Far too many boats

[Bigplumbs]

Took the caravan and the small sib to a camp site new hamble le rice to visit the boat show. Went up the Hamble In the little SIB today and we had a nice trip. My overwhelming feeling however being an East Coast boater was just how many huge boats are moored on the Hamble I rather think it has spoilt the river. Thank god they don't all head out at the same time

Dennis

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

I'm liking your style in complaining about how the other boats on the river are spoiling the view... from your boat.

 

[Bigplumbs]

I'm liking your style in complaining about how the other boats on the river are spoiling the view... from your boat.

Yes. but my boat is a 10 foot SIB ?

 

[Greg2]

We quite like Hamble and the proliferation of boats. Off down tomorrow for a few days to do the show and continue our search for our next boat

 

[Sticky Fingers]

We love the Hamble. We hate the cost of berthing there. So we don't, but visit when we can.

 

[TheOrs]

I thought this was going to be a thread about how you have one each of every model of Fletcher ever made + some other boats as well and how you were now wondering if that was a good position to find yourself in!

 

[rafiki_]

We love the Hamble. It is great seeing such variety in such a small area.

 

[Sailorsam101]

I'm on the Hambke and honestly say that about 75% of all the boats you see afloat never go anywhere. I'm afloat most weekends all year so I see who moves and who does not.

 

[[2068]]

I just looked up the Hamble on "visitmyharbour.com".
Tucked away in the (otherwise sensible) information is this nugget on going beyond Burseldon Bridge:

"From here they will be able to contemplate the excesses of consumer boating at it's most blatant and congratulate themselves on not being part of it."


Still on my list of things to do is to take the tender beyond the bridge and explore the upper reaches of the river.

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[henryf]

I just looked up the Hamble on "visitmyharbour.com".
Tucked away in the (otherwise sensible) information is this nugget on going beyond Burseldon Bridge:

"From here they will be able to contemplate the excesses of consumer boating at it's most blatant and congratulate themselves on not being part of it."


Still on my list of things to do is to take the tender beyond the bridge and explore the upper reaches of the river.

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It is a very different experience to the main part of the river. On a nice sunny day it's great. Take a picnic & your camera. If you can go during the week & you'll have the place to yourself. To be fair even on a weekend it's hardly packed out particularly as you go further upstream.

Henry

 

[Garold]

For many boat owners, looking at other boats is a favourite pastime. And on the Hamble there's plenty to look at.

Our reasons for staying on the Hamble (in spite of the cost and sometimes busy freeway feeling on a Friday evening and all day Sunday) included the fact that most of the dealers are located there and so most of the yacht services guys are close by too.

Garold

 

[mlines]

It also is not a modern phenomenon either. For hundreds of years it's been a centre of boating and shipbuilding. From building the navy of the past to bring a virtual garrison during periods of war

 

[nicho]

A warm summer weekend day's " Hamble scramble" can make the M25 seem quiet! By and large though, the Hamble is pretty relaxed, especially midweek.

 

[Bigplumbs]

So would you say the Hamble is a River or a boat park

 

[jac]

So would you say the Hamble is a River or a boat park

It's split personality.

Below the bridges it's a boat park. Above them it's a very attractive river and well worth taking the dinghy up there. If youy can coincide your trip with high tide you can get all the way to the Horse and Jockey, have a couple of pints then come back down. DO NOT LINGER AT THE PUB!!!!

 

[dj43]

The hamble seems to be a place you depart from but rarely visit which is a shame.

 

[[2068]]

We are based on Hayling Island, and try to visit the Hamble at least once a season to ogle the big boats, and have a decent meal out somewhere.

 

[rafiki_]

Still on my list of things to do is to take the tender beyond the bridge and explore the upper reaches of the river.

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Pleasant place to SUP above the bridge. Swanwick and below is more stressful, too many Ribs thinking wash and SUP's are good sport ?

 

[superheat6k]

~ 1/4 mile above the M27 bridge the river gently turns leaving the lower river completely out of sight as you enter a completely different rural idyll. Small landings to have picnics at, the Pub up the River Cur to the right, or to the left past the YMCA at Fairthorne Manor and on to Botley, where there is a weir and small waterfall. The river above the M27 stretches for nearly 3 miles. Easily as pretty as Newtown Creek or Beaulieu River and nicer than the River Yar.

If you go up on a spring tide weekend, with first HW around 1PM, you can paddle or motor your tender up on the flood, stay until just before the second HW, then ride back down on the (rapid) ebb. Be aware the spring ebb has only 2 hours to get from HW to LW so it really rips out, and there are no nearby footpaths to follow back until you get close to the M27 where there is a path way from the landing at Upper Hamble Country Park, through Brixedone Farm and then Foulkes Yard to the A27 at Bursledon.

 

[[2068]]

So what happens to the upper reaches at low tide?
Does it actually dry, meaning several hours stuck in the mud in the tender?