Tide flows Langstone entrance ?

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Hi,

I've been offered a swinging mooring at Langstone and went down today for a reccy. I had a chat with one of the skippers of the Hayling to Eastney ferries and he said that the tide rates in the entrance get up to 7 knots. I checked tidal diamond C on chart BA3418_1 and it shows 3.4 kt in and 3.1 kt out on a spring tide, so who is right ? I assume the ferry skipper would know what he is talking about, but then the diamonds should be right too... ?

Anyone moored there and able to give me the skinny on this ?

What's it like getting up to the moorings near South Salterns when the tide's running ? Does it help to stay East till you get up around Sword Pt and then cross to the West ?

Any advice or stories gratefully received,

Boo2
 
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Hi maybe at the highest spring tide of the year it might just hit 6/7. You can tuck in quite close to the shore especially on the Hayling side to get out of the worst of it. Once you are past the ferry pontoons then it is not half as strong. Watch out on a full ebb and a strong wind from the south as it can get a tad lumpy in the entrance!
 
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Sailed out of Langstone in a West Wight Potter, a Caprice and a Hurley 22. Much fun had. Getting back in not so easy - the Ferryman is more accurate than the tidal diamond. I moved to Chi and of the two harbour entrances I had more testing times at Langstone than the somewhat more notorious Chi. Only thing I would add is that my boat was broken into by shiiiiite hawks on it's mooring on the Lake at Langstone so could not leave any valuables on her after that. Also, the volume of bird **** on deck from non human birds was gross. On the trip when I found my boat broken into, not a good day, I came back ashore next day to the car to find that more little hawks had stolen the hub caps off my car - also not a good day.
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I'd agree with those saying 7 kts maybe on a mega spring, 5 kts certainly.

Sadly there is a reputation for thefts, too handy from the Eastern Road for quick access and getaway into Portsmouth...

Langstone Harbour is handy for the Solent, and the entrance is usually more docile than that of Chichester's ( still forget it and go elsewhere West in a strong Southerly against the ebb ) but my main complaint with it is it's such a boring, grim harbour !

Nowhere to go inside harbour if weathers' bad or time is short, unlike Chichester Harbour which offers a lot of attractive waters to sail and places to go...

Langstone SC on the bridge to Hayling Island has half tide moorings on both the Langstone and Chichester sides of the bridge, the Langstone ones are almost certainly a lot more secure than in the middle of nowhere - not 100% though - and the Chichester ones considerably harder for scrotes to access, touchwood !

If your boat can take the ground this would be well worth checking out, good facilities and the fees - on either side - might be a pleasant surprise...
 
Seajet said:
I'd agree with those saying 7 kts maybe on a mega spring, 5 kts certainly.
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What Seajet said. I moored on one of the visitors buoys next to ECA later last season and found myself doing 6kn on the ebb whilst standing still! (and the entire trot of moorings were below the surface)

I was on a half-tide mooring for a number of years at Langstone SC and always enjoyed the experience. Langstone harbour is a nice place to see wildlife, dinghy sailing and the occasional water skier. I'll return when I get myself another lift keel boat.

The tide in the entrance is fast but by and large there's nothing that should scare anyone by the Harbour Board's moorings.
 
Seajet said:
my main complaint with it is it's such a boring, grim harbour!
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Ok so I agree it is not Chichester harbour and yes it is hard to get away from the noise of the eastern rd or the M27 (I just like to think they sound like fast flowing rivers).
But then it is not as busy as some harbours. Some lovely wildlife and walks along the old billy line and Farlington marshes. There are a couple of big sand banks that appear at half tide which are great for BBQ's and a game of rounders. Also a couple of Islands that you could land on for lunch.
There are usually plenty of spare buoys to pick up or Southsea marina is very friendly.
Just defending my home port:-)
 
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I would have guessed at more like 5knts on a big spring tide. My 6hp outboard can push my 24ft sailboat against the tide in the entrance (although very slowly!). To anybody that hasnt visitied langstone, its horrid, so please stay away and leave it all to me ;)
 
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