Planning first passage. Brightlingsea to Walton Backwater

[johnalison]

"You don't need a chart plotter"
Agreed, I managed for 40 years, but when you are short handed, inexperienced and unsure of your position it is so comforting to press a button and see exactly where the dangers are.
Even a cheap option is worthwhile. I use MX Mariner on my phone and tablet, does most of what I need. Temporarily not available to new users but I'm sure there's lots of alternatives.
I don't want to go back to taking bearings, working out deviation and variation and plotting it on a soggy chart at night when I'm nervous!

We were always kitted out for traditional navigation and pilotage but I can scarcely remember ever having to take bearings on shore features. The only place, pre-Decca where we regularly had to do this was off Courseulles in Normandy where there is a large shallow to be avoided and a featureless shore with three church spires to be identified. It should be possible to sail round our area and across to Ramsgate with eyeball navigation, even if it means sailing near enough to buoys to read their names.

 

[nortada]

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What about the slipway next to the Lady of the Twizzle? Private presumably?

The Foundry Reach. A place to avoid

 

[Khaos]

The Foundry Reach. A place to avoidView attachment 181140View attachment 181141View attachment 181143View attachment 181144

Wow. Looks like it! Thanks for the photos.

 

[johnalison]

I think that many of us are enjoying this cruise more than Khaos.

 

[ianc1200]

The concrete barge in Nortada's first photo above is for sale on FB Marketplace for 16k. The advert comes with a warning EA permission will be required to remove from the sea wall.