trevork52
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I'd be cautious of a visit to Hartlepool! Don't eat any banana's or be tempted to swing around a lampost! They have been known to hang strangers!
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BrianH
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A lifetime ago I lived in Whitby and sailed out of there for ten years, as far north as the Firth of Forth and regularly to IJmuiden, Holland.
Halo's points are all excellent, especially the quote above - this is the entrance with a strong northerly.
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madtam
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You need to stand well out before heading South when the weather is like the picture, as it's shallow off the cliffs below the Abbey and it gets a bit lumpy.
The lifeboat lives inside the harbour and makes it out in those conditions. But it wouldn't be my choice !
The lifeboat lives inside the harbour and makes it out in those conditions. But it wouldn't be my choice !
Ohlin Karcher
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Thanks guys.
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The MAIB report on Last Call is a disturbing read but the professionalism and competence of the RNLI crew, HM staff and others involved is reassuring. I bought my first 'proper' boat there and it's a nice town. I had it trucked west, though, so no first hand experience of navigation.
westhinder
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I am sorry to say that for me Hartlepool is the dreariest, saddest harbour I visited on my trip round Britain, and one of the worst I have visited in over 35 years of sailing all over Western Europe. I will gladly suffer a few extra hours of hardship sailing to the next harbour.
westhinder
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I spent a night in a visitor’s berth there and had no problems with my 2.1m draught
Ohlin Karcher
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Did you get mistaken for a monkey :encouragement:
westhinder
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You’d have to ask the person in the office, he was the only living soul I met. The place was utterly deserted (Middle of August), plenty of neglected boats, a facilities block that had the feeling of a prison, harbour surrounded by soulless apartment blocks.
Give me the quirky charm of Whitby any day.
elton
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Halo
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You can do anything in Hartlepool that you are man enough to do.
Next time try the Rat Race bar on the station.
Next time try the Rat Race bar on the station.
Daydream believer
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Do you mean the harbour or marina?
You have clearly never been to that "tourist" spot on the Humber- Whoever put the "Grim" in Grimsby knew what they were doing. Have to say the club members are a happy welcoming lot though. I think that they must put them on wacky baccy so that they do not know where they are :encouragement:
As for the showers in that mock lighthouse in Scarborough!!!, get your Typhoid injections up to date first.
Blyth does not exactly inspire happiness either.:ambivalence:
Go the other side of UK, to the marina opposite Oban & try having a shower when there is a water shortage. Or come to that, just try having a shower (just after someone has had a s..t before you want your shower adds to the experience)
Mate, you just have not lived.
To be honest, after leaving Eyemouth you may as well stay at sea all the way to Lowestoft
Back to Whitby- Is there not a rule that if you overstay by an hour or so, due to bridge opening, tides etc. you have to pay another full days fees?? or is that just a rumour to stop you going there?
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Halo
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You are well out of date. There are new showers right by the pontoon gate.
westhinder
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I meant Hartlepool marina and I stand by my remarks.
As to Kerrera/Oban, when I was there the facilities were not up to scratch, but somehow when you're in Scotland you accept that may be part of the deal. When I was in Mallaig there were pontoons but no facilities, I had to go for a shower in a restaurant. But in Scotland much is compensated by the surroundings, which I'm afraid isn't the case in Hartlepool.
I skipped Blyth that time, I had been there before, but had a perfectly acceptable stop at North Shields and Amble. I do not subscribe to the view that the East Coast might as well be skipped altogether. The anchorages at Lindisfarne/Holy Island and the Farne Islands are absolutely worthwhile. But of course, that is from someone who hasn't lived, I defer to your much greater and deeper experience.
Halo
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Daydream To be honest said:
Ohlin Karcher
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Just tied up in Hartlepool marina.. a lovely friendly welcome from the staff, lots going on, I can see the yards of a square rigger, and the sun's come out!
This is my favourite type of British harbour, with a long seafaring history, a maritime museum, and a mix of large ships,tugs, trawlers, windfarm cats, yachts of all flavours, liveaboards, and even some children out on dinghies.
Fantastic!
This is my favourite type of British harbour, with a long seafaring history, a maritime museum, and a mix of large ships,tugs, trawlers, windfarm cats, yachts of all flavours, liveaboards, and even some children out on dinghies.
Fantastic!
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steve yates
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I don't think he got that
and best not mention it to the locals while your there; they are a tad touchy about it!Daydream believer
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The anchorages at Lindisfarne/Holy Island and the Farne Islands are absolutely worthwhile. But of course, that is from someone who hasn't lived, I defer to your much greater and deeper experience.
Well I did go to school in Berwick upon Tweed & returned later, for 14 years. So I know a lot of that coast from the land side. In particular Holy island
elton
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Old Hartlepool is worth a look, if you have time. Especially the formidable Heugh gun battery, dating from WW1. The old harbour contains a lot of private boats, but requires deft footwork on the dodgy pontoons. It's within walking distance of the marina.
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AntarcticPilot
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I don't think he got that
So much so that the local football club uses H'angus the Monkey as its mascot!
