AngusMcDoon
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Grimsby. Well named. Delapidated and smelly.
Most miserable mooring?
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Koeketiene
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we squeaked, squealed and generally pitched about all night.
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Stop boasting about your sex-life /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
The occasional bumpy ride @ RNSYC only ads to the charm of the place.
Any discomfort is more than compensated by the pleasure of the company of what must be one the the world's most colourful harbourmasters.
(If that doesn't get me a discount over Easter, I don't know what will /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif)
we squeaked, squealed and generally pitched about all night.
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Stop boasting about your sex-life /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
The occasional bumpy ride @ RNSYC only ads to the charm of the place.
Any discomfort is more than compensated by the pleasure of the company of what must be one the the world's most colourful harbourmasters.
(If that doesn't get me a discount over Easter, I don't know what will /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif)
steveallan
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Normally high tide springs only.
roger
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It looks as if the UK can beat all comers (at least in Northern Europe) for horrible harbours. Ramsgat sticks in my nostrils after more than 20 years for its pontoon borne toilet and general lack of charm.
Brighton WAS just nasty. Certainly the unhelpful staff (2000 - 2001) never looked out of the window. The rubbish in the gents stayed undisturbed for 24 hours though the cleaners worksheet beside the door was fully filled in. The dreadful sea wall would have been much improved by graffiti - why not let sailors paint notices like they do at Horta? However in 2003 in Eastbourne a friendly Mobo skipper told me that Brighton had much improved and was now a favoured destination for wek ends. Mark you there isn't a lot of choice - from Eastbourne.
Dover - the tidal part lacks any sort of charm but sticks in my memory as Port control held up a hover craft saying he had to wait until the yachts (us) had cleared the entrance.
Goin North and east no port can compet for nastiness.
Yacht Club Mer du Nord in Dunkirk has no actual charm but the staff are OK and the restaurant is good.
Scheveningen (sic) is scruffy but you an get to the Hague easily.
We had a horrible night in Borkum in a force 10 but it wouldnt have been much fun anywhere.
There are primitive harbours all over Sweden with nothing but a dry toilet but they are in such beautiful places.
No for sheer squalour you cant beat the UK.
Brighton WAS just nasty. Certainly the unhelpful staff (2000 - 2001) never looked out of the window. The rubbish in the gents stayed undisturbed for 24 hours though the cleaners worksheet beside the door was fully filled in. The dreadful sea wall would have been much improved by graffiti - why not let sailors paint notices like they do at Horta? However in 2003 in Eastbourne a friendly Mobo skipper told me that Brighton had much improved and was now a favoured destination for wek ends. Mark you there isn't a lot of choice - from Eastbourne.
Dover - the tidal part lacks any sort of charm but sticks in my memory as Port control held up a hover craft saying he had to wait until the yachts (us) had cleared the entrance.
Goin North and east no port can compet for nastiness.
Yacht Club Mer du Nord in Dunkirk has no actual charm but the staff are OK and the restaurant is good.
Scheveningen (sic) is scruffy but you an get to the Hague easily.
We had a horrible night in Borkum in a force 10 but it wouldnt have been much fun anywhere.
There are primitive harbours all over Sweden with nothing but a dry toilet but they are in such beautiful places.
No for sheer squalour you cant beat the UK.
Victorious
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Cowes.. Some might consider it the mecca of yachting.
Was locally known as "Grimes and Gutrot"
Then it was tarted up... which ruined it!
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Was locally known as "Grimes and Gutrot"
Then it was tarted up... which ruined it!
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mono
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Oh yes, you reminded me about Dover. I spent a couple of nights at anchor in the outer harbour where the boat would only ever lie beam on to the dreadful scend, which threw you from side to side as you desperately tried to get to sleep.
About twenty five years ago I missed getting into the inner harbour and spent a night up against the wall outside and had a dredger opposite going all night. As the tide fell, it became apparent that the wall was made up of a series of arches and pillars. More by luck than judgement, the boat was supported against a pillar - heavens knows what would have happened if I had found myself in an arch between two pillars as we took the ground at about 2am. A bad night there too, constantly adjusting the ropes until she settled.
