afternoon in his Victoria 34. He went slightly off line and ended up on his beam ends on the eastern shoals.
He still doesn't know how he got off but ended up facing inshore. A heart stopping moment apparently for this very experienced east coast sailor. He says he is unlikely to visit the Deben again!
 
Debennut said:
My friend came out on the ebb last Friday afternoon in his Victoria 34. He went slightly off line and ended up on his beam ends on the eastern shoals.
He still doesn't know how he got off but ended up facing inshore. A heart stopping moment apparently for this very experienced east coast sailor. He says he is unlikely to visit the Deben again!
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swept to the east on the ebb, he should have been well up the western side
 
I was interested to hear on the video that the ebb sweeps west as well. Intuitively I would expect it to be setting east? Can anyone confirm this?
 
Debennut said:
My friend came out on the ebb last Friday afternoon in his Victoria 34. He went slightly off line and ended up on his beam ends on the eastern shoals.
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Seems like a very narrow channel his year, I heard on the video that 10m off line and the depth reduced from 9' to 2'. We went in at the end of May on the flood and found little water where there should have been plenty (or were we off line?) so it's great that there's an extra ph buoy and leading mark now, glad to see the video, its excellent.
 
Thanks. Good to have detailed information as there's three of us on an excursion from the Medway later in the week. The new buoy should help.
John and Stephen really are on the ball and the video update works very well.
 
chinita said:
Excellent video; many thanks for posting.
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I came out of The Ore on Thursday 2.20 after HW Harwich. i have never ever tried leaving on the ebb before but neap tide & the dire forecast for Friday i "gave it a go", no sails as i wanted to turn quick if the need arose. I never saw less than 2.8m depth & that about 50m from the red can.
I then had a very pleasant sail to Harwich ( where it rained ).
 
Sailorman, did you ask a Cornish Crabber owner who was bailing whether he was sinking? We left the Ore almost dead on HW (I banged the bottom going in and didn't want to repeat the experience). Approaching Felixstowe saw a dolphin, my first, and turning into the harbour a pourpoise, only seen these twice before.
 
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