Welcome Anchorages 2018

[Quandary]

Sunday morning and I am up and awake now.
The level of the Canal varies by something like half a metre depending on usage and leaks, they run water every morning to top it up. My advice is that if your draught is much over 2m. you tell them the day before you plan to transit and they will provide enough water for you. As well if you have a deep draught it is better to complete in one passage. There are a couple of landings, for instance at Lock 11 which you will probably not be able to use.
If you draught is 2.7m. (despite what their advert in Welcome Anchorages says) you will probably be helping to deepen it for the rest of us.
Bob Bradfield who produces the Antares Charts came through with us last autumn, he touched on the western reach, the Canal manager was ready to dispute it until they were told who he was and how he was equipped.

 

[stevepick]

I do enjoy the arrival of WA, its one of the first signs of spring. A quick browse does show up errors though. Castlebay in Barra now has a set of pontoons. The inaccuracies are a shame, can't really understand why they are building up. It's not a difficult piece of journalism is it? I think it is an important face of scottish sailing to european visitors ( it is in several languages on the website) - there does seem to be an increasing number of scandi and french boats visiting. I will be dropping a line to Alisatair Vallance with errata that I know of.

 

[dunedin]

I do enjoy the arrival of WA, its one of the first signs of spring.

Agree. It’s a great free resource - very helpful for people new to these waters, and useful / interesting to all, even armchair sailors and dreamers. Shame that some of the harbour correspondents don’t keep their info up to date.

 

[West Coast]

Sunday morning and I am up and awake now.
The level of the Canal varies by something like half a metre depending on usage and leaks, they run water every morning to top it up. My advice is that if your draught is much over 2m. you tell them the day before you plan to transit and they will provide enough water for you. As well if you have a deep draught it is better to complete in one passage. There are a couple of landings, for instance at Lock 11 which you will probably not be able to use.
If you draught is 2.7m. (despite what their advert in Welcome Anchorages says) you will probably be helping to deepen it for the rest of us.
Bob Bradfield who produces the Antares Charts came through with us last autumn, he touched on the western reach, the Canal manager was ready to dispute it until they were told who he was and how he was equipped.

Great, thanks.

 

[Martin&Rene]

It has been a slow process, but they have finally got Welcome Anchorages 2018 online.

http://www.welcome-anchorages.co.uk/view-publication/

 

[brainstorm]

How does one go about obtaining a hard copy?

 

[Aja]

How does one go about obtaining a hard copy?

Chandleries, inside Yachting Life everywhere up north or out west like a bad rash
Donald

 

[Martin&Rene]

Most chandlers and marinas in Scotland and Northern Ireland will have stocks of them Otherwise I suppose you have to contact the Yachting Life magazine.

 

[NormanS]

I've always wondered why it's called "Welcome Anchorages", when there's nothing about anchorages in it. It's all about these devices for separating you from your money, more normally called Visitor's Moorings and Pontoons. Harumph!

 

[Aja]

I've always wondered why it's called "Welcome Anchorages", when there's nothing about anchorages in it. It's all about these devices for separating you from your money, more normally called Visitor's Moorings and Pontoons. Harumph!

I took this up with the publisher last year, suggesting that maybe Welcome Ashore may be more appropriate, but got the reply that that title belonged to someone else.
Donald

 

[lpdsn]

How does one go about obtaining a hard copy?

They have a display stand full of them at Bangor marina. Well, it was full. There are probably still some left and I'm sure they'll be able to restock it.

 

[Skylark]

They have a display stand full of them at Bangor marina. Well, it was full. There are probably still some left and I'm sure they'll be able to restock it.

Out of the blue, I received a copy through the post just last week. Absolutely no idea who sent it! I’ve been making berthing enquiries with a few Clyde Marinas of late as I’m now a Holyhead refuge.

 

[Quandary]

I've always wondered why it's called "Welcome Anchorages", when there's nothing about anchorages in it. It's all about these devices for separating you from your money, more normally called Visitor's Moorings and Pontoons. Harumph!

I think you guys miss the point, it is paid for by communities who want to encourage visitors who might come ashore and spend a couple of quid. CCC publish proper guides paid for by the user which are intended to give help regardless of commercial motivation. WA is free, just advertising, not many of us would buy it.

 

[NormanS]

I think you guys miss the point, it is paid for by communities who want to encourage visitors who might come ashore and spend a couple of quid. CCC publish proper guides paid for by the user which are intended to give help regardless of commercial motivation. WA is free, just advertising, not many of us would buy it.

Terminological inexactitude. I'm sure they could up with a better name for their advertising brochure.
Just because some of us actually prefer to anchor, using one of those anchory type things, doesn't prevent us going ashore and possibly spending money in the local community. Though I must admit that most of the places that I anchor, there is no local community!

 

[JumbleDuck]

I've always wondered why it's called "Welcome Anchorages", when there's nothing about anchorages in it. It's all about these devices for separating you from your money, more normally called Visitor's Moorings and Pontoons. Harumph!

There were a couple of actual anchorages in it last year, which was an innovative surprise.

 

[Quandary]

Terminological inexactitude. I'm sure they could up with a better name for their advertising brochure.
Just because some of us actually prefer to anchor, using one of those anchory type things, doesn't prevent us going ashore and possibly spending money in the local community. Though I must admit that most of the places that I anchor, there is no local community!

Exactly, if there is no community there is no one to send in an entry. WA started quite a long time ago, I suspect Welcome Anchorages was chosen as a title as it called up images of venturing to remote friendly places. For instance Gigha has had moorings since way bacK then but Ardminish bay is still an anchorage, Easdale is an anchorage, Badachro has two visitors mooring but easier to anchor than find them. Many of the places are popular anchorages that now have one or two visitors moorings, what most have is a pub or a shop.
In the great scheme of yachting journalism it is a accurate as much of what you read?