robertj
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Is there anywhere in Poole harbour you can anchor for free? 2m draft will be a limiting factor I suppose.
Poole anchoring
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South Deep is absolutely wonderful, and free; 2m may be pushing it a bit, so do some sums and keep an eye on the sounder - but it's soft deep mud anyway.
bobgarrett
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Off pottery quay is also good.
Iminei
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Harbour dues?
alahol2
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In 30 odd years of visiting we've anchored all over Poole harbour and never had to pay. I wouldn't know where or who to pay.
As long as you are sensible and not impeding any of the main channels then you can anchor just about anywhere there is enough depth.
As long as you are sensible and not impeding any of the main channels then you can anchor just about anywhere there is enough depth.
Iminei
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Excellent. Well if the OPs times work for getting in and out I'd add my vote to South Deep
Andrew_Trayfoot
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off Arene is nice too
robertj
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thanks, will start looking at the chart. Nice there is still free anchorages on the south coast.
Landing areas for the dinghy anyone?
Rob
Landing areas for the dinghy anyone?
Rob
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robertj
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Arene, is where in the harbour?
robertj
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Cant find pottery quay either lol. Give me some guidance please?
Billyo
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Arne is the sticky out bit on the south side of poole harbour, you follow round to go up the frome to wareham. Pottery quay is a small pier on the west end of brownsea island (I think, new to the area as well!) But didn't think you could moor round there.
Channel Sailor
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I reckon it is Pottery Pier. Western tip of Brownsea Island. Very good holding from what I recall.
The other one is off the island of Arne, Shipstal Point.
Tranona
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All the anchorages are very clearly marked on any decent chart or in the useful booklet published by the Harbour commissioners.
Most are on the south side of the harbour using South Deep (to port as you enter the harbour) or off the Wych channel which runs east west on the north side of Brownsea Island as far as the Arne peninsular. Also possible to anchor further west on the south side of the Wareham channel, but a bit bleak and nothing ashore except gorse and sand.
However, 2m is a constraint at neaps, although the double high tides do at least give you longer higher waters. Limited landing spots, most common Pottery Pier on the west of Brownsea, Arne and South Deep. Possible to land at Baiter on the north shore, but it is a lee shore with no reasonable anchorage on the north side of the main channel. So if you want to visit the town you have to use either the Harbour marina on the quay or, if you are under 38' Poole Yacht Club marina just past the ferry terminal. Excellent facilities and 10 minutes walk to the Quay.
LadyInBed
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Positions Approximate
alahol2
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You can have a short stay in the quayside marina for a reasonable £7 (28ft, 2016) which gives plenty of time for shopping, a pint and a bag of chips. That's the only real problem with Poole, there are very few and awkward places to go ashore and get some shopping without using marinas.
robertj
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Thanks again chaps, much appreciated.
homer
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I guess they meant Arne. Pottery quay is on the NW corner of Brownsea Island.
prv
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Charging to anchor is a West Country thing, really.
Beaulieu own their riverbed and advertise an anchor charge (though I don't remember them ever bothering me) and the National Trust ask for voluntary donations inside Newtown Creek. Apparently Yarmouth have a fee for anchoring within their "outer harbour" which is a surprisingly large box around their moorings outside the actual harbour - but nobody seems to want to anchor there anyway.
Other than that, I can't think of anywhere around here that tries to rent you a square foot of seabed - and rightly so.
Pete
alahol2
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Inside Hurst spit, anywhere in the Medina river, Chichester harbour are areas where you can and often will be charged harbour dues. It's becoming harder to find places, other than open sea, where you won't get charged.
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Assuming Arne is meant, it's at the west end between Long Island and Arne point. There's a 2m plus pool to anchor in. You will need a spring tide to get there, though. Beware of getting neaped!
As mentioned, off Pottery Pier at the west end of Brownsea is a lovely, though busy, anchorage. When turning into the Channel to the north of Brownsea, keep to the south, the north side is shallower. Go through the moorings, not north or south of them. When you get to Pottery Pier, there's plenty of water. You can go ashore on Brownsea island. It's owned by the National Trust; you may be charged for access.
Blood alley, south of Brownsea also has a couple of pools, but I have no personal experience of them.
