oldgit
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Hints, tips,or suggestions welcome. ?
So far this year its been Ramsgate,Conyer and Burham of Crouch.
So far this year its been Ramsgate,Conyer and Burham of Crouch.
RCC off to Tichmarsh .
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johnalison
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I'm not sure I understand the question. We don't want any riff-raff in Titchmarsh anyway. If you are coming this way then Walton & Frinton are your best bet for a sociable meal nearby. There might be some other places to visit that some of the natives here might be able to tell you about.
Amour
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Just keep well out from the naze so many crab pots go out to the medusa bouy before heading into stone banks then phy end .
Loverly marina .
Loverly marina .
Yorkshire Exile
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Yes, nice friendly marina but don't expect any new fangled things like cleats to use on the pontoons.
Hydrozoan
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Coincidentally, thinking of the concurrent ‘A Literary Thread’, ISTR that Francis B Cooke opined all those decades ago that Pye End was always a difficult buoy to spot! 
johnalison
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Spoilsport. We berth-holders like our Saturday afternoon entertainment.
nortada
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You could walk or cab it around to the Walton and Frinton Yacht Club but if you plan to go by dinghy don’t forget Foundry Reach dries at low water.
Hydrozoan
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But polishing the welded loops to test the novice knotting skills of Mrs H was, IMO, ungentlemanly.
johnalison
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Sorry.
Hydrozoan
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One’s early berthing embarrassments are, I suppose, character forming.
dolabriform
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Lucky Duck
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What is the 'harbour fights' like these days?
dolabriform
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We eat there on Saturday, wasn't bad at all. Not Michelin quality but certainly acceptable.
ianc1200
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The microwave must of been working on Saturday then.
oldgit
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Thanks for contributions...if somebody could possible arrange for the usual prevailing Essex NE wind to come other than directly from the Polar Regions , it would be much appreciated.
AntarcticPilot
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Coincidentally, thinking of the concurrent ‘A Literary Thread’, ISTR that Francis B Cooke opined all those decades ago that Pye End was always a difficult buoy to spot!
It still is!
Perhaps I'm thick, but what is RCC?
Hydrozoan
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Indeed, which is why I thought the observation interesting.
I have assumed the Royal Cruising Club, rather than (for example) the Royal College of Chiropractors.
Eurybia
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Rochester Crusing Club
johnalison
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Is Pye End still around? I only ask because I seldom go near it. If coming from the south, you can almost always head straight for No4 buoy, saving nearly a mile with very little loss of depth, maybe a foot or so.
I don't know the current situation at the Harbour Lights. We haven't been avoiding them, just that we prefer to eat on board, but the WFYC is good at present.
If strangers to the area want a flavour of the place, they could anchor at Stone Point and make sandcastles on the beach, or have a lunch stop in Hamford Water and possibly take a dinghy trip into Bramble Creek to see the red seals. This is better near low tide, when you might see about 70 sun-bathing, but a sensitive approach should be made slowly on the opposite side of the creek, where there may be a trip boat.
I only ask because I seldom go near it. If coming from the south, you can almost always head straight for No4 buoy, saving nearly a mile with very little loss of depth, maybe a foot or so.I don't know the current situation at the Harbour Lights. We haven't been avoiding them, just that we prefer to eat on board, but the WFYC is good at present.
If strangers to the area want a flavour of the place, they could anchor at Stone Point and make sandcastles on the beach, or have a lunch stop in Hamford Water and possibly take a dinghy trip into Bramble Creek to see the red seals. This is better near low tide, when you might see about 70 sun-bathing, but a sensitive approach should be made slowly on the opposite side of the creek, where there may be a trip boat.
oldgit
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http://www.rochestercc.co.uk/
Est 1905.
We have around 100 motorboats on our moorings(and the odd yacht).
The really big advantage of being in the club is that everything that is possible to go wrong with a motorboat will have gone wrong with a club boat sometime in the past 100 years and there will be available at least six different opinions on how to fix it.
Seven of which will be totally wrong.
Pretty certain some of our members were there when the club opened in 1905, but as they have not been seen moving recently, reluctant to disturb them.
Alleged that somebody under the age of 60 did come into the clubhouse once.
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