Overnight in Solva

[MoodySabre]

I might go to Solva next week with son in his CO32. Neither of us have tied up to a drying wall before and with HW at midday we might settle for a lunch stop at the quay and anchor the other side of the rock unless it's blowing westerly.

Anyone been there - any comments?

 

[CPD]

I'm smiling here Roger. I dried out against the wall at Solva on my Dayskipper practical with Pembrokeshire cruising in based at Neyland. It was a few years ago now but I do remember a couple of good pubs a shortish walk from the quay. There is a hoop in the wall (up a flight of stairs if I remember correctly) that we tied a halyard to (that was my job) to stop her falling over. I would love to go back to that place. A lovely place. There again, a lovely pub can turn anywhere into a lovely place /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[BobnLesley]

We've dried out there a few times, though not since 2003. It was a lovely spot and the pubs were indeed good; equally important, the Harbourmaster was very helpful, especially as our first visit there was our first try at drying out too. Go for it!

 

[MarkJohnson12345]

We anchored in the pool at the harbour entrance several yeasrs ago. Its well protected from the most winds.

We then dinghied in to the shore below the pub car park.

Delightful place.

 

[wotayottie]

not been to solva but recently anchored in an idyllic spot - south haven at skomer. very well protected from the north / east, full of puffins and seals, and with lots of crabs and lobbies if you are interested in fishing.

 

[PembrokeshirePromise]

Hi Roger,

Yes I've done it - though the old bucket of water off the halyard (fractional rig) didn't give us enough (any?) lean - ended up with a bit of scrambling to fix two ropes at chest height to the mast at about 90 degrees to each other to control the lean - with that in place we were happy for a couple of tides - if a little bow down (half in the trench dug by a long keeler the night before)

Not looked at the tides - but I guess if its mid day HW its neaps - if anchoring in the pool you need to be nearer to the outer rocks than you might think - or at least nearer than I thought - never mind - rising tide and all !

Otherwise as others have said - plenty of other options - Skomer (N or S Haven), Little haven if the wind is still in the E - even Ramsay Island tucked just behind the bitches.

I'm sure Luke knows most of these anyway - have fun

 

[AngusMcDoon]

I hanchored there a couple of years ago just inside the harbour entrance, with the intention of staying afloat. EdBeynon did the tide calculations - alas for the wrong day. At low water we were just touching the bottom, and that's with a 40cm draft, so there's not a lot of water there.

A grumpy fisherman told me that I was in the way anchoring where I had and that I wasn't allowed to. The friendly harbour master disagreed, and told me to ignore him. Said that it was his harbour, not the fisherman's.

 

[PembrokeshirePromise]

Umm - lovely spot I agree - but its a Marine Reserve (which of course is part of the reason its still a lovely spot) - so it would be nice to save your lobster and crab fishing for elsewhere (unless you happen to be a commercial fisherman - but thats another debate I don't wish to get into ...)

Plenty of spots outside the marine reserve for fishing...

Probably get labelled a raving greenie for this post - but hey ho

Thanks

 

[PembrokeshirePromise]

Ah - that demonstrates by point I think - we draw 2m and you need to be tucked in really tight behind the rock to the right in the second photo to get the "pool" if I remember right - not much use if the wind swings round though ..

 

[PembrokeshirePromise]

Bow down in Solva ..