Dry out on sand within a day sail of Shotley

Thanks for all the advice, I'll hopefully visit all those locations in due course.

Successfully dried out on at Shotley SC Beach (thanks Paul), prop removed, measured, and refloated:

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Cantata said:
Is it still pretty firm behind your boat in the pic, where the shingle gives way to sand?
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Very firm, seems to be a hard sand/gravel mix with a slight layer of mud. I walked most of it from the boat to the waterline, only the occasional area with thicker mud. I'll be using it again.
 
The stretch of foreshore where Gary dried out (from the old pier to the new apartment development) belongs to Shotley Sailing Club.

I should have mentioned it earlier, but it's not an issue for Gary, as he's a member. I had also checked (on Garys behalf) that it was OK to dry out there at that particular time.
 
Daydream believer said:
Sounds like someone forgot to keep an eye on their echo sounder when sailing along the Blackwater. Hope you had some milk, tea bags & water aboard :encouragement:
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You might very well think so. I could not possibly comment, but see Post 16.

The East Coast Old Gaffers Race used to include a cup called the Thirstlet Spittoon, in the days when the start was at Stone.
 
Kukri said:
You might very well think so. I could not possibly comment, but see Post 16.

The East Coast Old Gaffers Race used to include a cup called the Thirstlet Spittoon, in the days when the start was at Stone.
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You have raised something in my memory that east coast sailors might comment about here.
Sorry about the thread drift- perhaps it needs a new thread
In post #11 & #15 it was described as Thirslet spit- Thirslet was- as far as I recall- the name on the old buoy. That is what we, at Stone, rightly or wrongly, all called it.
However, when it was replaced a couple of years ago this happened
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Plus you just referred to the Thirstlet Spittoon
So what should it be because I was certain that the old buoy was Thirslet.
Are there any charts with the name on it?
One for Tiller Girl me thinks

Oh! & by the way-- I believe that the old gaffers started at Stone again this year and a good time was had by all- :encouragement:
 
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Daydream believer said:
You have raised something in my memory that east coast sailors might comment about here.
Sorry about the thread drift- perhaps it needs a new thread
In post #11 & #15 it was described as Thirslet spit- Thirslet was- as far as I recall- the name on the old buoy. That is what we, at Stone, rightly or wrongly, all called it.
However, when it was replaced a couple of years ago this happened
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Plus you just referred to the Thirstlet Spittoon
So what should it be because I was certain that the old buoy was Thirslet.
Are there any charts with the name on it?.......................:
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We chewed this over back in 2015 when putting together the 4th edition of ECP after that buoy was replaced and decided to leave it as Thirslet, as that is what it was (and still is, I think) called on charts.
 
And west to east, these days, the gulf between Dengie Boy and Billericay Dicky accent would have Professor Higgins stumped. 'Eshtwy' is ethnically cleansing the whole south eastern quadrant of its many local accents, perhaps it was with irony that someone suggested one could open an oyster with it.
 
Daydream believer said:
Sounds like someone forgot to keep an eye on their echo sounder when sailing along the Blackwater. Hope you had some milk, tea bags & water aboard :encouragement:
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Not guilty m'lud - as fin keelers, we have seen too many fellow travellers on their sides having headed straight down the middle of the river! No amount of scrubbing and bustle can disguise the embarrassment if that happens!
 
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