The Wash

thanks

JKay said:
All still the same I can contact the Boston motor yacht ciub and get a deal for Dylan if he so wished
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thanks for that Jkay - although it looks as though Wisbech is going to work _ i can come and go without disturbing lock keepers and harbour masters.

I often travel to the boat at night and get off sailing at first light or even earlier

I fancy the idea of riding the tide down into the wash as the sun comes up

D
 
Let us know when your around and we'll get you in a round in.................................or two :)
 
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dylanwinter said:
so can I just drop the hook in the channel

even at night provided I light the boat

is there much traffic?

D
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If you couldn't get back in, you can use one of the waiting buoys near the wreck, or drop the hook. If you couldn't get out you could wait on the pontoon at Sutton Bridge. You could also drop the hook in the channel near the sand bars, if it was that low, nothing else would be coming through.
 
JKay said:
Eh Ken ain't that where "Sixpence" normally parks
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We were actually just inside the marked channel. As we sat having a brew, a big inland water cruise boat that had made it's way out from Lynn and was going into Wisbech for a lift and survey turned the "corner" 1/2 a mile in front of us, on the inside. He spent a couple of hours drinking tea too :D
 
I is watching you Ken & Joe

Landed myself on the little red cross in the middle of this chart :o

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It's not marked like that on the sand though :D

Dylan, you may have noticed that most who sail in The Wash are members of The Royal Idgaf Yacht Club :cool:
Think Ken and Joe are in competition to become honorary commodore :eek:
Or is it comode ? :rolleyes:

Best advice I am able to give, as a novice, Dylan, is to take a trip by road to both Nene and Welland, and watch the tidal flow during a spring tide. That will give you some idea why most prefer to arrive at slack. I didn't, once, never again :o

Coming back upriver to Fosdyke after a rough trip out, decided to come in early, with strong wind over tide and no room to turn. Quite worrying when you're watching the bow go under, then the outboard coming well out of the water, when you're already in the shelter of land only feet away on either side :eek: Arrived at the marina and after a manic few seconds I had managed to turn into the tide but only feet away from the bridge. Just had enough power to recover and only just enough to get on to the pontoon. Hadn't ferry glided like that since last time out in my Mobo, I is biboatal see :p

Oh, and watch the pontoon at the swing bridge if you go for Wisbech, that seagull poop can be very slippery stuff :o
Realised what I was going to land on just as my feet left the boat, mid jump change to belly flop worked though :D
 
Hi Dylan

I have sailed out of the nene,i was based at Peterborough but would head down to Wisbech for a base.With the slug you will probably be able to get out at all times of the tide during neeps,at springs its about 3.5hrs either side of HW.There is a tidal guage on the nene on your way out and a tidal guage close to the wreck on your way in.The one on the way out will be on your port side and it pays to mark this as it is not lit at night and juts out into the river by about 30ft.

At hw +- 2 hrs i have sailed over to the concrete island for a looksee,the noise from the birds is deafening,take a look inside the crane as there was a nesting pair of raptors there last time i looked.

The shallowest part of the nene is at "Big Tom",if you can get over that you will find enough depth in the channel,the bottom is soft sand there.

If you are out close to sunset and the USAF are training at Holbeach,have a camera on hand,when they bank away into the sun the rings radiate from their engines and is quite an amazing sight,they are very noisy however.The birds at Gibraltar point are another must see at sunset,they fly in a gracious aerobatic display thats better than any wildlife film on TV.

I took these photos on a jaunt in 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/42967465@N06/3955841259/

beware of the shark at Hunstanton,the beach at old Hunstanton is fine for beaching your boat.
 
excellent all round

bastonjock said:
Hi Dylan

I have sailed out of the nene,i was based at Peterborough but would head down to Wisbech for a base.With the slug you will probably be able to get out at all times of the tide during neeps,at springs its about 3.5hrs either side of HW.There is a tidal guage on the nene on your way out and a tidal guage close to the wreck on your way in.The one on the way out will be on your port side and it pays to mark this as it is not lit at night and juts out into the river by about 30ft.

At hw +- 2 hrs i have sailed over to the concrete island for a looksee,the noise from the birds is deafening,take a look inside the crane as there was a nesting pair of raptors there last time i looked.

The shallowest part of the nene is at "Big Tom",if you can get over that you will find enough depth in the channel,the bottom is soft sand there.

