Emsworth Scrubbing piles

[jimmyk]

Hello. I usually use the scrubbing piles at itchenor. Has anyone ever used the ones at Emsworth just outside the marina entrance. I've never seen it at low water. Cheers

 

[seumask]

Also consider the wall outside the Emsworth Slipper sailing club. You can see a Yacht in position if you look at Google earth.
Come to think of it I cant ever remember seeing scrubbing posts outside of Emsworth Marina, but that does not mean they are not there.

 

[jimmyk]

Also consider the wall outside the Emsworth Slipper sailing club. You can see a Yacht in position if you look at Google earth.
Come to think of it I cant ever remember seeing scrubbing posts outside of Emsworth Marina, but that does not mean they are not there.[/QUOT

I thought about the wall. It's a good idea. But it's difficult to get to both sides against a wall. The scrubbing piles are there but I've never seen anyone use them

 

[neilf39]

I have seen them in use. They look fine. Series of parallel flat 'sleepers' at about 2 foot spacing I think.

 

[jimmyk]

I have seen them in use. They look fine. Series of parallel flat 'sleepers' at about 2 foot spacing I think.

Cheers for that. Will give them a go I think. Save going round to itchenor which is always scarily too busy

 

[VicMallows]

They get very little use (I only see one or two boats each year) but appear quite satisfactory. The ground there is hard shingle. At LW +- 2hrs you can walk across the channel to the hard (where you can park a car, if that is relevant) . You are supposed to pay £15.50/tide. (seems a bit excessive to me if you already pay Hbr Dues )

(I dry regularly dry out on the hard opposite - for free. That's the advantage of bilge keels )

 

[Giblets]

Vic, is the hard next to the pontoon to the west of the slip?

 

[VicMallows]

Vic, is the hard next to the pontoon to the west of the slip?

The 'main' hard at Emsworth is in the NW corner at the bottom of South street, right by the Emsworth Slipper Sailing Club.

The hard I referred to earlier is at the bottom of King Street, immediately outside the marina entrance.

I have seen boats dry out to scrub immediately south (seawards) of the short-stay pontoon situated half way along the mill-pond wall, but I would not describe that area as a hard. Is that where you mean?

 

[Giblets]

The 'main' hard at Emsworth is in the NW corner at the bottom of South street, right by the Emsworth Slipper Sailing Club.

The hard I referred to earlier is at the bottom of King Street, immediately outside the marina entrance.

I have seen boats dry out to scrub immediately south (seawards) of the short-stay pontoon situated half way along the mill-pond wall, but I would not describe that area as a hard. Is that where you mean?

Just a sort distance to the west of the slip at Kings Street there appears to be a pontoon/jetty and on the western side of same there appears to be a "slip". (At least according to Google Earth.) Will have to take a bike ride along from Hayling Bridge when next down at the club to have a look-see.

 

[VicMallows]

Just a sort distance to the west of the slip at Kings Street there appears to be a pontoon/jetty and on the western side of same there appears to be a "slip". (At least according to Google Earth.) Will have to take a bike ride along from Hayling Bridge when next down at the club to have a look-see.

I'm with you now. That jetty was for the old shipyard which used to be where the posh new apartments are. There was of course a slip associated....but no more. There is still to this day a path and steps through a small housing crescent to the foreshore.

The jetty is now derelict and has been for at least 20 years. Last time I walked the foreshore it still had a sign saying 'private-keep off'... and very few boards left.

Edit: If you are sufficiently interested, do pop into the Emsworth Museum , above the old fire station, just north of the roundabout.
http://emsworthmuseum.org.uk/

 

[langstonelayabout]

And if those scrubbing posts are to do with the old, defunct, shipyard, then that means two things:

1 - They're for free.
2 - They're unmaintained. For goodness sake, check them out properly before you lean your boat against them for 10 hours...

And a question from me. You said about there is only one side of harbour wall at Emsworth. How many sides do you need to lean your boat against? You don't park your boat between the scrubbing posts, after all (or at least, I don't...).

 

[VicMallows]

And if those scrubbing posts are to do with the old, defunct, shipyard, then that means two things:

And a question from me. You said about there is only one side of harbour wall at Emsworth. How many sides do you need to lean your boat against? .

WHO SAID THAT? The scrubbing posts belong to Chichester Harbour Conservancy and are nothing to do with the old shipyard.

And who mentioned any harbour wall anywhere in this thread??????????

EDIT: in post #3 JIMMYK said: " But it's difficult to get to both sides against a wall." I interpret: "when leaning against a wall it is difficult to get to both sides of the hull"

 

[jimmyk]

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WHO SAID THAT? The scrubbing posts belong to Chichester Harbour Conservancy and are nothing to do with the old shipyard.

And who mentioned any harbour wall anywhere in this thread??????????

EDIT: in post #3 JIMMYK said: " But it's difficult to get to both sides against a wall." I interpret: "when leaning against a wall it is difficult to get to both sides of the hull"

That is what I meant. Cheers

 

[jimmyk]

And if those scrubbing posts are to do with the old, defunct, shipyard, then that means two things:

1 - They're for free.
2 - They're unmaintained. For goodness sake, check them out properly before you lean your boat against them for 10 hours...

And a question from me. You said about there is only one side of harbour wall at Emsworth. How many sides do you need to lean your boat against? You don't park your boat between the scrubbing posts, after all (or at least, I don't...).

I don't want to just lean it for the fun of it. Need to antifoul and against a wall that's not easy