sailorman
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Did Tim West ever helm herUsed to do it all the time on my parents' boat
However the last visit was very much on the tide now I only have half the number of keels!
Where haven't you been ?
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Lucky Duck
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The "interesting" named ship?
For some reason I cannot stand having the boom raised by the topping lift like that.....
For some reason I cannot stand having the boom raised by the topping lift like that.....
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sailorman
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Just watched Tim West on the Canal du Midi, he hit every bridge & lock wall i think
Otter
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Butley Creek and all the way up by dinghy is the most beautiful spot on the coast. The first 5% of the creek is all that most people see, the remaining 95% up to the Mills is breathtaking.
LittleSister
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I know what you mean, but for some reason I can't stand up keep ducking under/failing to duck under the boom when not underway, so put up with the sub-optimal aesthetics.
Perhaps I could get a 40 foot boat funded by the NHS and/or Arts Council?
Mandarin331
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Been to most places,over 40 odd years . Howeve stiil a hankering to get into St Katherines dock, last time i was in London by boat was for the PLA clipper regatta, moored in the pool. Not been upriver of Burnham or Iken and now i realise we have to explore the other 95% of Butley river. However so many of wonderful places to revisit it will take years, the Thames Estuary is a truly amazing sailing area full of friendly people on boats..
sailorman
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It is possible to anchor at The Oaks @ Iken we had a memorable BBQ there stopped over night ( Co32 ) & walked to Snape passing Old Varnish & family along the sea wall
ex-Gladys
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I last visited St Katz in 2013, and having been kept in the lock bouncing around in a S 6-7 with boats damaging each other vowed never to go there again. Much nicer options in London (Limehouse)
Lucky Duck
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I last visited there in 2014 as group of four of us, despite the marina having all our details beforehand it took almost an hour to transit the lock, although they were reasonably prompt in raising the outer gate so stopping the slop entering the lock.
CLB
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St kats has changed so much over the last 15 years. It's always been a bit slow to get in and out of, but nowadays I really get the feeling they don't want visiting leisure boats like us there at all. Also the prices have shot up way beyond what can be considered normal, and so much so that it is now a very expensive place to visit, rather than just a slightly more expensive place. I'm glad I made good use of it years ago, because it is not somewhere I wish to visit nowadays.
ex-Gladys
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The slop way overtopped the gate...
Lucky Duck
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I can see how that would be annoying
PeterWright
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I'm struggling to think of Essex / Suffolk/ Kent ports I've not sailed to on the tide. I've never had a bilge keeler so overnighting has been more limited by draft considerations. The same issue has also prevented the upper reaches of many places such as Butley River, but in my dinghy sailing days I explored every creek off the Deben and spent a fortnight getting to know all the ins and outs of Walton Backwater, thinking I was emulating the Swallows.
However, the East Coast of Britain extends a long way north of Lowestoft and there my knowledge of the ports drops off dramatcally. I've never sailed into any port between Lowestoft and the Humber, nor from Spurn Head to Inverness (I discount a trip out of Rosyth with the Grey Funnel Line). From what I read, places like Whitby and Newcastle are opening up to yachties these days, perhaps I should think of a passage to visit these places......
However, the East Coast of Britain extends a long way north of Lowestoft and there my knowledge of the ports drops off dramatcally. I've never sailed into any port between Lowestoft and the Humber, nor from Spurn Head to Inverness (I discount a trip out of Rosyth with the Grey Funnel Line). From what I read, places like Whitby and Newcastle are opening up to yachties these days, perhaps I should think of a passage to visit these places......
James W
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I grew up in the area, but have never visited Snape by boat. On my wish list to do so and dry off on the wall next to the maltings.
LittleSister
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It turns out I'd remembered wrongly, it's the Ore entrance that may be in for major change - Orford may yet find itself on the coast again:
"If the Minsmere to Hundred River cliff section was to be protected either by mans intervention or naturally as at present by the offshore bank system, and/or as long as sand remains the predominant result of cliff erosion over this section then the Orford shingle spit, due to lack of replenishment, will slowly degrade and drift southwestwards."
I'd also forgotten that the Ore, Butley River, Deben and Orwell were once tributaries of the Stour; that the Blackwater, Crouch, Swale and Kent Stour were tributaries of the Thames; and that the Stour and Thames had a confluence with the Rhine before flowing through the Dover Straits in to the English Channel (then separated by land from the North Sea). This was a while back (8,500 years or so), so probably only older forum members would remember it. (Hope they've corrected their charts since.)
All this and more in a fascinating read: 'Appendix 10 - A geological background to sediment sources, pathways and sinks' from the Southern North Sea Sediment Transport Study Phase 2 - 2002, downloadable from http://www.northnorfolk.org/environment/18015.asp
wingdiver
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Is it me? Can't see that document in the downloads on that page.....
surekandoo
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Still haven't been round the corner to Ramsgit. On the cards for this year. Did Southwold last year & really enjoyed the stay.
LittleSister
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Is it me? Can't see that document in the downloads on that page.....
Apologies. It is on that page, but not immediately visible (I'd forgotten that bit). You have to click the plus button on the 'Coastal Information - Advanced Level' box to expand it. The document in question is about the fifth download from the bottom.
Mandarin331
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Whilst in London today I took a walk round, I was surprised to see that generally boats seem to be dirty, scruffy and unloved with little signs of fitting out, very different from our home berth and hardly looking like a prestige marina - apart from the fact that its full of expensive scruffy boats, oddly with a scattering of MABs whose annual fees must be more than the value of the boat. However very few empty berths.
sailorman
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But considerably cheaper than hotels during a working week in the city
