Magic_Sailor
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I meant to post this a couple of weeks ago - in view of the interest in Newtown in a nother post I thought I'd get my rear in gear.
We visited Newtown Creek last Saturday week on the night of the very big spring tides. To say it emptied out is an understatement - a large number of vessels were caought out and went aground. We were on a visitor mooring near the entrance and only had 0.8m under us! The very big high pressure that weekend didn't help.
Anyway, a vessel tried to come up past No.7 visitor buoy at low water and there was a terrific bang as he hit something on the bottom to the West side of that buoy - so beware!
Interestingly he then went aground about 50 yards further on. He managed to get himself off - reveresed a little and the "took a run up" at the buoy he want with his wife standing on the foredeck - if he'd grounded hard again he could have holed the hull - and worse, pitched her into the drink - never seen anything like it.
Magic
We visited Newtown Creek last Saturday week on the night of the very big spring tides. To say it emptied out is an understatement - a large number of vessels were caought out and went aground. We were on a visitor mooring near the entrance and only had 0.8m under us! The very big high pressure that weekend didn't help.
Anyway, a vessel tried to come up past No.7 visitor buoy at low water and there was a terrific bang as he hit something on the bottom to the West side of that buoy - so beware!
Interestingly he then went aground about 50 yards further on. He managed to get himself off - reveresed a little and the "took a run up" at the buoy he want with his wife standing on the foredeck - if he'd grounded hard again he could have holed the hull - and worse, pitched her into the drink - never seen anything like it.
Magic
