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Of course it’s no good in a Westerly. My recommendation was for Easterlies.
June in the west country
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zoidberg
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It's a long walk into town....
Lightwave395
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I asked the yard if they'd move my mooring across to the West side of the harbour when a westerly was due but they laughed....
zoidberg
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KeithMD
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@ashtead
On the charts that's Mixtow Pill, with a bridge ashore from the pontoons, to the cafe.
Facilities — Mixtow Marine
A short walk up the hill gets you to the caravan site, which has a small shop for all the basic essentials.
KeithMD
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Or use the pontoons at Mixtow and walk ashore.
Pete7
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Is the shop and laundrette still there? Apparently there was uproar when the locals found out the new site owners planned on replacing the tents with posh log cabins.
Pete7
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Yup, went there and an hour later the wind veered round to the SE and picked up a bit. We dinghied back to the boat and left, but extracting ourselves from the two buoys was challenging in the narrow entrance, with the swell and a huge great cat moored opposite. One occasion i was glad to get to sea.Sssssh! Don't give away ALL the secrets - like Polperro....
Tomaret
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Lyme Regis is one of the nicer coastal towns to visit, IMO, but the anchorage can be pretty rolly even in calm weather. To the south west it’s open sea all the way from Brazil! We spent a very uncomfortable night there, having drifted across from Brixham, being thrown around down below. Probably a better bet with a bit of north or east in the wind.Yes, I was thinking of this one too. Not sure about the easy cycling, Walked up the hill behind it with a bag of laundry to do in the camp site on top. SheeshMet your son there too and parking shouldn't be a problem.
I wouldn't rush across Lyme Bay either. If its calm Lyme Regis is nice to anchor just outside the harbour if you have a fin keel. Same with Beer and Brixham, anchor just north of the harbour in the bay. Use the public door at the back of the fish market to buy very fresh fish
Lucky Duck
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A bit of mild thread resurrection
With brisk Westerlies returning yesterday evening it is perhaps surprising how bouncy it can get in the Yealm on the ebb and how the wind follows the valley round the 90 degree bend to the upstream pontoon
QAB is particularly grim right now I dread to think what it is like in a proper gale.
Goldie
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Been there, done that (circa 2003) and never again! I hope they’ve fixed the holes in the breakwater by now though.
doug748
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There is a fair old fetch there.
If you take a direct line SW out of QAB marina between the Mountbatten Breakwater and Penlee Point the next land you would meet is in Brazil some 4300 miles off.
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Lucky Duck
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Not helped by the Northern pontoons extending beyond the marina breakwater so are relying on the outer harbour one.
Fortunately I have managed to reduce the snatching by having some thick three strand rope taking the load off my normal warps
(Edit clarification on which breakwater)
Fortunately I have managed to reduce the snatching by having some thick three strand rope taking the load off my normal warps
(Edit clarification on which breakwater)
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[70521]
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I thought they were a design feature?
seeSimon
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Imho..their "break water" is rather more of a "wave screen" at best...
Lucky Duck
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Leaving near low water today I noticed a couple of sections where the timber(?) were missing.
Had I known my allocated berth was going to be towards the end of D and just how exposed that section is then I would have gone elsewhere. Most likely Sutton Harbour and the cost be damned!
Had I known my allocated berth was going to be towards the end of D and just how exposed that section is then I would have gone elsewhere. Most likely Sutton Harbour and the cost be damned!
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[70521]
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Not long until the first named storm of the season then things really liven up.
Back in 2023 Storm Antoni started on the 4th August and was quickly followed by Storm Betty on the 18th. We had to run for Falmouth on the 3rd and had 50 knots over the deck on the 4th.
Lucky Duck
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My boat was unattended in Plymouth last year in June for the week that included the unseasonably strong winds that meant only ten percent of the RTIR entries actually finished.
Thank goodness it was in Sutton Harbour, at the very top!
Thank goodness it was in Sutton Harbour, at the very top!
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[70521]
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We have had a few blustery summers in the south west over the last few years.
johnalison
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My only memory of our stay in Sutton some years ago is of the croissants that come free with the morning coffee on Sundays. I’ve no idea if this still happens.