Taura
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Hi All
Have many used the short cut to the crouch. My boat has a draft of 3’.
Looking to do this route next year.
Have many used the short cut to the crouch. My boat has a draft of 3’.
Looking to do this route next year.
Havengore Bridge
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galeus
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I draw about 2'6" and have been both ways quite a few times. Obviously you need to plan it carefully but I think you will be fine.One comforting factor is the bottom is surprizingly level. Funnily enough the last time I did it I spent the night on the sands, unintentionally,(we were pushing our luck by arriving late, slightly after HW) but was very enjoyable. As I say the bottom is very flat in most places and I have two little bilge keels.
oilybilge
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Did it last year in a 0.9m draught boat.
Fun to have done it once. No plans to do it again. It's a bit of a 'gimmick' trip, at least in a sailing yacht. One disadvantage is that whether you're coming from or going to the south you'll be punching the tide.
I do fancy walking the Broomway one of these days though
Fun to have done it once. No plans to do it again. It's a bit of a 'gimmick' trip, at least in a sailing yacht. One disadvantage is that whether you're coming from or going to the south you'll be punching the tide.
I do fancy walking the Broomway one of these days though
LittleSister
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I've done it in a boat also with about 3ft draft some years back. A very pleasant small adventure, and I'd like to do it again.
We did go aground in the narrow creek (Havengore Creek?) approaching from the Crouch direction, but it was soft mud and we were soon off again on the rising tide.
There used to be a useful, if old, guide online published by the local (Roach?) sailing club, but I can't see it there just now to provide a link.
We did go aground in the narrow creek (Havengore Creek?) approaching from the Crouch direction, but it was soft mud and we were soon off again on the rising tide.
There used to be a useful, if old, guide online published by the local (Roach?) sailing club, but I can't see it there just now to provide a link.
Shaz77
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Gargleblaster
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https://roachsailingassociation.org/rsa-newsletter-archive/\
If you read through the contents of each of the newsletters you will see a number of headings on teh Havengore. Click on the newsletter and read the associated article.
If you read through the contents of each of the newsletters you will see a number of headings on teh Havengore. Click on the newsletter and read the associated article.
MikeBz
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One could say that any coastal cruise is a gimmick trip. For us an overnight t stop in the Yolkesfleet before or after transiting Havengore was far more pleasurable than a day sail around the outside. Not doing it these days with a 1.6m draft!
I would like to walk the Broomway some time. Tony Smith aka Creeksailor, owner of Shoal Waters for many years, used to run guided walks. He seems to have disappeared off the radar.
Plum
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Some useful pictures
Thread 'Havengore Bridge at Low Water' Havengore Bridge at Low Water
Also Post in thread 'Havengore Bridge at Low Water' Havengore Bridge at Low Water
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galeus
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When we do this trip which always incorporates a night at anchor in 'Narrow cuts' which is lovely, we are on our way to maybe the Medway, Ramsgate (with the ebb), or just up to Holehaven (another favourite overnighter) where we pick up a spare buoy and wait for the next flood tide to take us up the Thames as far as Teddington
Taura
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Thank you for the reply’s, one of my concerns would be going aground on the broomway. It looks like from the images that the sides of the broomway are raised up so this would reduce the draft by maybe 12 - 16”.
Gargleblaster
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The first time I used the Havengore I arrived early (maybe an hour) and did kiss the Broomway as I crossed it on springs with a five feet draft fin keel. No obvious damage.
shanemax
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Very brave with 5 ft draft and a fin keel especially on springs, you could have been there for 3 months (subject to fallings springs)
