Humber to SO France am I thinking straight?

tinkicker, Naburn? I was up there the other week , it was 5 to 5 and he was locking the gates so I'll pop back up in next week or so. Is it ok moored there? How long is Humber access? I was also contemplating Goole Grimsby or Hull and poss Newark or Lincoln but they're a long way from the sea.
I can see this boating lark being a fair bit of faffing about!
 
jfm said:
Chalice, if you mean the Itama 75, is a gorgeous boat. It only arrived on Mole Sud last weekend and I've never seen it before and don't know anything about it, but it is a fabulous machine as you'd expect from a black Itama 75! My berth is about six places to starboard of Chalice; someone is renting it from me at the moment
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I think I recall a couple of Oz crews on sail boats about 6 berths or so stbd of Chalice, I noticed as they seemed to be very vocal. Is it me or are Ozzies getting as loud as Americans? Only a thought, no offence to either of these.
 
mateyboy said:
tinkicker, Naburn? I was up there the other week , it was 5 to 5 and he was locking the gates so I'll pop back up in next week or so. Is it ok moored there? How long is Humber access? I was also contemplating Goole Grimsby or Hull and poss Newark or Lincoln but they're a long way from the sea.
I can see this boating lark being a fair bit of faffing about!
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http://www.yorkmarina.co.uk/marina.html


York Marina is a very nice place, the (relatively) new management are investing heavily in new infrastructure, we got nice new bog and shower block which is very fancy and frog free.
It is not the cheapest place to have a berth however, but its very secure, quiet and has all the amenities.
I like it and have been there 3 years now. It can be a bit shallow in places, so watch where they put you.

Downside is that on bank holidays, it is packed with the snotty nosed, not friendly relatives of the berth holders, all pretending they own Squadron 72s and walking about with noses in air.

Those regulars who sleep over every weekend they can though are a pretty good bunch.

Only fly in the ointment is 6mph speed limit on river, rowers, dinghy sailors and narrowboats labouring upstream blowing smoke rings out the chmney and getting rerady to blow up with the strain of maintaining 3 knots against the current. All of whom think they own the river.

Oh and transiting York city center on a saturday, when seemingly about 300 red hire boats full of no prior experience, pissed up punters weave to and fro.

I'm getting bored of the 6 mph limit now.

As for the sea, Naburn Lock is about a mile downstream and the river is tidal below that. The Tidal Ouse is not to be taken lightly, you need your wits about you as it runs very fast on the ebb, is full of debris and has caught many a boater out.

Trent Falls is about 6 hours and I reckon two days travel to get past Hull to the sea. Never done it though, my little petrol boat has not got the range and petrol filling points are rare.

Past Goole the river has shifting sandbanks all over the place and a boater's guide is a necessity. Many have gone aground.

Again, many obstacles on this stretch of river and an esteemed member of this very forum tore his outdrives out the back of his Fairline Targa; on, of all things, an eel net.

Definitely not one to try on your own, first time around.
 
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Hi Mateyboy. Newark marina is very nice - we've just bought a boat there and are hoping to bring it back to Hull next weekend. We thought about taking it to York marina but decided Hull would be better - near to us and quicker out to sea. Also easier for our Dayskipper course.
 
Hi Mateyboy,

Farndon marina is just upstream of Newark and is also excellent. We've had our boat there for 4 years now and love it.

You can get to Hull from there in a full day's trip when the tides are right, we went last week and set off from Cromwell lock at 0900, arrived Hull marina 1900.
Our (full displacement) boat only does 7 knots though, so a faster machine could shave an hour or two off that, though not much more because of tide timings.

It all depends where you live really, and how far you're prepared to travel every weekend to get the boat.
 
Our move last weekend had to be cancelled due to logistics issues but we are now pencilled in for moving next Wednesday - the previous owner is helping us to get her from Newark to Hull marina and advises should be able to do this in the one day... we will have to be careful as we have just over 4' draft but do have plenty of umph to get us moving when needed - watch this space :)
 
PatrickH said:
Our move last weekend had to be cancelled due to logistics issues but we are now pencilled in for moving next Wednesday - the previous owner is helping us to get her from Newark to Hull marina and advises should be able to do this in the one day... we will have to be careful as we have just over 4' draft but do have plenty of umph to get us moving when needed - watch this space :)
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Its not just the draft, its the width.... when we had our 36 Sedan there getting her through the center arch at Trent Bridge in Newark was a , well, everything was clenched for the experience shall we say!:)
 
