Good news - Deben entrance chartlet now available

[jh2005]

I've just seen that the new Deben entrance chartlet is available to download from www.eastcoastrivers.com

Thanks to those involved in surveying & producing the charts ... and their sponsors of course! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[sailorman]

went in / out this w/e easy just follow the bouyage
2 hrs before hw sunday never less than 2.6 m

 

[johnalison]

This chap didn't seem worried a couple of weeks ago at LW neaps;

 

[pyrojames]

Hmm, just enough. I am looking at the Ore this weekend and desperately hoping that the chartlet might be ready by Friday! I always thought that the Ore was the easier bar, although nav in the river is more challanging.

 

[Superflid]

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This chap didn't seem worried a couple of weeks ago at LW neaps

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Looking at the chartlet, I can't imagine why he would be.

But I learnt to sail in The Wash! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[sailorman]

the Ore is generally a flatish shape untill inside north weir pt.
it is a lot easier than the Deben

 

[D3B]

I would suggest you ask Morgana about the Ore entrance......


I KNOW he will guide you in at the lowest possible stage of the tide /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[AliM]

We went in and out of the Deben over Easter, trusting the previous year's chartlets. No problem, although the water seemed more turbulent around W Knoll than I remember it (about half tide). The depths were almost exactly as expected.

There is an up-to-date chartlet of the Ore entrance on the same site, too.

They are both gorgeous rivers, and if the entrances scare off the Solent-types, then all the more peace for us!

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

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I would suggest you ask Morgana about the Ore entrance......


I KNOW he will guide you in at the lowest possible stage of the tide /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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We got in OK didn't we?..... don't know what you are worrying about... we never had less than 10cm under the keel..... typically mobo-er..... constantly worryying about them bronze flower shaped things stuck underneath their hull....... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[FullCircle]

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... we never had less than 10cm under the keel

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a slight overestimate.

He meant 10mm.

And the look on his face suggested he had a cactus irritating his fundamental orifice throughout the entrance.

 

[CliveG]

You can't beat a lift keel for avoiding the cactus effect when crossing a bar.

 

[pyrojames]

That's still 20 cm more than last time I went into the Deben, or 30 cm more than last time I went into Shotley! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

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[davidfox]

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I always thought that the Ore was the easier bar, although nav in the river is more challanging.

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I have been aground twice on the Ore bar, once badly - it always looks more benign than the Deben, perhaps its just me.

 

[Roach1948]

I think the biggest troubles with the Ore bar is the timing for a Southbound passage. Depending on draft, one can be in for a long old slog.

I agree that the Deben bar is certainly much hairier prospect in certain conditions. I can just about get out at LWN, but one needs to hug that shingle beach very closely!

 

[pyrojames]

To my good cheer, the Ore chartlet has been released. Orford castle and Aldeburgh beach for me this weekend.

 

[Stork_III]

Bouys are not yet placed? but tentatively due Friday.

 

[pyrojames]

Fingers crossed then, otherwise I am in for a very challenging Saturday afternoon!

 

[sailorman]

Spini flying + loadsa spd go 4 it /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[pyrojames]

I suspect that loads of speed isn't an option with Saturdays forecast! I might do the old fashioned thing and anchor off at low water, do a bit of a dinghy survey and then go for it... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif