Top of Poole harbour with a Wayfarer

[FairweatherDave]

No. The campsite has its own slip but I think you can use it without camping too, price dependent on whether you need to use a car to launch. For us it would have been £7 without camping. Ridge Wharf looks a proper type of boat yard including a crane. If anyone wanted to "judge" the Frome for size, we saw a Konsort tied up at Wareham and 4 Konsorts in a row of moorings very close to Wareham. At low water at Wareham itself we also saw teenagers larking about in knee deep water in the middle of the river.

 

[capetown]

FWIW, I remember getting within a short stroll of the pubs in Wareham with the RYA's lifting keel Sonatas in the mid 80s. No motors, so I guess the wind direction must have been favourable, although we were pretty good at short-tacking...

If you were in Fox, we bought her (now sold) but she and Squirrel are now at HH Haven.
Sorry about the drift.

 

[Robin]

Glad you enjoyed it. As you probably found out the withies marking the channel for the final two bends going into the river are actually on the mud which you only discover at low tide. Adds to the charm. Met somebody the other day who discovered this for the first time and spent 3 hours on the mud! Fortunately it was a nice afternoon to watch the birds.

if stuck on the mud, get out or lean over the side and collect a bucket of Poole cockles, these are a real treat, bigger and juicier than most. I used to love cockle butties, yum!