How many harbours have you visited then?

[hlb]

Little ships post about Cardigan Bay got me thinking. I've not been to the places he mentioned, just passed by.

So I got to adding up in my head, all the places I have been. Not counting anchorages and stuff, or each pontoon up a river. Only counting proper harbours, but including a few that we could not stay in overnight because of tides.

I've added up in my head 70 different harbours, but just remembered that dont include sailing round the Greek Isles, or on the Norfolk Broads. So I'll have to think again!!

 

[Kawasaki]

Counted 70 in yer head?
I don't believe it.
As the Man said.

Using all yer fingers and all Yer toes that still leaves 50.
Unless You are from Norfolk
That would still leave 46!

No doubt You have visited more.

Anyway
Why not include those on the Norfolk Broads?

Is it an Ancestral thing?

 

[Divemaster1]

About 38 "proper harbours" since we bought this boat in autumn 2004...then there is the 15 years plus when we were boating in Scandinavia, covering most of the Norwegian, Danish and Swedish coastline.... I'm not sure if I can be bothered starting to count though...

 

[hlb]

Anyway
Why not include those on the Norfolk Broads?

..............................................................................

Well as I said, I was only including main harbours. Not just stopping places up river. I did include three places I stopped up the river Severn, but it is a long river. So stopped at far more.

No it's just my wandering. Chichester, to Scotland and most places in between.

 

[mainshiptom]

i don't have as many fingers

So I will list:

1 Torpoint
2 Plymouth
3 Newton Ferris
4 Weymouth
5 Yarmouth
6 Little Hampton
7 Poole
8 Brighton
9 Dover
10 Sheerness
11 Burnham in Crouch
12 Conyer
13 Calais
14 Flushing
15 Middleburg
16 Loosdrechect
17 Niewport
18 London - St Kats,Limehouse,South dock
19 Gillingham
20 Chatham
21 Royal Cuxton marina
22 Zeeburge
23 Eastbourne
24 Bruges
25 Salcombe
26 St Omar
27 oostentnde


this is all i can remember?

Tom

 

[Whitelighter]

Off the top of my head:

Portsmouth
Brighton
Dover
Ramsgate
Southampton
Poole
Brixham
Torquay
Dartmouth
Plymouth
Salcome
Weymouth
Le Harve
Hon Fleur
Oustriem
Carantan
St Vaast La Hogue
Cherbourg
Braye (Alderney)
St Peter Port
Beaucette
St Hellier
Goteborg (ok not exactly but cant remember the place)
Keil
Flushing
Zebrugge
Kos
Pireaus

Plus probably more I cant remember....

 

[blueglass]

interesting exercise in fading memory bank; depends on defintion of a "proper harbour" so missing out all the little places;

Conwy Le Lavandou
Bangor Toulon
Holyhead Cavalaire sur Mer
Porthmadog St Tropez
Caernarvon St Raphael
Gloucester Nice
Villefranche Beaulieu
Stourport Monte Carlo
St Katherines, London Menton
Staines San Remo
Henley on Thames Loano
Windsor Genoa
Sharpness La Spezia
Poole, Livorno
Yarmouth Portferraio, Elba
Southampton Cittivechia
Weymouth Rome
Chichester Nettuno
Brighton Ischia
Newhaven Vibo valentia
Fecamp Reggio di Calabria
LeHavre Rocella Ionica
Rouen La Castella
Paris Crotone
Chalon sur Saone Santa Maria Di Leuca
Ouistreham Ammos
St Vaast la Houge Gouvia
Cherbourg
Marseille
Port St.Louis
Cassis
La Ciotat
Bandol
Sanary sur Mer

 

[dj43]

hi all
last year was our first year of proper boating,visited aprox 15 different harbours not counting norfolk broards as based there,including 9no in holland

 

[Kawasaki]

Err, let's see now
Liverpool
Douglas
Conwy
Bangor
Caernarfon
Holyhead
Amlwch
Pwllheli
Porthmadoc
Dublin
Howth
Port St Mary
Port Erin
Peel
Larne
Isle of Whithorn
Padstow
Newquay
Ostend
Mostyn

Rollocks, flippen eck

Run out of digits!

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

You bugger, I've just wasted my Sat night fishing out old log books out of dusty cupboards. SWMBO is not happy

I'm afraid you lot need to get out more. In 20yrs boating, we've visited 146 different harbours/marinas. I won't list them all but they're divided as follows

Thames/Thames Estuary - 8
S Coast/N France/Holland - 92
Med France - 20
Med Spain - 9
Balearics - 17

 

[hlb]

Well I meant little harbours that might be tidal, but might have to skiddadle out. But not including different places up a river.

Mines mostly UK, bit of CI's and france. Also bits of Ireland and Scotland.