About twenty five years ago I missed getting into the inner harbour and spent a night up against the wall outside and had a dredger opposite going all night. As the tide fell, it became apparent that the wall was made up of a series of arches and pillars. More by luck than judgement, the boat was supported against a pillar - heavens knows what would have happened if I had found myself in an arch between two pillars as we took the ground at about 2am. A bad night there too, constantly adjusting the ropes until she settled.
Gunfleet
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Ramsgate has a Waitrose within walking distance - Brighton has an ASDA. Or is that an ASBO? Boulogne is the single smelliest harbour I've ever been in.
Malish
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Dunkerque needs a vote, especially for the first marina on the left; the stench of the steelworks and/or the chemical works is magnificent with the wind in the right direction
sighmoon
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For a temporary stop, the customs station in St Petersburg takes a lot of beating. It's next to a ship & sub graveyard, though I suspect the nuclear fuel has long since been sold on the black market. What really disturbed me about it was the small bay the other side, with kids splashing about and playing in an oil slick, using barrels of unknown chemicals as floats.
alldownwind
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I'm afraid that Queenborough is the most miserable mooring. In my experience, neither Brighton nor Ramsgate are in the same league of awfulness - and I've spent several weeks at both at various times.
The thing about Queenborough is that you can just sail on past up the Medway and anchor in Stangate Creek in good holding. Erm...even my CQR held there.
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Strange place, Queenborough.
The moorings ain't up to much, granted.
Were you to go ashore (either megabucks on the council/club trot boat, or use the dinghy and maybe have it nicked), parts of the town are an amazing gem. Elegant houses, and actually some very nice locals, churchyard full of very fancy and interesting memorials to senior naval folk. Unfortunately there seem to be a lot of not-very-nice locals, as epitomised in the Sheppey website mentioned elsewhere.
Us what live rahnd ere (no I don't live on Sheppey) live in hope that the new road-bridge has begun the process of dragging the area up by its bootlaces. Perhaps it will fill up with DFLs (Down From London) like Whitstable and go all posh with house prices and restaurants that locals cannot afford.
I'm afraid that Queenborough is the most miserable mooring. In my experience, neither Brighton nor Ramsgate are in the same league of awfulness - and I've spent several weeks at both at various times.
The thing about Queenborough is that you can just sail on past up the Medway and anchor in Stangate Creek in good holding. Erm...even my CQR held there.
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Strange place, Queenborough.
The moorings ain't up to much, granted.
Were you to go ashore (either megabucks on the council/club trot boat, or use the dinghy and maybe have it nicked), parts of the town are an amazing gem. Elegant houses, and actually some very nice locals, churchyard full of very fancy and interesting memorials to senior naval folk. Unfortunately there seem to be a lot of not-very-nice locals, as epitomised in the Sheppey website mentioned elsewhere.
Us what live rahnd ere (no I don't live on Sheppey) live in hope that the new road-bridge has begun the process of dragging the area up by its bootlaces. Perhaps it will fill up with DFLs (Down From London) like Whitstable and go all posh with house prices and restaurants that locals cannot afford.
TheBoatman
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Jim
Are you referring to the Richard Montgomery? Known locally as "The Montgomery"
A famous Medway landmark - ship full of TNT just off the entrance to the Medway?
Peter.
Are you referring to the Richard Montgomery? Known locally as "The Montgomery"
A famous Medway landmark - ship full of TNT just off the entrance to the Medway?
Peter.
compie1
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Sauzon on Belle Ile, France last summer, we where on the corps morts as Belle Ile was full, arriving late we were completely in front N Port Belec, at night wind turned from NW to NE (vent solaire) and 2.5m swell came in all night (from 22.00 untill 09.00), heard schouting and screeming all night long in the pitch darkness untill at dawn we saw a 36' yacht on the rocks, nobody slept that night (20 boats). even lost tender, never again!
KREW2
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Cowes, I'll go along with that. We moored up at 2230 and dashed ashore for a bite There was 3 of us, the only chippie open had one sausage and one piece of fish and a few chips. It didn't take long for 3 of us to scoff it so it left time for a few pints.