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[adamstjohn]

Evening all, does anybody , of course somebody will, know if the bar has been surveyed and know when the entrance buoys are going in? Many thanks

 

[Cantata]

Surveys have been done. Trinity House needs to come up with the buoy positions and instruct laying of them. Shoud be soon.

 

[adamstjohn]

Thanks Cantana, much appreciated. Hoping to head there over Easter.

 

[matthewriches]

This is on my Sunday morning list to do at some point very soon. Maybe launch the RIB and have a nosey around.

 

[Seashoreman]

I think I was one of the very few keel boats to get up to Snape Quay last year.
I got piloted up there by Des, the Bargeman, from Iken Church.
Left half an hour before high water at crack of dawn and there was barely 1.5M of water in the channel.
There are hardly any whithies left and those that are in place are not marked.
All a bit of guesswork really, tried using my plotter track which was ok from Iken Cliffs down river.
Doubt if I will go through that again for a very long time.

 

[adamstjohn]

This is on my Sunday morning list to do at some point very soon. Maybe launch the RIB and have a nosey around.

Safer than grounding the big boat. Cheers

 

[matthewriches]

Not a river I'd attempt in my mobo, I have been out from Snape maltings but that was in the kayak.

Lovely bit of countryside.

Safer than grounding the big boat. Cheers

 

[WF36]

This is on my Sunday morning list to do at some point very soon. Maybe launch the RIB and have a nosey around.

Good choice, been up there a few times in my RIB.

 

[Cantata]

It's a great shame about the lack of withies.
There was a plot afoot a few years ago to do the job properly using a combination of a forumites' bundle of withies, Tillergirl's charting expertise and our 'help' but it came to nothing unfortunately, as some locals seemed very unenthusiastic at the idea.

 

[forelle541]

I did it a few years ago, made it but hit a fence on the way!

 

[snowbird30ds]

I did it back in 2010 from orford to snape and back by following a plot from 1:25k os map transferred to chartplotter and it was spot on, that was a twin outdrive rlm31.

 

[Jan Harber]

It's a great shame about the lack of withies.
There was a plot afoot a few years ago to do the job properly using a combination of a forumites' bundle of withies, Tillergirl's charting expertise and our 'help' but it came to nothing unfortunately, as some locals seemed very unenthusiastic at the idea.

Yes, it is a shame about the lack of withies. Only a handful of boats made it to the Quay last season and many of those were the usual intrepid Dutch visitors.

There are probably even fewer withies left standing since the 90ft Dutch barge/houseboat arrived at Snape after her eviction from Pin Mill last season. She grounded several times and almost certainly damaged or demolished withies on her way up to the quay.

With this barge now permanently alongside there is very little space for visiting boats and there is also a shortage of ladders. Sadly, Aldeburgh Music, who own and manage the whole Maltings complex (and include the aforementioned Dutch barge on their list of available holiday accommodation), seem to have little or no interest in attracting waterborne visitors to Snape.

Nowadays the best way to arrive by water is probably in your tender, having parked your boat at Iken. Whether planning to stop at Iken or go on up to Snape, it does pay to start your trip as early as possible before HWS so that the channel or gutway can be seen before the mud on either side gets covered and the withies disappear from view at the top of the tide. As pointed out elsewhere on this thread, the OS Explorer Map 212 Woodbridge & Saxmundham can be useful.

 

[Kukri]

There is not a whole lot of room at Iken Cliff! Two average sized boats in comfort, three in watchful unease and four in bitter enmity! But if we assume that you will set off in the tender on the flood and return on the ebb and consider that it’s only a mile and that you will stay afloat and free from grockles, it’s no hardship!

 

[adamstjohn]

Realising the mistake I have made, it is river ore down
At the shingle st end I believe. Thanks