Walton on the naze

[moondancer]

The first trip planned for this season with my son is Walton on the Naze. About the only place on the East Coast I haven't been.

Any advice for anchoring and where to stop for a 1.5 M fin keeler??

 

[FullCircle]

Yes.
Throw the galvanised lump off the front.

A 1.5m fin keeler will stop when the depth reaches 1.4m.

Or, go round into Stone Point and the anchoring is good there. Surprising how close to the bank you can get as it shelves quite steeply. Plenty of water in there for 1.5m, but the Pye End at LW might catch you.

 

[johnalison]

It depends a bit on what the wind is doing, but the classic stop is Stone Point where a trip ashore in the dinghy is compulsory. A lot of people anchor just off the point where the channel is narrow but I tend to prefer just upstream where the sandy shore changes to mud and the tide runs slower.

If the wind is howling from the south it's more comfortable in Hamford Water or one of the creeks off it where there is masses of room, but no close landing.

1.5m fin is nothing these days around here and if you play your tides right you can sail anywhere with a 2m keel. The entrance around Pye End has about 0.9m of water at datum over a wide area and there are some other shallows on the way to Walton, but they are soft mud, unlike Pye End which is not a good place to ground if there is a swell. Walton anchorages come high on many people's favourite places, especially on a fine evening with hundreds of birds close by.

 

[PeterGibbs]

Just in case it turns out grimbley....

There is of course the Titchmarsh marina, where they will look after you nicely; you can get your draft in there at any state of the tide.

Or the pond at Walton if you want to visit the town easily. Ring ahead for guide info. Nice clubhouse too.

Welcome to the friendly mudbanks!

Peter Gibbs

 

[asj1]

There is of course the Titchmarsh marina, where they will look after you nicely; you can get your draft in there at any state of the tide.
.. not quite 1.1m was a problem last year at LW Springs

 

[DanTribe]

If you want to visit Walton itself [well some people do], you have a few options.
a/ motor up Foundry Creek and lay alongside wharf at the Yacht Club but only stay about 1 hr.
b/ Ask if you can lock into the basin, operated by Yacht Club.
c/ Dinghy to hard near entrance of Foundry Creek then walk about 3/4 mile.Not very interesting walk.
d/ Anchor at Stone Point and walk in via beach to Naze Tower, nice walk but aprox 2miles.
e/ Berth in Titchmarsh and get a taxi.
You can no longer walk in from the hard in the Twizzle [Admirals Hard?] due to footpath blocked by fencing.
The Naze Tower is worth a visit if it's open and good weather. The town is an aquired taste.

 

[MoodySabre]

If like me you get there and don't fancy anchoring (single-handed in 20knots) then pick a buoy a Walton channel - bound to be some empty.

 

[davidfox]

If you are going to anchor at stone point - there is a nice muddy bit with good holding adjacent to the sign on the beach asking you not to wreak the place, as covered in many previous threads, we have never dragged there, we have just about every where else.

 

[PeterGibbs]

Well, yes - so you put alongside for an hour, break out the lemonade, and watch the henries pushing in over the cill, or not...it's all part of the Swallows and Amazons experience.

Grabbing one of the buoys in the Twizzle is probabaly the best approach - no charge, either!

PWG

 

[Jomo]

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If like me you get there and don't fancy anchoring (single-handed in 20knots) then pick a buoy a Walton channel - bound to be some empty.

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It also saves you pulling your shoulder out when hauling anchor the next day, still at 20-25 knots and then having an op a few months later to get all straightened out /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif