The Trent?

[Revilo]

Morning all, well our Broom 395 spent her first year (2015) at York and cruising the Ouse, I almost died of boredom! So at the end of the season down the Ouse to The Humber overnight in Hull, round the coast to Lowestoft week on the Broads and she wintered then back at Broom in Brundall.

2016 we had he shipped to Windermere. Beautiful place, lovely Marina with great staff who can't do enough for you (polar opposite to York Marina!). And it's been a great summer and very enjoyable BUT there must be 500 plus boats on Windermere and I kid you not, there is less than 30 public moorings even if you include the lakeside pubs. So a great year but not keen being landlocked for another year.

So the question is now what to do for 2017?

Current thinking is either Conwy Marina and spend the season cruising North Wales, IOM, and the East Coast of Ireland - OR - to move to The Trent around Newark. Quite a contrast I know but we prefer interesting rivers than miles of open sea.

So for those of you familiar with the Trent I wondered if you would share your experience of how enjoyable (or not) it is for a days cruise either way from Newark, for those frequent weekends when you perhaps only have a day onboard. Ideally we like lots of opportunities to stop and take in the view, as many Riverside Pubs as to keep Oliver Reed happy and of course, interesting places to visit to keep the family happy - is this the Trent?

It would also be great to hear from any of you who have traveled from Newark on to Boston and then The Wash and beyond, what's the journey time roughly for this?

I'm hoping Newark and the Trent might be what we are looking for for short trips whilst being well placed for The Humber and The Wash for the East coast and access to Norfolk and further afield.

Many thanks.

Lee

 

[Alpha22]

I have done Boston - Kings Lynn and Kings Lynn - Wells - Norfolk.... a number of times.

If you have the speed (12 knots plus) you can get from Boston to Lynn on one tide. About 2 and a bit hours. Otherwise it is a day..... with a lot of waiting around at anchor.

Similarly Wells next to sea is possible on one tide.... with sufficient speed - 15-17 knots??

If you have low enough air draught, the trip up to Denver and into the Gt Ouse is interesting.

Boston to Torksey lock and some other river stretches in that area are quite straight and between flood banks ... not the most picturesque...???

Hope that helps...

Lincoln is fun.... Boston is "culturally diverse" !!! .....

 

[kashurst]

The Trent is far nicer than the Ouse at York. Quite a few pubs, I remember Gunthorpe lock being a pretty place, and you can navigate right up to Nottingham. On the tidal side of cromwell lock the journey to Torksey is good then you can go east up the Witham to Lincoln.
But to be honest, time and weather permitting Conwy and surrounds is better. You can open the engines up a bit

 

[Momac]

There is plenty of interest for me on the both the non tidal and tidal R.Trent . Only very occasional congestion at moorings .
You can't take your Broom 395 through Lincoln to get to Boston.

 

[Revilo]

Thanks Martyn, yes busy reading the usual guides and found the air draft is insufficient for a trip to Boston, so I assume we are stuck with the sail to Trent Falls and The Humber to escape to the east coast?

 

[Momac]

Thanks Martyn, yes busy reading the usual guides and found the air draft is insufficient for a trip to Boston, so I assume we are stuck with the sail to Trent Falls and The Humber to escape to the east coast?

Yes. There is no other option.
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[Revilo]

Thanks - great example of how a forum helps, saves an age in reading. Thanks again

 

[CX54WEK]

Personally I think if you got bored on the Ouse you will get equally bored on the Trent.

It is a good couple of days to get to the coast from Newark as you will have to go out via the Humber. Makes a weeks trip on the coast a waste of time as by the time you have got there you will only have a few days before turning back for home again.

Yes there are some nice places to visit on the Trent but once you have done them, well you get what I mean I'm sure.

If your boat had a lower air draft it would open up more cruising again both through Lincoln and up through the Nottingham canal and onto the Soar. But that wouldn't be an option with your current boat.

 

[Revilo]

Many thanks - I was hoping you might post a reply as I know you cruise the area extensively. Any ideas or thoughts on an alternative?

 

[Revilo]

Many thanks

 

[Revilo]

lol - many thanks

 

[CX54WEK]

Conwy

 

[volvopaul]

Done the Trent to death so you might manage 6 months and that's it. Conwy is a better bet .

 

[Revilo]

many thanks

 

[Seastoke]

We are based in Conwy to get good winds away you have to like being on the hook or on buoys as there are not many marinas to close ,well a few ,but for main hols e have just done Ireland last year Scotland but just small parts ,a lot to go at ,it beats iow every wknd imho ,roy

 

[Racingfrank7]

Why did u not do the Trent when on the Ouse if u was bored ?
We passed you on the way down the tide way in 2015 when we was on our way back up after a glorious 9 days 1st at hull for the power boat racing then on to the Trent.

I think it all depends on where u live, how far u want to travel, how much u want to pay, and what type of boating u want to do ?

The Trent is lovely has more to do than the Ouse and plenty of locks pubs & places to moor !!!
But if you want to play out at sea all the time u need to be coastal.
If it's just once or twice a year then inland is fine the trip to the coast is just part of it all.

If my situation of work, time, and money was different I would be on the south coast over any where.

Till then I'm happy inland and been able to get to sea and further a field with a bit of forward planning.

 

[Loggo]

We had two years on the Trent and found it uninspiring scenically but with an extended cruising are once you went down to the Humber / York etc. What made us stay were the people - a smashing crowd who made everybody very welcome - even us Taffies. (Apart, that is from CX54WEK who I met at the fireworks display at Newark about 5 years ago and frightened half to death when I accosted her !)