Late season UK sailing.

[doug748]

I always look forward to coming out of the water, and then look forward to going back in. I like boatyards and pretending to work on the boat.

Like Cherry Owen in Under Milk Wood, who had two husbands, one drunk and one sober. And loved them both.

 

[laika]

September is the best time to sail in the channel. After the madness of August when students, teachers, Europeans and anyone with children are taking their hols and mooring anywhere is a huge scrum of rafting or stressing about swinging room, things go very peaceful very quickly. Sea temperature is warmer than July and an averagely quick boat will still get you from Studland to Cherbourg in daylight.

Hence me saying to myself a few months back: "As long as I get the boat back in the water by September I'll be happy"

*sigh*

 

[uxb]

Craftinsure only requires boats in Ireland or Scotland to be ashore between mid Oct and March.

Pantaenius lets me keep her afloat in commission all year.

 

[jac]

September is the best time to sail in the channel. After the madness of August when students, teachers, Europeans and anyone with children are taking their hols and mooring anywhere is a huge scrum of rafting or stressing about swinging room, things go very peaceful very quickly. Sea temperature is warmer than July and an averagely quick boat will still get you from Studland to Cherbourg in daylight.

Hence me saying to myself a few months back: "As long as I get the boat back in the water by September I'll be happy"

*sigh*

Any update on when you're likely to get back in??

 

[Seajet]

Maby is right, my insurers - Haven - won't let me stay on my swinging mooring from 1st October to 1st March, it's marina or ashore.

Late season sailing is OK but one September I was caught for a week galebound in Salcombe, not much fun on a visitors buoy ! That was in my Carter 30, I think after that I'd keep cruising ranges reduced in September ( Equinoctal gales ? ) before and sadly after then seems best to me lately.

 

[laika]

Any update on when you're likely to get back in??

I should reply with "PM Sent" but maybe this is a shared experience: there comes a point where you start to wonder whether it might be better to rig up something to run the engine and genny ashore every so often and get a cheap last minute bargain charter at the boat show. September is fabulous for sailing. October starts to be pushing it

Hired a random orbital sander and faired the rudder and keel today. Ceilings are up, first of the lights put back (can't remember which way round the switches went of course). Nothing except inconvenient job interviews and attention deficit disorder to prevent launching by the end of the month.

 

[ffiill]

We may do some late season sailing ....... in about 3 months time. Long time to go yet

Second that-the only real chance I get is when the tourists have all gone home-so a week in October hopefully around the inner sound and Ullapool and Gairloch.
Talking about late season is a bit like Tescos selling Christmas fare!

 

[longjohnsilver]

This morning we are in Dartmouth and I can see the harbour guys already removing the visitors buoys in the middle of the river.

Garold

That's probably cos they would have been in the way of the warship that's currently moored up in the middle of the river!

 

[Garold]

That's probably cos they would have been in the way of the warship that's currently moored up in the middle of the river!

Different stretch of the river.

 

[Daedelus]

Sailed to St Vaast on 1st September one year and found the whole town was closed.