Harwich slipway. Will beach support car?

[the_wanderer]

Does anybody know if the beach at the Harwich public slipway will support a conventional car without bogging down. I do not have a four wheel drive and the boat/trailer is under 500kilos.

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[Superflid]

No personal knowledge of Harwich, sorry, but www.boatlaunch.co.uk has details of many slipways and marinas all round the country.

They give the contact for Harwich as Kevin Marsden - Council office, 01255 253235. He should be able to tell you.

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[minquiers]

yes it will , no problem, i live in harwich and know the ramp well. there is a hard surface under the sand, this is an excellent launching site

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[Mudhook]

Definitely. I have pulled a Drascombe Lugger out of there with a front-wheel-drive saloon car. It looks steep but isn't a problem.

Seek local advice to avoid race days, when the local club seems able to monopolise the place. But if you are carefully manoeuvring a heavy boat on to a trailer, the presence in the near offing of about 50 Wayfarers or whatever will gaurantee you lots of hands-on help to get you boat on and away.

Regards, Mudhook.

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[poter]

I don't know if this is possible at Harwich, but in the middle east we used to put trailer boats in the water off sandy beaches and then letting out all but say 5psi pressure from your drive tyres, you could then get the car and trailer on to a hard stand area. To get the boat out we always used a rope tow and an oversized wheel on the trailer dolly, with this method you can almost put your boat in anywhere & don't need a slip. Obviously you do need a couple of helping hands, but left over fossies usually insure some help.

Tip: if you are a diver or can get hold of a divers air bottle with a first stage reg, you can get an adaptor that will go from the first stage straight on to your tyre valve to inflate yr tyres, really easy peesy then.

poter.

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[the_wanderer]

Many thanks for the info lads. Looks like Ill have a few sorties to Manningtree and Ipswich and a bit of fishing for the pot and probably beach her for the night at
Harwich. (Nice little pub around the corner!)

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