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dylanwinter

dylanwinter

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having spent a fair amount of time on google earth it looks as though the Humber will be a great river to winter on

I have been trying to contact some-one at Grimsby Marina - I would like to stay there from November until February to film the birds on the Humber

I have a few simple questions

who do I speak to, do they have power on the pontoons, what are the lock hours like, can I come and go at any point in the tide, how much will four winter months afloat cost me, will my car get broken into while I am sailing, what are the showers like

Dylan
 
Think you'd be happier here http://humberyawl.wordpress.com/webarchive/about-2/#brough

This is the Humber Yawl Club, I remembered it from when my parents lived in Swanland. Think you'd have to join the club but membership fees are not excessive.

Details from their website below.

The HYC mailing address:-

The Humber Yawl Club,
Brough Haven,
Saltgrounds Road,
Brough,
East Riding of Yorkshire,
HU15 1ED

The Club’s Haven at Brough is a tidal creek on the north bank of the Humber estuary some 11 miles from the City of Hull. It offers a full range of sailing facilities as follows:-

- Headquarters Club house

- Berthing

- Slipway

- Hard standing

- Duty boat

- Electric and manual fixed winches

- Mast storage

- Tractor for moving trailers

- Travel-hoist for yachts up to 10 metres

This haven is suitable for craft of up to 1.9m draft and 11.5m LOA. For craft of this size, the depth of water in the entrance only limits access at neap tides.

Brough is the base for the Club’s Cruiser and Keelboat racing.
 
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that looks better

davidwf said:
Think you'd be happier here http://humberyawl.wordpress.com/webarchive/about-2/#brough

This is the Humber Yawl Club, I remembered it from when my parents lived in Swanland. Think you'd have to join the club but membership fees are not excessive.

Details from their website below.

The HYC mailing address:-

The Humber Yawl Club,
Brough Haven,
Saltgrounds Road,
Brough,
East Riding of Yorkshire,
HU15 1ED

The Club’s Haven at Brough is a tidal creek on the north bank of the Humber estuary some 11 miles from the City of Hull. It offers a full range of sailing facilities as follows:-

- Headquarters Club house

- Berthing

- Slipway

- Hard standing

- Duty boat

- Electric and manual fixed winches

- Mast storage

- Tractor for moving trailers

- Travel-hoist for yachts up to 10 metres

This haven is suitable for craft of up to 1.9m draft and 11.5m LOA. For craft of this size, the depth of water in the entrance only limits access at neap tides.

Brough is the base for the Club’s Cruiser and Keelboat racing.
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emailed man at Grimsby

started off at £1600 for the four months

then came back to £600

took a look at the Yawl place at Brough and Winteringham

they both look perfect for a few months for the slug who loves nothing more than to snuggle down into the mud

I have emailed graham Foster

The Humber does look like a great winter sailihng location


Dylan
 
My boat was at HYC when I bought her six years ago

Very friendly people and I was given a key to the clubhouse to use the showers and kitchen.

The mud is 'World Class'. Access should be ok for you but I was neaped for a while (1.52m draft).

Don't remember power on the pontoon. Come to that, I don't remember a pontoon!

My sort of place. Yours too I reckon.
 
Winteringham would save the toll on the Humber bridge, so you could use the M180 and M181 to get there.

I'm guessing you could then sail over to Brough if you wanted, doubt the berths would all be full in the winter. My parents used to live in Swanland and I used to walk with them around that area, as said very muddy but very snug and all in all a nice place to be.
 
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Funny, I was thinking only last night, Dylan, mentioning to you the possibility of the Humber Yawl Club site at Winteringham for when you get up to the Humber.

I was never a member but went there a couple of times (by car) when i was living oop north and thinking of getting a boat again. They were very friendly, I thought. One of the things that stuck in my mind was that a Mirror Offshore (like the Slug) was one of the boats that I was considering at the time. I noticed that one of the club rules excluded motorboats and motor-sailers, and some describe the Mirror Offshore as a motor-sailer, so I asked one of the people there if they would consider a Mirror Offshore OK. He told me that wouldn't be a problem, an existing member had one, and was notable for joining in club trips to Holland, etc, and insisting on sailing rather than motoring, even if he got back hours after all the much bigger, zippier boats.
 
I'm I the only one to be worried Dylan's first option was a marina? Is he going soft? This isn't Real KTL - power on pontoons, clean showers, secure parking etc. I knew Wisbech would lead him off the righteous path.
 
winter sailing

ianc1200 said:
I'm I the only one to be worried Dylan's first option was a marina? Is he going soft? This isn't Real KTL - power on pontoons, clean showers, secure parking etc. I knew Wisbech would lead him off the righteous path.
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I did spend a winter on a mooring on the Alde

bloody tough I reckon

it is dinghies and cold water that kill people

only got frightened once - but the Alde, Ore and Butley were so wonderful it was worth it

last winter was on a mooring too - but it was at wells so I could walk to the boat provided I timed my arrivals for low tide

Of course the desire for a plug in is for the sake of the camera batteries which do produce less power when cold in the winter than in the summer - and there is a chance that I will not be able to use the beast

soft... me....very hard.

Dylan

PS KTL 74 is up

http://www.keepturningleft.co.uk/category/2010-season/
 
Hi Dylan

The lock is free flow for an hour or two either side of hw. Other than that you will have to pay (at the sailing club in the marina) to lock in or out you will need some long ropes and lots of fenders if locking in or out as the current will have your boat trying to turn. Best to go in next to a fishing boat and tie to them as the lock fills.

The showers are good and they do reasonable food and cheap beer ;-) in the clubhouse, can't remember if there is power on the pontoons but there are lots of boats there so would have thought so. There is pretty much a constant background noise of the chillers from the nearby fish warehouses, there are some good cheap chandeleries nearby, it is a fair walk into town for shopping. http://www.wellsharbour.co.uk/saileast.htm

Regards Roger
 
free flow is good

RogerMayne said:
Hi Dylan

The lock is free flow for an hour or two either side of hw. Other than that you will have to pay (at the sailing club in the marina) to lock in or out you will need some long ropes and lots of fenders if locking in or out as the current will have your boat trying to turn. Best to go in next to a fishing boat and tie to them as the lock fills.

The showers are good and they do reasonable food and cheap beer ;-) in the clubhouse, can't remember if there is power on the pontoons but there are lots of boats there so would have thought so. There is pretty much a constant background noise of the chillers from the nearby fish warehouses, there are some good cheap chandeleries nearby, it is a fair walk into town for shopping. http://www.wellsharbour.co.uk/saileast.htm

Regards Roger
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all sounds fine - the price is a bit high

now looks as though the yawl club are likely to do me a deal for a winter pontoon

they have to have a committee meeting first

Dylan
 
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