Stemar
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Like traffic cops on land, the Harbour Patrol is a pain when you're out of line, but, like the traffic cops, they perform a useful function keeping people safe and out of the way of the ferries. I'm glad they're there.
I’m not sure it’s possible to relax in the Solent
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ashtead
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Generally they perform a useful function -sometimes they are perhaps over zealous for example when you have small boats labouring in against tide they might not appreciate a yachtsman’s desire to give such little craft a wide berth etc. certainly applaud their attitude to jetski though and keeping the sailing out of harbour under control etc.
laika
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Obviously high summer can be annoying but even yesterday which was a lovely sailing day there really wasn't that many people around and even on fabulous winter days you have the place to yourself. I had my elderly father on the boat for the first time. We nipped across to Osborne bay for lunch and back. Sure I try to be somewhere else during cowes week but having spent most of the past 7 years in Brighton before returning last year I'll say that october to March at least the Solent is fabulous. Isn't most of the stress about parking in a marina anyway?
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Stemar
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Which is one reason why I don't do marinas if I can help it