some wonderul harbours in the Firth

[dylanwinter]

When you do go round spurn pt do so with some offing from chequers shoal. I met some really nasty overfalls and what appeared to be standing waves a few years ago in a westerly 22, It is the only place where I have ever had solid water into the cockpit.I had 2 of 4 washboards in and as they were routinely tied down no water down below but 8 inches in the (self draining) cockpit The wind was about a 3/4 , I cannot remember the direction. I was about .5 of a mile north of the schoal bouy . I have met 2 other people who have met similar conditions in the same place.

thanks for the tip

I am an inveterate coast hugger

D

 

[fergie_mac66]

thanks for the tip

I am an inveterate coast hugger

D

It may be that really close inshore there wouldn't be a problem , there is bound to be shifting sand in that area tho',

 

[DaveS]

Thanks Norman. I was indeed referring the the Clackmannanshire bridge, but had forgotten its name. Apparently HMS Sheffield had to lower some of her masts for going under the Forth & Road bridges to Rosyth back in the day... That must have been a sight.

Both the Clackmannanshire Bridge and the Kincardine Bridge have a charted clearance of 6.5m. I have been under the Kincardine at low water in a Vivacity 20 with the mast up. The problem lies further up, where the Stirling ring road crosses the river with a charted clearance of 2.9m. Its piers were built but the deck wasn't on when I passed in 1988.

 

[dylanwinter]

Both the Clackmannanshire Bridge and the Kincardine Bridge have a charted clearance of 6.5m. I have been under the Kincardine at low water in a Vivacity 20 with the mast up. The problem lies further up, where the Stirling ring road crosses the river with a charted clearance of 2.9m. Its piers were built but the deck wasn't on when I passed in 1988.

easy drop mast on Katie L

 

[A1Sailor]

So did you say hello to the riverbank at 0:30 then? Was it "crunch" or a soft landing?

 

[dylanwinter]

what me

go aground.... hit the bank

never been known to happen

actually I had just done that bit and I came back to secure the halyard

a boring film just got more boring

 

[dylanwinter]

what me

go aground.... hit the bank

never been known to happen

actually I had just done that bit and I came back to secure the halyard

a boring film just got more boring

 

[Sgeir]

Presumably it can still be done.

Yes, provided the mast can be dropped. The new Clackmannanshire and Taylorton bridges have low clearances but not a problem for the mobo flotillas that have come up river in the past few years (see earlier in the thread). The larger ones would have had less clearance than Dylan and his mighty tabernacle.