Do any forum members sail from Rye?

[DoubleEnder]

Or have reasonable first hand knowledge of Rye? Availability and type of moorings, and information about entry would be very helpful. My boat is 33 foot long keel draws 5 feet 8 inches.

Thank you
Graham

 

[DoubleEnder]

I guess not.....

 

[CalicoJack]

I, like lots of people over the years have sailed from Rye. There is a clue to the fact that many people now don't sail from Rye but go elsewhere. Its lovely HW +/- 1 hour, but that apart its interesting; as in the Chinese curse may you live in interesting times. If you have not used Rye before contact the Harbour Master 01797 225225, he will advise you best. There are moorings available, but they all dry and have limited access. You might manage HW +/- 2 Hours if you are lucky. I know when I last looked the maths worked out at two thirds the fees of Eastbourne for one third of the access.

Good luck

Nigel

PS You can't claim to have a boat in Rye until you have been stuck outside for 10 hours waiting for the tide to come back in

 

[nigelmercier]

Rye is my "home port" but there is no way my boat could get in there.

It's a lovely spot, I often drive there in the summer as it's only about 10 miles from me.

 

[DoubleEnder]

Ok. I thought that was probably the case but was feeling hopeful..... Eastbourne, hmmmmmmm

Thank you

 

[RupertW]

I used to enjoy Rye in shoal draft boats but can't imagine getting the same pleasure out of anything that drew more than 3 feet.

Great place to drift up river to the town in a puddle of water going a few more yards as tide gurgles up, with curious cows looking down on you. Then tie up alongside the town wall, watch other boats lean over as the tide drops, and hit the local chippies and pubs in a magical town. But when I visited there last year in April by land) there was just a solitary boat tied up so not the busy stopover it used to be.

Never seen any point in staying in Rye Harbour as there is nothing there of interest.

 

[Iliade]

We went to Rye last year. Tie up to a staging alongside the harbour master's office and go seek instruction from the man. He sent us right up to the end of the tidal portion of river, about 30m from the lock gate. There is enough there to spend a day perusing the shops and several pleasant eateries. Very nice to moor in the middle of the town instead of some windswept salt marsh.

The river bed is quite 'v' shaped so I led lines from the mast to strongpoints provided for the purpose to stop my bilge keeler from leaning into the channel. Worked fine, but I would have been happier first time drying out there in a fin keeled boat. I think you would get all the way up, but check with the HM. Fairly large ships are in there.

 

[Slow_boat]

We went there last year in our bile keeler drawing nearly 4ft. You're sucked in and spat out!

Drying out alongside the wall was interesting; fin keelers dry upright with a rope from mast to shore but there was no way we could dry upright. Lovely spot, though.

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Or have reasonable first hand knowledge of Rye?

Apparently there are seven seas there so there should be plenty of places to sail to.

 

[Iliade]

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11079507.Lewes_and_Rye_are_named_among_the_UK___s_best_towns/?ref=ms

 

[AngusMcDoon]

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11079507.Lewes_and_Rye_are_named_among_the_UK___s_best_towns/?ref=ms

I like the way the article bangs on about what a wonderful law abiding care-free prosperous place East Sussex is to live, then links to the following news stories at the bottom:

Brighton and Hove's five dirtiest restaurants and takeaways
Brighton and Hove bus worker sacked after removing drunk passenger.
Man stabbed in stomach while walking home.
Delivery drivers refusing to visit Brighton seafront due to parking tickets
Secret plans to squeeze hundreds of homes on green land between two Brighton villages