 

[oldgit]

So just out of Interest

Which one stands out as the one you never ever care to see gain as long as you live....?
Could be a right dump/full of thieves/ ridiculously expensive or just plain scary to get into ?
So whats the worst in the UK,the continent and the Med.




By the way MainshipTom did you read the bit about Whitewater Wolfes in MBM this month.?

 

[LittleShip]

Err, let's see now
Liverpool
Douglas
Conwy
Bangor
Caernarfon
Holyhead
Amlwch
Pwllheli
Porthmadoc
Dublin
Howth
Port St Mary
Port Erin
Peel
Larne
Isle of Whithorn
Padstow
Newquay
Ostend
Mostyn

Senile old fool....... and Port D..... go on tell us.

Tom

 

[Kawasaki]

Can't include PD can I
Already there
Anyway only got 20 didgits
Anyway, couldn't get there this AM
All morning spent fixin me mota!
All attempts to get going failed
All filters changed
All ok now
All snipes about senility
All True!
All will be remembered.

All told, a dam nuisance.

Wanted to stick some diesel in me boat
Not muck about with diesel flilts in me mota.

Sorry to miss You chaps

I think!

 

[Renegade_Master]

quick check from memory 13 UK , 3 Ballearics, 10 mainland Spain, 2 Gib, 1 Morocco

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Which one stands out as the one you never ever care to see gain as long as you live....?
Could be a right dump/full of thieves/ ridiculously expensive or just plain scary to get into ?
So whats the worst in the UK,the continent and the Med.




By the way MainshipTom did you read the bit about Whitewater Wolfes in MBM this month.?

For me, Cherbourg and Le Havre vie for the biggest dumps in the E Channel. In the Med, Port St Louis is a good marina but the surrounding area is a mosquito infested swamp with the nearest town being a ****hole full of drunks and deadbeats. Further east, La Ciotat has nothing to recommend it
By far the most expensive place we have visited is Ibiza Town. We were charged €180/night back in 2004 for a 15m berth. I heard that was up to €375/night last season

 

[Firefly625]

ooh this is fun...

well let me see, where shall we start;

Solent harbours...
all I think
Portsmouth;
S'oton;
all in Hamble!
Cowes
Beaulieu
Lymington
Yarmouth
Bembridge
Chichester
Brighton
Dover
Eastbourne
Helford
Falmouth
Poole
Brixham
Torquay
Dartmouth
Salcombe
Fowey
Plymouth
Weymouth
Le Harve
Hon Fleur
St Vaast
Cherbourg
Braye
St Peter Port
Beaucette
St Hellier
St Malo
Treguier
Brest
Concarneau
Benodet
Omonville
Paimpol
Pontrieux
Lezardrieux

...there are some more but can't recall... thats a sign of age.


edited bit;

remembered another

Fecamp

..oh and a few in the Thames, but they don't really count ;-)
...

 

[Philiz]

Mmm, difficult to recall em all, but here goes

Port Dinorwic
Conwy

Yep, I reckon that's covered it

 

[blueglass]

For me, Cherbourg and Le Havre vie for the biggest dumps in the E Channel. In the Med, Port St Louis is a good marina but the surrounding area is a mosquito infested swamp with the nearest town being a ****hole full of drunks and deadbeats. Further east, La Ciotat has nothing to recommend it
By far the most expensive place we have visited is Ibiza Town. We were charged €180/night back in 2004 for a 15m berth. I heard that was up to €375/night last season

Funny how tastes differ - couldn't agree more about Port St Louis but actually quite liked la Ciotat - the old harbour, not the new(ish) marina bit. Very gallic - great local restaraunts & bars. nice moorings on the old quay - we went back several times.
Worst harbour ever visited in UK - my vote is on Holyhead, Anglesey. Apologies to the strong NW Wales contingency on here! Didn't help that somebody nicked the outboard off my tender while I was in the yacht club having a meal. In fairness I gather they have tidied the place up a bit recently.

 

[kingfisher]

Brussel
Terneuzen
Antwerpen
Breskens
Flushing
Middelburg
Wemeldinge
Kortgene
Veere
Tholen
Zierikzee
Goes
Kats
Willemstad
Middelharnis
Zeebrugge
Oostende
Blankenberge
Nieuwpoort
Gravelines
Duinkerke
Boulogne
Dieppe
Fécamps
Cherbourg
Alderney
Tréguier
Mogueriec
Douarnenez
Dartmouth
Portsmouth
Cowes
Newhaven
Dover
Ramsgate
Queensborough
London
Hvar
Split
Napels
Capri
Puzzuoli
Göcek
Bergen
Haugesund
Stavanger
Den Helder
Rockland

The good:
Goes, London (st Kats), Gravelines, Fécamps, Tréguier

The Bad
Duinkerke, Boulogne, Zeebrugge, Napels