Tips for a novice

As you'll see from the topic 'Tips for a novice', I am a novice, not a numpty, a novice! Never owned a boat before and know nothing about them other than they need water to float on and fuel to run (possibly wind if a yacht). If I want to bring it home along the south coast is it really such a ridiculous question to prepare and ask where I can get fuel if I need it? Or perhaps I should just run out and radio the coastguard, being the prick you'd like me to be and give everyone a good laugh.

Sometimes these forum's are good and again thank you to the people who have helped, but you really do get some pretentious, self-righteous, smart arses that probably think they know more than they do and forgot that they once did something for the first time and were probably not man enough to ask for advice.
 
Alondonboy said:
As you'll see from the topic 'Tips for a novice', I am a novice, not a numpty, a novice! Never owned a boat before and know nothing about them other than they need water to float on and fuel to run (possibly wind if a yacht). If I want to bring it home along the south coast is it really such a ridiculous question to prepare and ask where I can get fuel if I need it? Or perhaps I should just run out and radio the coastguard, being the prick you'd like me to be and give everyone a good laugh.

Sometimes these forum's are good and again thank you to the people who have helped, but you really do get some pretentious, self-righteous, smart arses that probably think they know more than they do and forgot that they once did something for the first time and were probably not man enough to ask for advice.
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That's right, go tell 'em. There's no such thing as a stupid question. Just for the record every Port has fuelling facilities. (The nautical name is Bunkering). The book you need which gives a mine of information on all Ports is Macmillans Nautical Almanac.
 
byron said:
That's right, go tell 'em. There's no such thing as a stupid question. Just for the record every Port has fuelling facilities. (The nautical name is Bunkering). The book you need which gives a mine of information on all Ports is Macmillans Nautical Almanac.
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Thank you that man! The sort of reply that gets the respect and appreciation it deserves.
 
If you are seriously planning that trip, find someone who knows what they are doing to help you.

Failing that have it delivered on a trailer, which might actually work out to be the cheaper option anyway
 
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I've investigated both and was comparing prices but don't have much time to decide so need to be prepared for either option. However, the way the weather has turned the last week it looks as though it is more likely going to be transported although if I am shocked by the surprise people are showing that in good weather they might find traveling around the coast difficult
 
Alondonboy said:
As you'll see from the topic 'Tips for a novice', I am a novice, not a numpty, a novice! Never owned a boat before and know nothing about them other than they need water to float on and fuel to run (possibly wind if a yacht). If I want to bring it home along the south coast is it really such a ridiculous question to prepare and ask where I can get fuel if I need it? Or perhaps I should just run out and radio the coastguard, being the prick you'd like me to be and give everyone a good laugh.

Sometimes these forum's are good and again thank you to the people who have helped, but you really do get some pretentious, self-righteous, smart arses that probably think they know more than they do and forgot that they once did something for the first time and were probably not man enough to ask for advice.
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sorry but I am a numpty but you are also I would never think of this witout help
 
hartcjhart said:
sorry but I am a numpty but you are also I would never think of this witout help
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Perhaps you lack adventure or perhaps you just lack confidence but I don't see it as a particularly difficult challenge and the whole purpose of me coming to this forum 'is for help'. Therefore other people voicing their shortfall's is not particularly helpful, but if it helps you to get it off your chest then that's fine with me.
 
The help is there. Unlesss knowledgeable about tides, shipping lanes, charts, signs, sea depths, at least trained to say, Day Skipper and Powerboat 2, do not attempt this on your own. Either find someone who is, or trailer the boat. Learn to use your boat in a safer environment. Oh and have you a Marine VHF licence yet?
 
Alondonboy said:
Perhaps you lack adventure or perhaps you just lack confidence but I don't see it as a particularly difficult challenge and the whole purpose of me coming to this forum 'is for help'. Therefore other people voicing their shortfall's is not particularly helpful, but if it helps you to get it off your chest then that's fine with me.
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You might want to do a bit more internet research before you tackle this.
You'll find plenty of stories in the news of people that thought it would be easy.
Of course all of those stories are the ones that ended badly.
 
Agreed, trailer looks the only option now. But just so you know I'm not completely wreckless and mad the trip by coast had been thought through. I'd estimated it could be done in 4-5 days but allowed 9 so plenty of time. As for shipping lanes, I had no intention of leaving the visibility of the coast, probably no more than a few hundred metres out. I was intending to take someone with me, although not a mariner, but my friend who has plenty of experience is at the other end of the phone/radio. I have downloaded and am reading Reeds Nautical Almanac (thank you Byron) and I've yet to find nothing that puts me off other than the weather.

Shopping around for quotes atm so if anyone knows of anyone reputable....
 
Do not think you can follow a coastline a few hundred meters out. Sometimes one can be out of sight of land but unable to get in any closer. Shallows, rocks, wrecks, there's multitude of reasons. Courses must be chosen, tidal sets allowed for.
 
I started with the intention of plotting a course, so to speak, ie from point to point, where to stop/re-fuel and had thought about tides but couldn't really see this as a problem until I hit the river perhaps. My friend thinks I'll do this in no problem as he's aware I can navigate but maybe we're looking at it too simply or maybe others like to do thing's by the book. I don't know but there's no way I'd go out the way things are so irrelevant now, guess it's just 'put her away til new year'.
 
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