East coast

[CX54WEK]

Im glad you said that. I was beginning to wonder what we had let ourselfs in for agreeing to go to Wells this year!!!

 

[DAKA]

QUOTE=DAKA;2414366]Hi Bendyone,

( The op has chosen the M1 route but in the interests of completeness.....

The Wash leg is 100 nm, Lowestoft to Grimsby some of which is 15 miles offshore, in a small boat no matter where the wind is from it is seldom calm unless you are happy with fog (ops boat doesnt have radar).

Despite mtb's enthusiasm for using Wells in the passage plan it is a little specialist not really for the novice (note mtb's avatar photo 20ft bilge keeler). ops boat can not dry and wells drys, most who visit do a recky by car and pleasure boat trip up the creek first, having done the recky and tourist trip several times I came to the conclusion that detouring to wells added 50 miles to a 100 mile crossing wasnt sensible or very safe unless you have a local on board. )

After reading what you wrote it Sounds to me like you were out of your depth mate

Wells is not as you think or would have people believe
(a little specialist not really for the novice ) !
try reading http://www.wellsharbour.co.uk/getin.htm visitors to wells with craft of all shapes and sizes stop over. The harbour staff do a marvelous job looking after visitors. The channels are well marked and directions simple enough, if all that isnt enough the Harbour Launch will on request guide in visitors
It's around 52 nm to grimsby from wells. I have spent years in and around the wash and east coast in every thing from 20ft to 65ft in all weathers including night passages,there are many places that are in my view more hazardous.

wells has quite a queue of people trying to get a mooring and not all are bilge keeled WONDER WHY ?

rant over

Mick

Good Rant Mick

Il put it back on the places to go list.
In the old days you could only get off your boat by dinghy to a quay side that dried and you had to climb a wet slippery ladder to get off, not something to be done when out for the evening.

All you needed to say was Deep water floating pontoons with electrics

 

[JKay]

Im glad you said that. I was beginning to wonder what we had let ourselfs in for agreeing to go to Wells this year!!!

We tried last year and just could not get a gap in the weather to match tides etc
and please be aware of getting stuck there it doesn't take a lot over the bar to keep you weather bound