Lawrenny to haverford West

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graham

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Anyone done this?I havent been much further up than Lawrenny before and have the ideal boat for it now so plan to have a look when i get the chance.

Any notable dangers to avoid and Is there anywhere suitable to dry out a small bilge keeler at Haverfordwest or would I need to come back down on the same tide ?
 
graham, john mason is the man to speak to, he had a mooring at landshipping. you can use my mooring at angle if you want to make a couple of weekendsof it, and leave the boat down there.
 
High Graham. We had a mooring at Llangwm last year. That part of teh river is stunningly beautiful, especially for a beer or wine in the evenings.

Tom Bennett's book says "For fin keeled yachts with a draught of more than 1.5m, Hook is the practical limit. Bilge keelers and small craft can happily navigate to Haverfordwest. Depths of water at the quay in Haverfordwest HW is 2m. However the road bridge and road bridge have a clearance of 5m at hw, which prevents masted and large craft navigating up to the weir at Haverfordwest quay opposite County hall. Vesselas prepared to dry in the mud can navigate up to the Frolic area, 250m downstream of the freeman's way bridge. HW lasts for about an hour before rapidly ebbing.


Edit: link:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sea-Guide-P...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273827133&sr=1-1
 
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The furthest we have been is Landshipping, our friends take their 26ft motorboat upto Haverfordwest but only on spring tides and I dont think they take much water.

We need around 4 foot of water to be safe so we tend to pick up a buoy off Llangwm or Black tar. Vessels also anchor just off Landshipping where the estuary splits as there is a tidal bar across the entrance to Landshipping.

Ian
 
Cheers

Thanks for all the advice. Looking forward to getting down there now, not sure when at the moment.
 
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