What's at Rye, East Sussex?

[Seajet]

I can't believe those Gulls can match the Brixham & Dartmouth jobs; at Brixham there was a quite famous Gull who 'put on a limp' as it got more generous offerings of chips, and in Dartmouth yes I really did have the cod snatched from my hand in a white blurr & whoosh by a marauding *******, he must have had German ancestry !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HLvz2c8SnQ

 

[Twister_Ken]

local fish and scallops are to die for!!

Toxic, are they? Or is it the radiation from Dungeness?

 

[Gwylan]

Rye on mud

We're probably intending to go into Rye on our trip around to Cowes in the summer. Does anyone have any information on berths and facilities please.

We are based there and it could make a pleasant stop over.
Call at the HM office on the way up. Call and listen to them on 14.

There are a lot of works going on in the river so be on the look out for barges and guard boats.

Best time your entrance around HW, especially at springs unless your boat has brakes.
You are in luck that they have recently dredged the channel.

You'll be up in the town which does dry, but has reasonable facilities and access to the town. It takes about 30 mins up the river.

Enjoy, we do.



Nice cafes, restaurants and pubs. Supermarket

 

[Gwylan]

And another thing

We're probably intending to go into Rye on our trip around to Cowes in the summer. Does anyone have any information on berths and facilities please.

If you are coming around Dungeness pay attention to the firing range limit - or expect to be approached by the range boat.
Listen and call on 72 {?}for details - 'cause it can make quite a short cut if they are not using the full extent of the range.

 

[dylanwinter]

loved Rye

I thought Rye was a great place

it was where I first learned to appreciate mud sculptures

The town is wonderful - the sort of place that would have an American in ecstacy.

I spent a week there fixing up the boat.

It was also the place where I got a phone call from the boss man at the BBC telling me that I was losing my 20 week a year contract at the Natural History Unit

Bumma

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[Victoria Sponge]

Brilliant replies, thank you. We're now planning on two nights at Rye.

 

[DJE]

Strand Quay at low water. Our boat is a Sadler 29 bilge keeler with 1.2m draft and we were just about down to our normal marks in the mud. It's worth talking to the Harbour Master about which ladder is most suitable for your boat.

 

[maby]

The Hungry Sailors were there a couple of weeks ago and you can still see the program on the ITV Player (http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=304851) - not particularly informative from the sailing point of view, but it does give a taste of the town and surrounding country.

 

[dylanwinter]

lovely mud

I spent the first night at the top of the harbour and had one of those night time wake-ups as all my geatr fell on me

the slug's box keel did not dig in properly andthe slug ended up over on one ear

bouncing on one side evened things up a bit

but have a great stay

I am planning to visit again on my second trip around

Dylan

 

[haydude]

We have a lift keel, so we should be ok in Rye.

The canal dries and slopes towards the centre. You are going to know if that is OK where you are only when it is too late. I recommend visiting by car first and watch the canal as it dries.

 

[Victoria Sponge]

The canal dries and slopes towards the centre. You are going to know if that is OK where you are only when it is too late. I recommend visiting by car first and watch the canal as it dries.

As we live four hours drive away from Rye, that's not likely to happen. So are you saying the berths are too tricky and we shouldn't go, if we can't look ourselves first.

 

[haydude]

As we live four hours drive away from Rye, that's not likely to happen. So are you saying the berths are too tricky and we shouldn't go, if we can't look ourselves first.

Since the canal slopes, if your keel fails to dig in as it happened to someone who posted here, you are going to find your boat on her ear towards the centre. In addition if you care about your boat you should not go there because mixed with mud there are stones and debris. I see only old bangers and the odd good boat becoming quickly a banger. Sovereign Harbour is the much better alternative for you boat, although without any old village character.

 

[Victoria Sponge]

Since the canal slopes, if your keel fails to dig in as it happened to someone who posted here, you are going to find your boat on her ear towards the centre. In addition if you care about your boat you should not go there because mixed with mud there are stones and debris. I see only old bangers and the odd good boat becoming quickly a banger. Sovereign Harbour is the much better alternative for you boat, although without any old village character.

Did you see my post that said we have a lifting keel? Does that make a difference?

 

[Fourbees]

Lifting keel no problem

As previously posted, Strand Quay is fine for a lifting keel. We retracted ours fully as it is fibreglass and not intended to take any weight; we dried out fairly flat in our personal muddy indentation. I'd say, have courage, go for it, it's always fun to go somewhere with interesting pilotage!

 

[DJE]

We arrived early in the morning, couldn't find the harbourmaster at the office down near the entrance, so pushed on up to Strand Quay on the tide. We phoned him once we were moored on ladder No. 1 and he advised us to move up to a different ladder (think it was No.4 or No.5) as the sloping bottom on No. 1 was unsuitable for bilge keelers. I'm sure he will be able to advise on a suitable berth.

 

[phanakapan]

2nd the recommendation to read the E F Benson Mapp and Lucia books first- they are a real hoot: I think 'Queen Lucia' and 'Miss Mapp' are both on Project Gutenberg for free download.

 

[SolentBoat]

I am planning to visit again on my second trip around

Dylan

At your enviably idle rate of progress, you should be well into your dotage by the time you get to Rye on a second circuit!

 

[colvic987]

At your enviably idle rate of progress, you should be well into your dotage by the time you get to Rye on a second circuit!

And we will still be watching ktl on our ipad ver50