The best AND the worst marina shower facilities in the Solent?
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Seajet
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I've always thought Port Solent pretty damn good; haven't been to Berthon for years and now sadly unlikely to be there this year.
I agree with the comment East Cowes facilities are great, but far too crowded at peak times.
Emsworth Marina isn't really a visitors' place ( or strictly the Solent ), but could do with improvement,clean though.
I didn't think much of the Duver, Bembridge, and Island Harbour facilities are like a time warp to all the wort things about the 1960's, nice marina when time and tide suit though.
I agree with the comment East Cowes facilities are great, but far too crowded at peak times.
Emsworth Marina isn't really a visitors' place ( or strictly the Solent ), but could do with improvement,clean though.
I didn't think much of the Duver, Bembridge, and Island Harbour facilities are like a time warp to all the wort things about the 1960's, nice marina when time and tide suit though.
BlueSkyNick
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Any bias at all in this view though Nick?
no, a simple statement of facts. ie a comparison of the physical dimensions of a cubicle and the volume of water coming out of the shower rose
glashen
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I don't think you lot know your born. Sorry but I must say when I started cruising in the Solent 1987 there were some truly awful facilities. Bembridge sticks in the mind but it wasn't alone in being poor. The lightship at Haslar was a step change when I went there in 1995 it is still one of the best. Further a field the toilets in Barfleur looked like a health hazard in 1990.
Daydream believer
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You try telling kids of today that-- they will never believe you!!!
ChrisE
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Showers? You were lucky if you could get a handful of gravel ....
Joker
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I always shower on board. Saves money, too.
sailor211
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In 1978 the best showers I experienced were in Cherbourg . An apologie from the mayor about the price and fire hose quantity of water as hot as you could take.
Next best was renting a shower at a Hotel and discovering the benefit of being a resident in the days of Opening Hours
Victorious
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The solent is ruined by marinas. . how good or bad the loos are is of little if any importance
stuartwineberg
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Shower on board
+1 - never saw the reason for hopping along the pontoon in the morning, braving an often chilly breeze to share space with fellow sailors at a time when I am not at my most chatty. Why not stagger straight into a nice warm shower and then out to a quick cuppa without showing my face to the world - lovely!
+1 - never saw the reason for hopping along the pontoon in the morning, braving an often chilly breeze to share space with fellow sailors at a time when I am not at my most chatty. Why not stagger straight into a nice warm shower and then out to a quick cuppa without showing my face to the world - lovely!
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prv
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Bobc
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I'm with you on that.
prv
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It doesn't really bother me in the Solent, as I've known nothing else and consider it just part of how the Solent is. But I can certainly understand the feeling, as I would hate to find a marina being set up in, say, Salcombe or Fowey.
Even in the Solent, I rarely went into marinas in Kindred Spirit; shallow draught that can take the ground helps with that.
Pete
sankukai
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Just tried the facilities at Port Hamble Marina, clean but dated. Best ones for me so far: East Cowes and Port Solent.
