Hamble Mercury Slip

[aquapower]

Am moving boat to Mercury in next couple of weeks and if weather prevents movement by sea I'm going to have to use trailer, can someone please advise what the slip surface is like and is it restricted by tide times? Boat is 7m so space to manoeuvre car and trailer is essential, have plenty of previous experience on other slips but never used this one yet.

 

[volvopaul]

Steve Hill is your man as he regularly launches his S24 thanks mum.
He's on my Facebook so maybe send him a friend request .

 

[aquapower]

Steve Hill is your man as he regularly launches his S24 thanks mum.
He's on my Facebook so maybe send him a friend request .

Thanks Paul, have contacted Steve.

 

[paultallett]

Steve Hill is your man as he regularly launches his S24 thanks mum.
He's on my Facebook so maybe send him a friend request .

+1

 

[STEVEDUNSTABLE]

Hope this helps.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVik2fdtxn4 recovering...... then going in !!...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZQGw-i4ynM

 

[mlines]

Yes it is restricted by tide. I would plan on two hours either side of HW although different sized boats, trailers and levels of expertise can push that a lot further.

 

[aquapower]

Hope this helps.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVik2fdtxn4 recovering...... then going in !!...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZQGw-i4ynM

You make it look so easy Steve, on the launch video that did look quite slippery.

 

[aquapower]

Yes it is restricted by tide. I would plan on two hours either side of HW although different sized boats, trailers and levels of expertise can push that a lot further.

Thanks, I don't mind waiting to ensure it all goes well, would rather not get my car wet!!

 

[mlines]

Personally I have never seen it quite as weedy and slippery as shown in Steves videos but then again it doesn't appear to be raining in his videos either so I think they are faked

 

[STEVEDUNSTABLE]

ha ha !!!........all 100% genuine they are !!!........... your right though, that was a particular bad day and ive not seen it like that since then ..Its more slippery from silt coming down from the creek after a lot of rain than weed ....

 

[Bigplumbs]

ha ha !!!........all 100% genuine they are !!!........... your right though, that was a particular bad day and ive not seen it like that since then ..Its more slippery from silt coming down from the creek after a lot of rain than weed ....

Steve. Just sent you a pm

Regards

Dennis

 

[aquapower]

Looks like I will go for it this Saturday, weather looking good too

 

[STEVEDUNSTABLE]

Looks like I will go for it this Saturday, weather looking good too

please ensure you bring TONS of FAB weather with you ........

 

[aquapower]

please ensure you bring TONS of FAB weather with you ........

Will do Steve :encouragement:

 

[aquapower]

Thanks for all the advise, I arrived today, launch went well, I'm now safely berthed on E pontoon.

 

[Wavey]

Managed to miss you by a couple of days. We were at Mercury Tues/Wed/Thurs.

Are you planning on being there for a while? Work commitments means we probably won't be down to the boat again until the honeymoon in early September.

 

[aquapower]

Managed to miss you by a couple of days. We were at Mercury Tues/Wed/Thurs.

Are you planning on being there for a while? Work commitments means we probably won't be down to the boat again until the honeymoon in early September.

I will still be around then, can meet up sometime in September