Going up the Tyne yesterday some kids started chucking rocks at me

dylanwinter said:
fortunately they would never make the cricket team

inacurate and fell well short


one them hollared - "your boat is **** mate"

by comparison this afternoon when cycling through South Shields four Asian kids were playing cricket

all padded up and bowling properly

one of the two fielders made the most wonderful throw to return the ball

so pleased the white yobbos could not throw for toffee

I have had rocks chucked at me on canals

this was a first for me on a big river
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'I think' this was you on Tuesday morning as I was outbound Tyne I but could not come inshore to see you much far to shallow for me in that area

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Mike
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Caer Urfa said:
'I think' this was you on Tuesday morning as I was outbound Tyne I but could not come inshore to see you much far to shallow for me in that area

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Mike
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woo hoo

I asked vts if I could beach the boat

they told me that they do not allow people to beach boats

bumma

so I anchored in 3 feet instead

I had a lovely sail down the Tyne this morning

now at Blyth after spending the day in cullercoats

had a bit of a scrub and a swim

left at low tide

lovely

D
 
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Lovely beaches - lived in North shields for 5 years and went there a lot. And they get nicer as you go north. Bamburgh is a cracker

Long sands in Tynemouth was the nicest for a walk locally.

Got the line of that song ringing in my head again.

"cullercoats to whitley bay, gonna rockaway....."

Spanish city is long gone though.

Anyway you brought back a few memories.
 
EuanMcKenzie said:
Lovely beaches - lived in North shields for 5 years and went there a lot. And they get nicer as you go north. Bamburgh is a cracker

Long sands in Tynemouth was the nicest for a walk locally.

Got the line of that song ringing in my head again.

"cullercoats to whitley bay, gonna rockaway....."

Spanish city is long gone though.

Anyway you brought back a few memories.
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dylanwinter said:
I asked vts if I could beach the boat

they told me that they do not allow people to beach boats
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Shouldn't have asked them :)

They don't know anything about little boats that can take the ground. Default answer is no.

If you had to talk to them at all (did you?) just say you were going to anchor. You do put an anchor out when beaching (I assume?) and there's no need to tell them how much water you have underneath the keel in your chosen anchorage...

Pete
 
If you beach your boat you run the risk of getting escorted away to spend the night in a hotel while your boat gets taken apart to avoid the locals taking it apart. It might then be confiscated by the Receiver of Wrecks and taken away on a lorry! :(

Like you, Dylan, I dry my boat out on occasions. The first time I did it, it suddenly struck me that anybody looking on might have wondered if I was "in difficulties" and called the coastguard!
 
The dome is still there.

EuanMcKenzie said:
Lovely beaches - lived in North shields for 5 years and went there a lot. And they get nicer as you go north. Bamburgh is a cracker

Long sands in Tynemouth was the nicest for a walk locally.

Got the line of that song ringing in my head again.

"cullercoats to whitley bay, gonna rockaway....."

Spanish city is long gone though.

Anyway you brought back a few memories.
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Thanks for the wine and the use of your boathook.


dylanwinter said:
woo hoo

I asked vts if I could beach the boat

they told me that they do not allow people to beach boats

bumma

so I anchored in 3 feet instead

I had a lovely sail down the Tyne this morning

now at Blyth after spending the day in cullercoats

had a bit of a scrub and a swim

left at low tide

lovely

D
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Daydream believer said:
A Norwegian i met in Ardglass was having agro from kids on the pier. He showed me his deterrent
As he left port he produced a catapult & a few well aimed shots had the yobs running for cover complete with a few bruises
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In Ardglass? I've been there dozens of times and never had any aggro or seen any. Marina is well away from the pier and protected by an isolated breakwater. South Pier (main breakwater) is busy, usually with a dozen or two fishing vessels rafted up on the inside. He'd want to be careful firing stones at that pier coz the fisherman would certainly have the means to come after him.
 
prv said:
Shouldn't have asked them :)

They don't know anything about little boats that can take the ground. Default answer is no.

If you had to talk to them at all (did you?) just say you were going to anchor. You do put an anchor out when beaching (I assume?) and there's no need to tell them how much water you have underneath the keel in your chosen anchorage...

Pete
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Hi Pete

Sorry mate D was right to call Tyne VTS as they have clamped down a lot on pleasure boats this last twelve months due to increased incidents and shipping.

Also many people 'do not know' but you are on CCTV the minute you enter the piers from the VTS tower at the fish quay, the tapes are kept for one month incase they want it for evidence !!

They also have the power to ban you from the whole river as it is controlled by Port of Tyne Authority and you won't be the first!.

Mike
 
Caer Urfa said:
Sorry mate D was right to call Tyne VTS as they have clamped down a lot on pleasure boats this last twelve months due to increased incidents and shipping.
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Clamped down on pleasure boats doing what?

And the "did you?" was a genuine question, as I don't know the area. If he needs to talk to them that's fine, my point was that he might have said "I'm going to anchor at <wherever>" rather than complicate matters unnecessarily.

Pete
 
Hi Pete

It's a busy commercial river and most of it is common sense but:-

They are clamping down on boats entering or departing the Tyne on the 'wrong side' of the river
Speeding: there is a 6 knot limit after passing the Groyne beacon inbound
All boats must call Tyne VTS when entering the Tyne at the piers or departing from any marina

You will not believe the nut cases who are sailing happily in the middle of the river totally unaware that a 50.000 ton bulker is heading towards them at 6 knots.

Only two weeks ago one yacht told VTS he had the right of way as he was under sail!! How VTS kept their patience in reply was a credit to them, but they always get the name of the boat and pay them a nice visit when they return!

I may add all voice transmissions on channel 12 to VTS in the river are also recorded !!!!

Most do not have any problems in the Tyne and I finally I should add that Tyne VTS are always very professional to all who call them no matter how big or small the boat/ship is.

Mike
 
Unfortunately this is a common occurrence along a certain stretch of the river. On Friday evening we had some idiot cast directly at us he actually had to cast up the river I waited for the splash and realized that he had cracked the weight off it landed 3 feet from the boat. Being angry I spun the boat round but as I could not do much I took his photo which did not seem to please him. I have heard of people hitting golf balls at boats and even fireworks being thrown. Heading home today so if I survive the barrage I may see you this afternoon.
Geoff
 
We have a better class of hooligan up here - we were once used as target practice by some juvenile delinquent golfers teeing off from their back garden into Loch Dunvegan. None of the balls actually hit us but they were worryingly close. We had a mobile signal so I shopped them to the polis. Very satisfying seeing a wee police van coming over the hill, switching on its flashing blue light as it approached as it approached the houses.
 
cindersailor said:
Reminds me of our transit of the Maryhill locks on the Forth-Clyde canal. We were advised by the waterways guys to do this early morning so as to avoid the local wildlife. As we approached the top lock we noted a good number of joggers along the towpath. When we mentioned this to one of the guys at the lock his response was "They're not joggers, they're escapees!"
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They must be getting up early these days: we were told we were safe until about 2pm.
 
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