Newtown Creek how much water please

[dylanwinter]

I'm with Seajet, it was a bit of a let down. Not especially pretty, difficult to go ashore and busier on a summer weekday than the kebab shop at closing time. As an East Coaster I'm used to quiet places actually being quiet, where another one or two anchoring boats means there must be a rally on. Newtown isn't bad, it's just not great and no way lives up to the hype. I love the Solent for the hassle and bustle, large sandy beaches, great facilities, huge choice of anchorages etc. The Solent doesn't really 'do' quiet, pretty and unvisited. There's a place just up the coast from here called Butley Creek, one of the prettiest places I've visited round the coast from the Isle of Man to Whitby and you rarely share it with more than two others, Newtown isn't a patch on it and you share it with 35 other anchored boats

Still back to the Solent this summer, you can't beat it for family sailing, our new favourite holiday destination.

It was quiet last night

I am now up the Buleigh - on a mooring - very quiet

but at 7.15 a man from a rib just turned up and demanded £14 for the mooring

if I anchored it would have been £5.50

but they would not have let me anchor where |I wanted to because the landowner could have seen me

I agree with you about the Butley -the best river of the trip so far

mind you.... this is pretty good - except for the £14



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9zcn2SEO-s

 

[chubby]

Newtown is one of my favourite spots in the Solent, plenty of wildlife: birds and an occasional seal, one of the few places you can hardly see any houses, of historic interest if you consider it was a new town in about 1100 and sent two MPs to parliament in the 1800s: did mooring fees count as expenses? Fascinating to watch the scenery change with the tide, I don`t begrudge the national trust the mooring fee or a donation for anchoring, yes is quieter mid week etc, does it mater if others aren`t taken by it? no, let those that enjoy it do so! Perhaps I can`t compare with quieter east coast rivers but they are not a weekend destination for me.

 

[onesea]

Low water super moon, a few years back I approached at LW there where boats aground either side of the Isolated danger. we tickled in to the south of the Isolated danger but it was shallow. I would guess wok on 1 m water depth LW springs (unless supermoon).

As for the creak, its a nice place unless busy. Getting ashore you have to time your drinking 2 hours either side of HW. Which is rubbish if you catch the ebb down from the east.

When I drew 2'6" I used it allot now I draw 2m its not worth the agro if there is a chance of it being vaguely busy then neither is Chitchester or Bembridge IMHO.