dylanwinter
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Nora! - what a place to keep a Westerly
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fergie_mac66
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Though for a half a second it was Wainfleet!
Twister_Ken
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I've heard of half-tide moorings, but that's ridiculous.
chinita
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Nice to see the consideration of leaving a fender should anybody wish to raft up.
armchairsailor
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Isn't there a guy that keeps a Barracuda 45 up a similar creek?
Behome
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Been in a worse situation near to you Dylan. Stuck on a 25 foot clay cliff edge a the western end of Read's Island when hitching a lift from Brough to South Ferriby in a fin keeler. An anxious night.
dylanwinter
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ProDave
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That place looks a bit limiting to me.
As I see it, only access very close to high water.
So you need to plan a trip to go out at high tide, and come back at next (or later) high tide.
No just popping out for couple of hours sailing there.
As I see it, only access very close to high water.
So you need to plan a trip to go out at high tide, and come back at next (or later) high tide.
No just popping out for couple of hours sailing there.
Searush
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I don't see why you are concerned, Dylan. Both keels are deep in the mud & will not only be holding the boat in place, but also stabilising the mud bank like pilings or roots would. Looks perfectly stable to me, I'll bet it's been there for years.
If it wasn't safe it would have fallen down on the first tide & never had a chance to make itself holes for the keels. You are giving in to your journalistic roots & trying to sell extra vids with red top sensationalism.
Nice pic tho & thanks for posting it.
If it wasn't safe it would have fallen down on the first tide & never had a chance to make itself holes for the keels. You are giving in to your journalistic roots & trying to sell extra vids with red top sensationalism.
Nice pic tho & thanks for posting it.
dylanwinter
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you soon adapt
yup - a two or three hour jaunt and returning any time you like is not going to happen
but you soon adapt
and it is very convenient being able to walk to the boat
a walk on drying pontoon is perfect for me
yup - a two or three hour jaunt and returning any time you like is not going to happen
but you soon adapt
and it is very convenient being able to walk to the boat
a walk on drying pontoon is perfect for me
dylanwinter
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I don't see why you are concerned, Dylan. Both keels are deep in the mud & will not only be holding the boat in place, but also stabilising the mud bank like pilings or roots would. Looks perfectly stable to me, I'll bet it's been there for years.
If it wasn't safe it would have fallen down on the first tide & never had a chance to make itself holes for the keels. You are giving in to your journalistic roots & trying to sell extra vids with red top sensationalism.
Nice pic tho & thanks for posting it.
it does look amazing
I am sure igt is very secure
mud is amazing stuff
much underrated I think
lotusman
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I kept my first serious cruising yacht there in the early 1980s.
At least I thought it was a serious cruising yacht, bilge keel Hurley 22 'Pegasus'.
I am pretty sure there used to be a Saddler 25, fin keel in the spot shown in photograph: 'Silvie'. How I lusted after that boat.
As noted by posts here, a very secure place, 2 or 3 hours sailing on any tide. Thriving yacht club just opposite a few 100 yards away.
I had a mud Berth and a mooring, my memory suggests £80.00 per annum. At springs, log showed 3 knots on mooring.
At least I thought it was a serious cruising yacht, bilge keel Hurley 22 'Pegasus'.
I am pretty sure there used to be a Saddler 25, fin keel in the spot shown in photograph: 'Silvie'. How I lusted after that boat.
As noted by posts here, a very secure place, 2 or 3 hours sailing on any tide. Thriving yacht club just opposite a few 100 yards away.
I had a mud Berth and a mooring, my memory suggests £80.00 per annum. At springs, log showed 3 knots on mooring.
Robby
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Proper mud AND 10 meter tides too!
photodog
Lord High Commander of Upper Broughton and Gunthor
Blimey, you've made good progress... Only last week it seems you were in the Humber, and now your in Fleetwood!
OGITD
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Well! .... a couple of miles up the Wyre ...... & if you've passed the Clyde without us having a few Beers .... there's going to be trouble! ....
And! ...... if you're 'up the Wyre' .... ( I do like the sound of that) ..... you can say hello to my pal (two boats) Ian.
dylanwinter
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still on the umber
naa
that place is at least two years away
probably four
the snap was sent to me by ktl sailor Simon Ellis - he owns a sailfish
it appeared in my inbox
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Well! .... a couple of miles up the Wyre ...... & if you've passed the Clyde without us having a few Beers .... there's going to be trouble! ....
And! ...... if you're 'up the Wyre' .... ( I do like the sound of that) ..... you can say hello to my pal (two boats) Ian.
naa
that place is at least two years away
probably four
the snap was sent to me by ktl sailor Simon Ellis - he owns a sailfish
it appeared in my inbox
D
OGITD
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I know! ....
But on the 'KTL' scale of things probably 6+ ish years.
As there are so many wonderful nooks & crannies, estuaries, anchorages, bolt-holes and rivers to explore I think you'll have to hand over (at some point) to No1 Son.
But not before (I hope) we can enjoy a beer or three.....
