Moving from Poole to Point Hamble...

[Whitelighter]

You are fairly close to the entrance, so its about 10 minutes at the harbour speed limit of 8knts to the bar beacon and then to the Eastern Solent is about 15 minutes at a medium cruise.

Bembridge is an easy 20 minutes (IOW) as is Sandown bay and a couple of other nice anchorages. Cowes is 25 minutes and Portsmouth about 15.

It a nice place, and if you dont feel like going out then there is quite a lot to do in the harbour.

The staff at Sparkes are actually pretty good, and the lads who do the craning are pretty flexible. Mike the HM has always been helpful and the only really bad bits are a severly understocked swindlry and a pricey eatery

 

[Nautorius]

Hi Ballistix,

I was on the Dry Stack at Hamble Point last year and loved it. I was on the 4th (top) stack and the boat always seemed pretty clean. The guys at the yard are great and with 30 mins notice get her in. The waiting pontoon is tight for space but only once had an issue. Straight into the solent so great .....yep would put a boat on dry stack at Hamble Point.

Cheers

paul /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Ballistix]

Thanks Paul, and others. I worry a little about access to Sparkes. I'm coming from Over Norton near Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire and I think Sparkes might take as long to get to as Poole. Does that little bridge/roard (Google earth image) get snarled up into Hayling Island in the summer? I have to take travel time as the primary concern here.

Cheers
T

 

[Nautorius]

Time from Banbury (OXON) to Hamble point is between 1.5hrs and 2 hrs. For us the timing is a key issue and Hamble point wins on all counts. It is timely to get too, you only waste 10 mins getting out of the 6knott zone and with being dry stacked you just tie her up and go. They lift her and jet wash her every time. Perfect for day sailing or overnighting. The marina guys are also great and will always find you an overnight berth there!

Cheers

Paul /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Ballistix]

Thanks Paul, I've just had a quick chat to David at the stack there and he appears very nice and answered all my questions, even managed to get a ground rack if I want one, which is preferential for me, although now thinking about it, if it's up in the air there is less chance of anything getting knicked of it! Seems HP is coming up top. You in Banbury then?

Cheers

 

[Nautorius]

Yep,

In Banbury at night and London or somewhere else in the world during the daytime. I would not take a ground rack due to security. If it is 40ft in the air nothing will go missing! They have four wet racks which they put your boat on for servicing cleaning etc and are on the ground. They are happy to lift her down on to a rack for you to do work then lift her in or just lift her back up. Overall it is a very good operation. If I went back to Dry racking it is where I would go.

Cheers

Paul /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Ballistix]

We are going to try it this weekend, Going to take the boat up there for Friday and spend Saturday and Sunday looking around the area. If anyone could give us some sandy beaches to look for on IOW or Hayling Island if it is close enough then great. My wife needs convicing, and so do I a bit, given that Studland is literally just around the corner at Poole and our 7 yo loves it...we need to be able to anchor up and prove that there is at least one beach/opportunity like that close to Hamble..

T

 

[Nick_H]

There are loads of nice beaches on IOW, but they're not as protected from prevailing SW winds, which is the big advantage of Studland. The best ones are on the south side, but its poor anchoring on a rocky seabed, and fully exposed to channel waves and wind.

 

[Ballistix]

Yes, this is precisely my wifes point. That and Brownsea are real havens for my son...I guess we'll try and check a few things out this weekend if the weather is kind..

 

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If it's blowing from SW, Priory Bay works.
If it's blowing from NW, Sandown Bay works.
If it's blowing from SE, Newtown Creek / Yarmouth / Alum Bay works.
If it's blowing from NE / W / E there's always East Head / Chi Harbour /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

dv.

 

[Ballistix]

thanks s28