Wareham River moorings

[RichardtheBoffin]

Any advice on Environment Agency Wareham mid-river moorings?

Previous experience is all in the Thames with a nice (£££) marina pontoon berth.

We've now moved down south and are looking to keep costs down now (as no one seems to be buying boats now and I don't want to give the boat away) I figured I'd move the boat down to Wareham.

It's a 26 footer so we'll have to use the hoist to launch.

I trying to figure out the easiest logistics of using a mid-river mooring such as how big a tender to get, where to launch it, etc without incurring lots of extra cost like tender storage etc.

I figured on maybe getting a really tiny inflatable that I can carry from Wareham, out to the river bank where the mooring is (15 mins walk) so I can just paddle across to the boat and then take the cruiser up to Wareham quay to pick up the passengers.

Alternatively get a bigger dinghy (4 man) with a 4hp outboard, launch it at Wareham quay (where i can park up the car easily) and take everyone down river to the mooring.

Last up, I assume the Wareham river is brackish so need to swap magnesium anodes out for zinc???

Any advice welcome!

Cheers,

Richard.

 

[Darzetdug]

Any advice on Environment Agency Wareham mid-river moorings?

Previous experience is all in the Thames with a nice (£££) marina pontoon berth.

We've now moved down south and are looking to keep costs down now (as no one seems to be buying boats now and I don't want to give the boat away) I figured I'd move the boat down to Wareham.

It's a 26 footer so we'll have to use the hoist to launch.

I trying to figure out the easiest logistics of using a mid-river mooring such as how big a tender to get, where to launch it, etc without incurring lots of extra cost like tender storage etc.

I figured on maybe getting a really tiny inflatable that I can carry from Wareham, out to the river bank where the mooring is (15 mins walk) so I can just paddle across to the boat and then take the cruiser up to Wareham quay to pick up the passengers.

Alternatively get a bigger dinghy (4 man) with a 4hp outboard, launch it at Wareham quay (where i can park up the car easily) and take everyone down river to the mooring.

Last up, I assume the Wareham river is brackish so need to swap magnesium anodes out for zinc???

Any advice welcome!

Cheers,

Richard.

Am in a similar position. Did you get any useful replies?

Marty

 

[Stemar]

I don't know about Whareham or the Frome, except that I bought my boat at Ridge wharf, was dumped in the water in a bit of a hurry (limited time and lots of boats) and was aground in the river before I got the depth sounder working! A kindly passing Moody pulled me off.

Depending on where you live, there are reasonably affordable moorings in Portsmouth and Chichester Harbours if you can take the ground. Most of the tidal moorings in Portsmouth are in gloopy mud where a fin would sink in and sit happily

 

[Tranona]

Moorings are either Wessex Water, Ridge Wharf or Redclyffe Yacht Club. dinghy and car parking at Ridge or Redclyffe. Pleasant location but a long way from the sea - and in the summer traffic issues getting through Wareham.

 

[LittleSister]

The yacht club at Redcliffe would be a good starting point, I would have thought, for both info/advice about the river, and as a potential place to store/launch your dinghy.

I doubt you would need to change your anodes, but again the yacht club would be well placed to advise.

I think you would be better off getting a bigger dinghy (perhaps rigid) and keeping it locally, but that's a matter of taste, budget and how much energy and time you have.

It's a long time since I've been up there, but my vague recollection is that it is very shallow (and sometimes busy) at Wareham Quay, so you would probably be tidally constrained in getting your boat to it. I doubt it would be very practical leaving crew there to pick up every time you go out.

 

[LadyInBed]

The majority of the moorings on the Frome are controlled by the Environment Agency in Exeter by Wendy, a very helpful lady. I've been on their moorings since 2000.
I park, keep and launch my dinghy at Ridge Wharf, who charge me £200+vat for the privilege.

EA Address:
Estates Department
Environment Agency
Manley House,
Kestrel Way
Exeter EX2 7LQ

The renewal cost for this year (taken by DD in 4 chunks):


The Application Form looks like this:

 

[Pete7]

It's a long time since I've been up there, but my vague recollection is that it is very shallow (and sometimes busy) at Wareham Quay, so you would probably be tidally constrained in getting your boat to it. I doubt it would be very practical leaving crew there to pick up every time you go out.

Tis a bit, low water on the end of Redcliffe YC pontoon.

 

[LadyInBed]

The yacht club at Redcliffe would be a good starting point, I would have thought, for both info/advice about the river, and as a potential place to store/launch your dinghy.

As I remember, Redclyffe YC is quite expensive to join and has a "dry" bar!