If you are out close to sunset and the USAF are training at Holbeach,have a camera on hand,when they bank away into the sun the rings radiate from their engines and is quite an amazing sight,they are very noisy however.The birds at Gibraltar point are another must see at sunset,they fly in a gracious aerobatic display thats better than any wildlife film on TV.

I took these photos on a jaunt in 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/42967465@N06/3955841259/

beware of the shark at Hunstanton,the beach at old Hunstanton is fine for beaching your boat.
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looks as though I should have moved the boat to wisbech straight away

now then....

anyone any ideas if I can cut a deal for a small boat for a few months at wisbech

assuming they have room

D
 
dylanwinter said:
looks as though I should have moved the boat to wisbech straight away

now then....

anyone any ideas if I can cut a deal for a small boat for a few months at wisbech

assuming they have room

D
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You might get a deal of some sort, but bear in mind it's council owned. Speak to Peter Harvey or Clinton Dorrington on 01945 588 059
 
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bastonjock said:
The shallowest part of the nene is at "Big Tom",if you can get over that you will find enough depth in the channel,the bottom is soft sand there.
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In 2009, after they moved the channel buoys around at that end of the channel, i found the lowest spot to be a little further along. Between the Walker buoy and the Mac cardinal buoy. Not that it makes any great practical differences.
 
Dylan

Have you considered Surfleet Seas End

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on the River Welland? Much more of a KTL sort of place than a marina berth at Wisbech. I'm worried all this Sailing TV is going to change KTL & berthing in a marina is the start of it.

Surfleet is a ramshackle friendly sort of place where boats spend a lot of time on the mud resting against piles, and the natives (other boat owners) are very friendly.

Some phot's here of Surfleet and the outfall of the Welland.

http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Tour_01/fen10.html

IanC
 
part of the problem

ianc1200 said:
Dylan

Have you considered Surfleet Seas End

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...uk_-_73435.jpg


on the River Welland? Much more of a KTL sort of place than a marina berth at Wisbech. I'm worried all this Sailing TV is going to change KTL & berthing in a marina is the start of it.

Surfleet is a ramshackle friendly sort of place where boats spend a lot of time on the mud resting against piles, and the natives (other boat owners) are very friendly.

Some phot's here of Surfleet and the outfall of the Welland.

http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Tour_01/fen10.html

IanC
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Ian,

tell me more about the place - how far from the sea - how much - how long will it take me to get in and out.

Wells is great - but I went up there last week - £40 worth of petrol - and sailed for three hours. The trouble with wells is that you can only get in and out at the top of the tide and once out there is no-where to hide from the bad weather - so at this time of year I only have one tide to play with.

Wisbech would allow me to sail until the wether turns - hide up the channel while it blows through and then go out again

but it does look as though it might be a bit pricey

I don't need a shower, a bog or power.

However, I do really want to do more sailing.

Is that surfleet just up from fosdyke

if it is - how can I contact anyone there

who do I speak to

looks good to me

Dylan

PS it is becoming clear to me that part of the pleasure for some sailors is watching me suffer - one sent me an email saying that he can't wait for the next bit of the boat to drop off. I fear that excessive interest in my discomfort and shortage of cash is not healthy.
 
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Yup, it's about 3 miles upriver, and with the same problems as Fosdyke, like Wells and most of the choices around The Wash.

The slug could get up the rivers at low water, but getting over the bar just south of the Clay Hole anchorage is the problem, along with coming in too early!

Sixpence (The Watchful. ;) ) of this parish kept his boat there for a while, he still has the scars although the boat has recovered! :D
He might have contact details.
 
macnorton said:
Wisbech is fine, the harbours shallow bits are from the pontoons to the ship turning bay. but with 18" you would be unlucky to touch, keep to the outside of the bend (you'l see why!)

In the summer the new pontoons at Sutton Bridge should be in, would suit the OP better.

http://www.bridgewatch.org.uk/marina-news.html

Hope to see you down there in the season
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The two lowest spots are at the Wisbech side of the turning bay and alongside the hard standing. The props of my old Princess will attest to this lol

They do regularly dredge the turning bay and wet dock though, so it can be changeable, depending on where they dump the spoil. One time, they dumped it all in a the same heap, right on the outside of the bend you mention. The navigable bit that we all relied on was suddenly two feet shallower, more prop dings :(
 
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