Sea Palling

it lies to the North of Gt Yarmouth,i picked it up on goggle earth, spotted a boat moored there.Looks like a possible anchorage mid way between wells and lowestoft.
 
This has been asked before, a couple of years ago - can't remember the answer.
Must admit I've often wondered this myself. I do know that some of the artificial "bays" now dry out and some are obviously quite shallow, so drying out might be an option on the sand.
Probably quite a good bolt hole in certain limited conditions.

Have a look at the link below from Windows Live Local

Sea Palling
 
We did look at them. We went past very close as we were skanking round the coast line as much as we could. You really need to know which ones have sufficient water in at low water.

If you get your timing right you can take the tide which runs east from about 2 hours before high water out of Wells and then eventually pick up the flood tide going south down to Lowestoft. This should give you 1.5 to 2 knotts of tide with you. Not really worth risking trying to anchor at Sea Palling.

Have a good trip. Are you going this weekend?
 
I have anchored behind the reefs a couple of times and have had no problems. We find about 2.5 m.at LWS.

The entrance to the anchorage is between the 2 cardinal beacons if my memory serves me well, there are 5 or 6 low lying reefs and 4 which a markedly bigger. to the NW. The beacons are between the bigger reefs.
There is a pub just behind the dunes so a dinghy will be neccessary, another pub and resturant further into the village.

Nice little spot but beware this is a main venue for jet Skiers but they are well policed. Sea palling is about 20 miles north of Lowestoft but beware of the sand banks off Yarmouth/Caister and there is very little water now close in off Winterton Ness
 
i hopefully will be out sailing this weekend,im planning to head out from wells and go south .Ive been looking for interesting places to sail to,the only reference that i can find about sea palling is


"A little known anchorage on the east coast is at Sea Palling. Here we have a series of off shore artificial reefs. A good secure anchorage in sand is to be found in 3meters behind the reefs showing cardinal marks(beacons) There is little tidal flow and the shelter is good. A Dinghy is needed to get ashore where there is a Cafe and a pub close at hand with further shops and pubs in the village. We have been a couple of times and have enjoyed the spot.
Sea Palling is situated to the North of Gt Yarmouth. follow the coast from Yarmouth but stand off Winterton ness as it is now quite shallow. You should be able to see the reefs once clear of the the ness, Bacton gas Terminal should also be in view."

i copied this from another site hope no one is offended

draft is not a major problem for me as i can draw as little as 9 inches with the under carrage up

how long on average does a trip to Lowestoft take? i had that one ear marked for may BH


bridgid mary i saw your post on another site,hope you dont mind the cut and paste,thanks for the info
 
Matt, just the questions I was going to ask so you've saved me doing it, but can you send a link to where you got the info from please. It looks and sounds like we are only going to be a few weeks behind you as far as launching goes so we are going to be in need of the same things it seems, except I don't anticipate winning any races against you /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
dave,the only info that i could find was on Goggle earth,type in Sea Palling and have a look,the breakwaters are clearly visable and the entrances are marked by east and west cardinal marks.There are also photographs of the breakwaters .Going by google it looks like the anchorage offers protection from N,E,W winds and i cant see a southerly doing much harm either

Ill talk to the locals once i get there,ive been scouring the coast line looking for possible venues,do you know anything about wainfleet?,cromer and sherringham are marked on the chart with the notice asking yachtsmen to stay east of the 10 meter line,(crab pots) im also looking at "where to run to" when the weather kicks up,perhaps mr Crampy could enlighten us a bit more

One other thing that i found was that HW at sea palling is aproximately 4.5 hours after immingham

maybee others can pitch in with suggestions for venues,
 
I've been to Happisburgh (just North of Sea Palling) by road but the whole area seems to be devoid of bolt holes, so like you, I'm hoping for some local knowledge
 
I forgot on my last post that you were not making a passage to better cruising grounds!

I don't think the question of "where to run to" really arises. If the weather forcast is not good then you don't go out of Wells, as there is nowhere to run to. Lowestoft is the nearest all weather port and that is perhaps 6/8 hours for your average yacht. Boston is a similar distance but you have to take your mast down to enter the mooring, unless you are able to moor against a fishing boat. I have discounted Great Yarmouth as it has a difficult entrance in bad weather and only wants commercial traffic.

In settled wether then Brancaster, Brancaster Staithe and Blakney are the only places that come to mind. You will need a dinghy to get ashore at all these amchorages and there are no facilities apart from a pub and shops. Again in settled weather I would go to Sea Palling for a weekend .

I don't have a boat in the water at the moment otherwise I would invite you to spend a weekend further down the coast where most of the members of this forum spend their leisure.

If the weather is not guarenteed then I would not venture out of Wells.

PS. Wainfleet is impossible in my opinion and even if you got in and found a staging to moor against it is a 2 or 3 mile walk to a pub (Skegness) and there are bouncers on all the doors, even a lunch time.
 
dave ive got a small book called "Tidal Havens of the wash and Humber" its by a guy called henry Irvine,its about the only detailed book that i can find for the area,but even that stops at Blakeney.
 
Dave

I'll bring a copy down if you like when I visit Bostonia only

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cheers Joe
 
Thanks for the imput Mr Cramp, i will look into a trip down to Ipswich etc,i can always stick my boat on the trailer and tow her down,it has always been a concern as to what to do if a storm kicks up,i have the advantage of transforming my boat from a sail boat to a power boat,the 50hp yamaha can kick me along at 14knots,ive been asking lots of questions and the general local opinion,is that if its above a 5 with north in the wind,dont attempt wells bar,in a southerly,it can blow a gale and you will hardley notice it.,bearing in mind that its only crossable at HW+-2hrs

I intend to talk to the local fishermen,they must have contingency plans for such days when you get caught
 
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cheers Joe
 
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