Ours is a Broom 44 - 15' beam and air draft - that's why we're being sensible and using the previous owner to help us get it to Hull (he's done the trip before :) )
 
We currently moor at Burton Waters, Lincoln. It might not be on the most interesting of waterways (the Fossditch) but it has its benefits and is suprisingly cheap when compared to some of the other local marinas. The facilities are nice, the workshops are quite efficient and the boat owners on the whole are a friendly down to earth bunch. Access to the sea is either down the Trent and down the Humber (a good days cruise) or boat height dependant down the Witham (9'2" height restriction at Lincoln) and out of Boston onto the Wash again a good days cruise away.

We had initially intended to stay one season and then move on around the other local marinas however we have been for two years and intend to renew for another 12 months at the end of this month!!! The place is adictive it seems.
 
hi ..if you want easy access to the sea or canal's..look at brigg ,goole marina or viking and hull.(hull will be the dearest).
your too big for lincoln fossdyke aint deep enough and the gloryhole aint tall enough.
 
moonraker 36 said:
hi ..if you want easy access to the sea or canal's..look at brigg ,goole marina or viking and hull.(hull will be the dearest).
your too big for lincoln fossdyke aint deep enough and the gloryhole aint tall enough.
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Goole is the closest to us, and we looked in there about three years ago.

There was allegedly a 3 year waiting list for a berth and we found the surroundings less than salubrious.

Had unconfirmed reports that Hull had a long waiting list too, hence having to pootle around at 6 knots on a 40 knot boat. :(

Never heard of viking or brigg, but will look em up, thanks.


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Looked up Hull and they have berths available but the price per metre is a bit eyewatering for up here. My little boat would cost about £600 inc VAT more than at York for 12 months :eek:
 
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Goole still has about 100 on the waiting list :( - we was looking at a boat there that fortunately would have come with the berth but it was "messy" so we aborted that idea. Hull marina has berths available (although our Broom 44 was a problem due to size) - looking at £212/m - but then again we checked Scotland west and South coast rates and then thought Hull was quite reasonable. As we live within 10 minutes of the marina we can be out on the open water very quickly - not really possible from York.
 
tinkicker0 said:
Goole is the closest to us, and we looked in there about three years ago.

There was allegedly a 3 year waiting list for a berth and we found the surroundings less than salubrious.

Had unconfirmed reports that Hull had a long waiting list too, hence having to pootle around at 6 knots on a 40 knot boat. :(

Never heard of viking or brigg, but will look em up, thanks.


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Looked up Hull and they have berths available but the price per metre is a bit eyewatering for up here. My little boat would cost about £600 inc VAT more than at York for 12 months :eek:
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brigg is on the river ancholm(glanford boat club),but the river ancholm(no-tidal)run's from the humber reads island to gainsbourgh about 17miles long.
so most of your crusing opption's would be the humber-trent and ouse.
also you have the river hull as a opption.
vicking marina is on the oppasite bank to goole marina,it's just that goole marina and viking are based basically in the old dock area. so the access by car aint pritty.
 
stainilands aint a bad base either.I'm going to hull next weekend.
two and half hours down canal to keadby and around one half hrs to two(@10-12knots) to hull.
no need to push the tide going to hull or on the return..
 
moonraker 36 said:
hi ..if you want easy access to the sea or canal's..look at brigg ,goole marina or viking and hull.(hull will be the dearest).
your too big for lincoln fossdyke aint deep enough and the gloryhole aint tall enough.
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There are much bigger boats than a 44fter in Burton at the moment:D

Granted it isnt ever going to get through Lincoln (unless you take a hammer and chisel) but if its open water you want the Humber is 4 hours from Torksey (sticking to the speed limits) and Torksey is about 1.5 hours from Burton. The prices are reasonable as well at £136pm on an annual contract.
 
CX54WEK said:
There are much bigger boats than a 44fter in Burton at the moment:D

Granted it isnt ever going to get through Lincoln (unless you take a hammer and chisel) but if its open water you want the Humber is 4 hours from Torksey (sticking to the speed limits) and Torksey is about 1.5 hours from Burton. The prices are reasonable as well at £136pm on an annual contract.
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so that's 5hrs 30mins just to get to the humber?
he can do that from naburn.
plus you have to push the tide for an hour from torksey as the tide will have already turned at the other end.
 
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