How far does the ECF go?

[sailorman]

NO /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[JKay]

I'm a wannabee White shell suited sailor from Essex /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
The Wash is a muddy [--word removed--]'ole

 

[Sixpence]

Ssssshhhh /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
You know they like mud darn sarf /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Maybe those further North prefer to sail instead of just talking on here /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Athene V30]

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Maybe those further North prefer to sail instead of just talking on here /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Waiting to see the evidence /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Was looking at N Norfolk Coast but the harbours there don't seem to have any water in them for more than a couple of hours a day - no wonder you prefer to sail - there is no where to stop!

 

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So it sounds as if it is fairly quiet up there then.

Here's hopin the weather holds for the move over the weekend.

Having done most of my sailing off W. Scotland, the Wash and the Humber came as a bit of a shock. A fin keeler doing 5kn in 5m of water takes some getting used to, keeps the barnicles off.

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[Sixpence]

So am I /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
If you get a copy of 'Tidal Havens of the Wash and Humber' by Henry Irving you'll be surprised at how many places there are around the area, some even take boats with big keels /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Gargleblaster]

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A fin keeler doing 5kn in 5m of water takes some getting used to

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I have a theory that your speed in knots across the ground should never exceed your depth* in metres. It works for me although sometimes crossing the Thames Estuary even under bare poles I have to put the engine in reverse to maintain my speed below my depth.

*depth below water line, not depth below keel. Which means when I run aground I am doing 1.5 knots.

 

[shmoo]

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I have a theory that your speed in knots across the ground should never exceed your depth* in metres.


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How do you ever get anywhere?

 

[MoodySabre]

My wife prefers to get the shallow bits over quickly. I do slow down if there is a real risk of hitting the putty unless I am aiming to plough (another) furrow up Bradwell Creek!

 

[FullCircle]

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A fin keeler doing 5kn in 5m of water takes some getting used to

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I have a theory that your speed in knots across the ground should never exceed your depth* in metres. It works for me although sometimes crossing the Thames Estuary even under bare poles I have to put the engine in reverse to maintain my speed below my depth.

*depth below water line, not depth below keel. Which means when I run aground I am doing 1.5 knots.

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Have you done much EAORA racing then John? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I can remember shaving the Whitaker beacon fine on race from Ramsgate where we were doing 8 knots with the kite up showing 0.0m and occasionally a puff of darker brown in our wake as we kissed Foulnees Sands.
Not any more though. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Except in the Roach in Burnham Week. Tack on the blades of grass.

 

[BarryT]

And can we count the southern turning point of the East Coast as Dover since it doesn't seem to be counted as part of the South Coast.

 

[sailorman]

NO, Dover S/C init /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[FullCircle]

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And can we count the southern turning point of the East Coast as Dover since it doesn't seem to be counted as part of the South Coast.

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I think we have welcomed Eastbourne as the Eastern limit in previous threads. Certainly one of the Rye dwellers enquired within.