SYH Scrubbing posts

[Sniper]

Does anyone have an accurate idea of how much water I can expect around these posts on a 3.8 metre tide? I think I should be OK with 5'3" draft, but I thought I'd ask in case anyone can say categorically yes or no!

Many thanks

 

[Jan Harber]

Sorry, can't answer your query about draft at the SYH posts but for your info here are a couple of pix I took of two yachts there on Sunday last. Think the tide was around mid range and had been ebbing for at least a couple of hours. Not sure if the long keel boat was intended to dry at that angle. The other was a bilge keeler.

 

[Sniper]

Thanks Jan; unfortunately the links haven't worked.

 

[Bob Stays]

Hi, I think it has a drying height of 0.8m so it should be a Day Skipper theory question to work out the time you can safely go on the the posts, (allowing .5m safety), when you will touch bottom, and when you will float again.
Or you can just motor round and when the tide gauge on the posts say more than 2m you can be sure to be able to get on. The gauge is calibrated from the bottom of the concrete platform.

 

[Sniper]

Thanks Bob, thats useful information and gives me reassurance.

 

[eastcoastbernie]

Does anyone have an accurate idea of how much water I can expect around these posts on a 3.8 metre tide? I think I should be OK with 5'3" draft, but I thought I'd ask in case anyone can say categorically yes or no!

Many thanks

You have to book the posts with SYH before using them. If you ask, they will give you the height of the sill (CD) and then you can work out when you need to go in and how much clearance you will have. My boat draws 1.5 m, and I've only used the scrubbing post once, we only just got in and out, but I think it was a pretty neapy tide. As far as I remember, we chose the weekend as it was HW at a convenient time in the morning, giving us the middle of the day for scrubbing, followed by getting out of the 'pen' at a not too inconvenient time in the evening.

 

[CPD]

heights

I was there a couple of weeks ago and on a 4.0m tide had 0.8m under a 1.9m draft keel.

 

[LONG_KEELER]

Might be worth mentioning that when most of the water has gone, it is fairly obvious that there is a sill.

Despite telling my subconscious that I must remember this; I have, on a number of occasions, forgotten.

It is an interesting experience when an unexpected distance of fresh air is under one's foot.

On a brighter side, usually one dries out on a neapish tide, and after the boat has touched, it is still morning, and you can hurry off to the Orwell Crossing Cafe for a massive breakfast blow out. This will sustain you for many hours to come.

 

[upstart]

I must admit I never bother working out the tides for the posts but you should be fine. I regularly dry a 1.9m draft racing yacht out there and tend to trickle on with plenty of room at high water. I've been on there at pretty much every time conceivable.

 

[Sniper]

Thanks to all for the information. As I type I'm sitting waiting for the tide having gone on the posts this morning. In case it is of value to anyone in the future I got on at high tide this morning predicted 3.51 at Harwich. The post gauge showed 2.2m over the pad which seemed about right as my sounder showed 2'6" under the keel. Boat draws 1.6m Fingers crossed I have sorted out an annoying leak!