Gunwharf Crossing (Portsmouth)

[lenten]

thanks pinnacle for the harbour masters direction without vhf------i see there is legal way to get to the camber----get marshalled across or shadow a boat with vhf going to gun wharf

 

[Hermit]

I think the marshalling/escorting refers to the Americas Cup racing boats going in and out of Ben Ainslee's centre - not just anyone.

How will you know a boat crossing that you want to shadow has called to ask approval to cross (apart from the fact that everyone does)? Who (how?) are you going to ask to marshall you across?

 

[chrishscorp]

Hello all, I am new to boating and have completed my VHF course today. I also have purchased my first ever 13ft speedboat which I am really looking forward to getting on the water. However, I am not certain what permission I need to ask when crossing from balas to camber and into the open water and which channel to follow. Is anyone please able to help me? I have a VHF handheld radio as well in my boat.

It would be worth you getting a either a tablet or your smart phone and installing a navigation app on it there are several available Visit my harbour, Navionics etc as that open water out there has varying depths and obstructions in it, like the poorly marked submarine barrier which will rearrange the shape of your prop or hull.

 

[chrishscorp]

It may well be 10 knots but also watch you wash. I was going in at 8 knots when the harbour master put his blue lights on and came over to me to have a word.
he asked my speed and I said 8 knots he then said look behind me. there was a big wake as the boat did not like going that slow

We came in one summers weekend, very busy at the entrance, some ####### ### in a small power cruiser came in too fast leaving a huge wake that made us roll in a 26 yacht, the family of 4 with two small kids in a sailing dinghy pitched from side to side and only just managed to keep the boat upright, seriously not the place to capsize a dinghy.

 

[stelican]

At least the VHP seem to know how to deal with jetski which is a skill other harbours might emulate . I’m actually surprised they haven’t started a branch at the Hamble to deal with all the issues reported there on other posts .

But what would they call them.

 

[Never Grumble]

We came in one summers weekend, very busy at the entrance, some ####### ### in a small power cruiser came in too fast leaving a huge wake that made us roll in a 26 yacht, the family of 4 with two small kids in a sailing dinghy pitched from side to side and only just managed to keep the boat upright, seriously not the place to capsize a dinghy.

Happens all the time.