drying piles ?

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It would seem that the expensive anti foul that was applied to my boat is useless and I may as well have coated it in some of my kids face paints. I dont especially want to crane the boat out now but had thought about drying her out on a decent set of piles when Im on holiday(was planning on france/channel islands) ?
The boat is a 44 ft long keeler steel weighs around 25 tons and is kept in Poole, I know dartmouth has a good set of piles on the quay wall but is there anywhere more local ?

thanks in advance
 
I'm pretty sute that there's a good setup for drying out alongside the wall in St Peter Port marina, Guernsey. In the NW corner of the marina if my memory serves correctly.

rob
 
Out side Marks and sparks in st peter port has my vote. we have used it a couple of times. we have a draught of 2.1m (fin) and a Loa of 42 foot. it's free if you want to go anywhere on the shingle but if you want to use the scrubbing pads they charge you a tenner. but you need to book it with the harbour office.

lots of nice rings to tie up too, but make sure you tie the mast to the wall

I much prefer a wall to a set of piles.
 
Any advice for drying out against the wall in chi ? we draw 2.1 42 foot long is it possible for us and where the best place.
 
With that draft you'll need a good Spring tide.

Recommend Bosham Quay (tel 01243 573336 = Quaymaster)) which has more water than Dell Quay.

There are piles outside Emsworth Yacht Harbour (book thro HM tel 01243 512301), and a drying grid inside (tel 01243 377727). Northney Marina also has a scrubbing grid (tel 02392 466321).

Or consider the slip/wall at Hayling Yacht Co in Mill Rythe (tel 02392 463592) which is usually empty at weekends. I berth there so PM me for assistance, particularly finding your way up the creek.
 
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With that draft you'll need a good Spring tide.

Recommend Bosham Quay (tel 01243 573336 = Quaymaster)) which has more water than Dell Quay.



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..and less mud /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif Agreed, at 2.1m draft you would not get too long at Dell Quay
 
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Why waste a day on the piles?

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S'truth, wotta question!
COS SOME OF US HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO WITH NINETY QUID, THAT'S WHY!
 
Not sure if they are still there but there were drying piles I used to use frequently on the Hamble.

1 set just past Warsash Sailing Club on the right as you go up and another on the left between the RAF yacht club and Mercury Marina.. Do need spring rather than neap tides for the full effect. I should check with Hamble Harbour master.

Got a feeling there are also piles in Yarmouth IOW. One neaps I went to Cherbourg and laid against the wall just past the Marina on the right - a couple of slips and the tidal range is greater there than the Solent.
Michael
 
thanks guys will look into the st peter port one as was intending heading that way, we have based the boat in Poole harbour in the wych channel again this summer but probably sailing back to bristol for the winter so i can get some work done.
The boat lift thing in cowes looks good but i need to slap some more buckets of face paint on the hull so figured i could dry out ,scrub and rea ntifoul one side and then next day do the other side....oh one thought the mast is deck stepped is a such agood idea to secure it to the piles ???
thanks ian
 
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Some of us have better things to do in a day or two of our holiday, than spend it cleaning crap off the bottom of the boat and repainting it.

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Some of us haven't got our maintenance programme sorted it appears. Of course it shouldn't cut into your holiday - you do it before then!
(Er, that's what weekends are for.)
 
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