Want to see some tide?

[claymore]

Dorus Mor - Wednesday afternoon - don't suppose you Solent jessies will have anything like this ?

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[Neraida]

All the time, there are usually 3 or 4 of them outside Marina.

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[bob_tyler]

Looks as though you have just slung a full, large bottle into the water. Hope it wasn't malt.

Bob

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[cliff]

Sorry Claymore, the piccie does not do Dorus Mor justice - looks like you took that one at slack water although I can imagine what it was like having been through at various states of tide.

And you are correct, the "Solent jessies" do not have the rips and races we have on the west coast nor the spectacular scenery.



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[Becky]

Spring tide, Needles Channel? Or Chi harbour bar on a spring- 6 knots. Makes exiting a slow process. How fast is that tide running?
I suppose it is faster, you haggis-eating fraternity are like the Yanks, everything has to be extreme in one sense or the other!
And your speach and spelling is quite indecipherable.

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[cliff]

"speach and spelling"?? Doh!



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[claymore]

We wiz jes westerin' through at aroon 3 knots in they warm an balmy breezes which pervade ra wes' coast frae March tae October. Ra GPS wiz tellin us that we wiz skeitlin' alang at 9 knots sae ah guess that gies aboot 6 knots o' tide - mind youse - as wee Cliff has mentioned - we were peedlin bye at slackwatter.

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[ponapay]

The Southern Jessies do

have some interesting tides to cope with. Have any other Scots seen the Portland Race in full flow?

I have and it can be just as bad as the Dorus Mhor.

Mind you the Southern Scots always mention Dorus Mhor or Corryvreckan but what about the Pentland Firth - much fiercer tides and much larger area of danger.

My passages through Dorus Mhor and Corrvreckan have never been as bad as those through the Pentland Firth. Try the Sumburgh Roost too.


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[StephenSails]

Seen bigger waves in my toilet! Try the Portland Race or Needles channel for more exciting stuff.

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[jimi]

St Alban's ledge can be very "interesting" and as for the tides off Cherbourg & Alderney ...

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[oldharry]

Sorry Claymore, but havent you heard of the Portland Race? No, not part of the Admirals Cup or Fastnet series, but a stretch of water which is only second to Pentland Firth in the UK for rough water. I have seen a Sealink ferry lift a third of its length out of the water, then take the next one clean over the bridge out there. Also know 1st hand account of solid water damaging the bridge of a Frigate (60ft above waterline) off the Needles, and a French Corvette capsized in the same area during or just after the last war.

Sorry - but if you reckon Dorus Mor is bad, come down to the Solent for some REAL weather!

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[cliff]

PILOTAGE INFORMATION
The approaches to Weymouth have no major hazards, save for the potential tidal race off Portland Bill if approaching from the west, and the firing ranges off Lulworth on approaches from the East. Details of the limits of the range and times of firing can be found in the almanac. For small boats, the only real danger comes from the numerous fishing buoys scattered around Portland and in the bay. Entrance to the harbour is normally a simple affair in most weather conditions and all states of the tide. There are leading marks with permanently lit red lights on the southern side of the harbour to guide vessels through the deeper water. Small vessels should have no problems but note there is less depth of water on the south side of the river mouth and the south of the South Pier. Vessel should enter from the starboard giving the South Pier a reasonably wide berth (It also avoids the fishing lines?). The leading lights must not be confused with the traffic signals mounted vertically midway along the South Pier, these signals MUST be obeyed, see below. During the summer months also beware of the 'Rowboat' ferries which criss-cross the river just before the lifeboat station.

full form <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.weymouthdiving.co.uk/localinfo.htm> here </A>


The Isle of Portland

"A hardy and and robust race who intermarry amongst themselves and preserve a custom and perculiarity of character by which they are distinguished from strangers, with whom they avoid all intercourse." (Taken from the entry about Portland in Lewises Topographical Dictionary of England Vol.3 published in 1864)

Doh!

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[Twister_Ken]

Tides & inbreeding not worst thing at Portland

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[Becky]

Woops, sorry. Didn't notice at the time.

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[cliff]

Re: Tides & inbreeding not worst thing at Portland

Looks more like a mermaid on a "bad hair day" - any photos going around? or is proof of the existance all verbal?

Will have to watch out for her (it) next time I am round your way - Veästa and chips, hold the vinegar!

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[cliff]

Tis no me cannae spell, tis this bludy 'puter. That's my story and I am sticking to it!

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[Sybarite]

Speach and spelling IS...!!??

John ;-))

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[tcm]

Re: Pah!

er but the sea is all flat. We went thru far more than that with depsol last thursday, eight foot white-water standing waves around the 50 yard gap between Breqcou and Sark. I also anchored outside yarmouth with six knots on the speed guage, so stick that in yer pipe and splutter a bit.

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[claymore]

Re: Pah!

Dear Boy
as you were probably in your feline pantechnican..pantechni..pant - furniture removal van - the world probably did seem rather strange to you. I'm not interested in your 8 feet standing in waves whatever that means - the digital image I so artistically captured then posted here in an attempt to move away from the somewhat tedious stuff that is prevailing - depicts a whirpool. Now I know to you Morris Dancing Southcoastsauna sailors you probably all think a whirlpool is something to do with some brand of household goods - but in God's country - where men are men and pansies are only flowers - we have whirlpools a lot - several times a day and night whenever the water moves and this one - I have to tell you was 27 feet deep - so take your Portland Race, your Chichester Bar and your Bumbles bank and shove em where the monkey shoved his nuts.

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[longjohnsadler]

Looks to me more (mor?) like the phenomenon associated with several digital cameras being thrown into the Sound of Jura.

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