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SpottyDog5

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Have now moved the good ship "under the bridge" and I am ensconced on my new berth at
RK Marina, many thanks to Jon Mendez of this parish, for his support in coming on board at the last moment, for my first time under !

If any forumite berth here or across the way at Cabin boatyard, please don't hesitate to say hello.

Cheers to all ....
 
SPOTTYDOG3 said:
Have now moved the good ship "under the bridge" and I am ensconced on my new berth at
RK Marina, many thanks to Jon Mendez of this parish, for his support in coming on board at the last moment, for my first time under !

If any forumite berth here or across the way at Cabin boatyard, please don't hesitate to say hello.

Cheers to all ....
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Welcome Neighbour, saw you arrive today from my garden - nice bit of manouvering.
 
splosh said:
Welcome Neighbour, saw you arrive today from my garden - nice bit of manouvering.
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HI splosh, thank you, I tend to berth a very slow speed, I think I will need to be a bit more "forceful" when the river is running.
If you spot me, please come over, the kettle is always on.
Roy
 
Hi and welcome, im at cabin now, was at Eastlands before.

Yes im sure we will say hello, where are you actually moored?

Im down there tomorrow night.
 
Hi Paul
On the outside of the main pontoon, 3rd in from the upstream end, quite close to the really nice turbo 36 (Why Knot)on the Cabin side.
Where are you?
 
hector said:
Welcome to the dark side! Shall I put some extra fenders out being as your moored directly behind us!! scuse the dirty boat havn't been down for a while(should be down for Easter)hoping to go to Brighton. Paul.
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Extra fenders might be a good idea, I will try my best, but when the tide is ripping we may "snuggle up "a bit.
How do you find getting on and off your berth, do you always berth facing up stream? or does just it depend on what the tide is doing when you come in?
Your boat is cleaner than mine, its just not been cleaning weather...
regards Roy
 
SPOTTYDOG3 said:
Extra fenders might be a good idea, I will try my best, but when the tide is ripping we may "snuggle up "a bit.
How do you find getting on and off your berth, do you always berth facing up stream? or does just it depend on what the tide is doing when you come in?
Your boat is cleaner than mine, its just not been cleaning weather...
regards Roy
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If i might be so bold, you should always come into your berth bow into the tide. If you come along side your berth and stem the side, a little bit of helm towards the berth and you'll just nicely move sideways into the berth. It's called ferry gliding. We had a while moored in a fast flowing river marina (The Nene) and found the tide very helpful, once we got used to it. When we used to leave the berth, there were times when the tide would be running North and we'd be facing South, so we used to warp the boat around, ferry glide out and off we went.
 
PaulGooch said:
If i might be so bold, you should always come into your berth bow into the tide. If you come along side your berth and stem the side, a little bit of helm towards the berth and you'll just nicely move sideways into the berth. It's called ferry gliding. We had a while moored in a fast flowing river marina (The Nene) and found the tide very helpful, once we got used to it. When we used to leave the berth, there were times when the tide would be running North and we'd be facing South, so we used to warp the boat around, ferry glide out and off we went.
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You can ferry glid in reverse too, just check that your tick over is holding you if tide running fast.
 
Why do you get enough tide up in Bursledon to make it this much of an issue? Is it the ebb + the river's current which makes it so?
What sort of speed does it run?

I ask as someone who's only been under the road and railway bridges a couple of times and never up to the motorway bridge.
 
It runs fast enough to register on the log at certain times especially where I am now, but as Julie says you can use it to your advantage and make berthing a boat look like an IPS powered boat on the joystick!
 
benjenbav said:
Why do you get enough tide up in Bursledon to make it this much of an issue? Is it the ebb + the river's current which makes it so?
What sort of speed does it run?

I ask as someone who's only been under the road and railway bridges a couple of times and never up to the motorway bridge.
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I used to be at the cabin for many years but mooved up to the next yard where the facilities are better,plus we have the barge for spares.The main reason that the EBB tide on springs is so strong on the Hamble river is due to the "2nd tide which stands up the high water up for about 2 hours. The flood water has therefor to drain out in only 4 hours instead of the norma 6+.
 
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