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powerskipper

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Now you know I post a while back about cruise in company and how I would like to organize one,

well I kind of am now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Its a west country cruise ,Hamble/ Poole/ Weymouth/ Brixham x2 and Weymouth/ Hamble.

Now have sorted or about to poole and weymouth but need help with what to do in Brixham.

Can we have BBQ on the beach just just over wall near marina, what is there to see or do around there over a weekend.


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Skip Brixham and go to Dartmouth would be my advice.... There are no decent restaurants... there is a golf course at the top of the hill.... there is not good access to beaches....

The distance from Weymouth to Dartmouth must be damn near identical..
 
Dartmouth is certainly nice but Brixham does have good features.

The yacht club restaurant has very good food (and beer) at non Dartmouth prices - you would have to book for a group.

Berry Head hotel has good food too.

Coleton Fishacre is National Trust - attractive house and beautiful gardens.

The walk up to Berry Head - lighthouse and great views.

Generally ambling round the town, fish quay and round the harbour, along the sea wall.
 
If kids want a beach then you should go to either Teignmouth,Torquay or best of all, Salcombe. No beach at Dartmouth but nice up-river trips and a lovely town.

If it must be Brixham then the only thing I can recommend is a trip on the Paignton to Dartmouth steam railway, though you could do this more easily if you stayed in Dartmouth.
IMHO Torquay has more to offer than Brixham - a number of "tourist attractions" are shared by the two towns as they are between them - but the former has a good "sea-life" feature by the harbour and a model village a mile or so away.
 
Having just been there I would definitely root for Dartmouth. Absolute top of the pops and you can break up the visit with a half hour trundle up river on the 2nd night to Ditisham for dinner with Ray at the Ferry Boat Inn and a bottle of the local Sharpham plonk. Loads to do, suit all tastes and so unlike any other port on your list.

Easy moorings, presume you are stopping off for lunch at anchor in Lulworth cove. If you are then make sure you allow a couple of hours to tender ashore and walk round the village. Chocolate box stuff.

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Oh, whilst in the area if you are thinking of Torquay be sure to phone ahead. Thankfully we did and were told no room at the Inn, early April, so I can only imagine things won't be getting any better as more boats start leaving the sanctuary of their winter moorings. Certainly for this bank holiday make the call first.

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I know I am biased, but why Brixham?

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I quite agree, not much at Brixham and I live near there , Beach Barbies are now frowned upon in Torbay due to the incidences of hooliganistic stupidity in the past couple of years. Dartmouth is STUNNING !!!!
 
I think some of the comments are a bit harsh on Brixham. It's a fairly nice small fishing port to wander round, we found a good restaurant up a side street but can't remember the name. There's a little beach just N of the marina that is nice to anchor off in the right conditions, and there are more beaches, that you could have a barbie on, just round Berry Head.

It's a bit bucket and spadey in high season, but should be OK in late May.
 
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I think some of the comments are a bit harsh on Brixham. It's a fairly nice small fishing port to wander round, we found a good restaurant up a side street but can't remember the name. There's a little beach just N of the marina that is nice to anchor off in the right conditions, and there are more beaches, that you could have a barbie on, just round Berry Head.

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Do you mean Churston Cove? Is a bit tight to get more than a couple of boats in there, from memory.

St Mary's bay, just around the corner from Berry Head is quite nice though. Got my one and only swim of our last summer holiday there as it was the first day warm enough! I've a bit of a panorama done but it doesn't go far enough round to the south to show the beach area...


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The weather was nice a couple of days ago so SWMBO and I took a walk with the dog out onto Berry Head - Saint Mary's Bay looked fab but I'm not sure it's what Powerskipper is looking for. With the wrong weather it could be a completely different place.

I think Nick was talking about the bay immediatly North West of the Brixham breakwater. Its actually more West than North.

I think this link will work (hope)

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&am...1&encType=1

Although I'm now a local, I've no idea about the area but I believe that it is quite easy to anchor up in this part of Torbay. I think someone in Torquay marina told me that this was a favoutite place for boaters in the summer. I should think this is exactly what Powerskipper is looking for because if the weather isnt favourable, you would be so close to Brixham marina that you could plan something else to do - inside the marina.
 
If you just want a BBQ on the beach, try Elberry Cove (Lat 50`24.3 Long 3`32.6W) or Broad Sands both adjacent to Brixham - visited there a couple of times last year and you get a nice view of the steam train in the distance! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Looked but couldn't find any images I'm afraid!
 
Just checked Hurric's link - yes that's Elberry Cove. Dropped the hook there several times last year. As I recall you do get some water-ski activity and yellow lane/marker buoys out but there is usually plenty of room to park! Otherwise, up the Dart and in particular Dittisham, lots of visitors buoys, really nice place!
 
I stillthink you're missing out not doing Dartmouth. If the weather is anything other than perfect you're going to be scuppered whereas at Dartmouth it doesn't matter what the weather does. If you're worried that it isn't a marina don't be. Loads of pontoon moorings available and the bouys upstream are a diddle, don't require any anchor work.

As has been said already distance is the same, navigation a doddle and the harbour staff (dart nav) on the radio lovely. I'm sure they will pull out the stops for a group booking.

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