Why Does no one go to Conwy.

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High water up the river and in a field!

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Got the anchor out, everthings OK.

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Go back tomorrow.

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Good place for a Piknick then.
Or a 24 hour Barby

Pending if it's neaps or springs /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
 
MF fits under the bridge, long as you can steer the arial between the spars. Dunno what tide, cant remember. Been up a bit, but chickened out. Depth sounders only tell you after you hit. Dinghys no good, cos that just tells you, there six inches or not.

Was practicing again yesterday, mooring with the tide, but wind blowing off the pontoon. You should add it to your courses. Do able, but not the easyest manuver.
 
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In all seriousness.
It is quite feasable to venture oop river in MF
As far as the bridge at Tal Y cafn.

But no further.

Liccle boats only past there.

HWN
Or 1 hour eitherside of HWS

Is safe enough.

There was a Pub at Tal y Cafn
Think its shut now

So whats the point anyway? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
There was a yacht well up on the sand bank, on the way in. Must have been there since last HW, so a good 10 hours or so.

I recon the river needs charting, there maybe a bob or two in books. I'll have a look at my plotter thingy, not sure it plots course on green bits.??
 
Very strange around there, some have webbed feet and funny streaks in their hair!!!!
My bruv will be wintering there again this year, well the boat will, he'll be in Corfu!!

We'll be in Ibiza when I can get off this rig!! Then wintering in Barce again, you would be welcome to come visit, anytime!
 
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Well if they've shut the pub, no point.

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There used to be two pubs, one on each side of the river, "The Tal y Cafn" and "The Ferry"
The Ferry was knocked down years ago. As far as I know the "Tal y Cafn" is still there.

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Very easy to cock up the tide at glasson and the river/channel bouys are a laugh. Once you get in the dock, wait for low tide and drive out to the point wiv yer binos and have a look at where the bouys are!!
 
Dunno mate. I did my PB2 there with Frank Radcliffe (good chap) and did note the facilities. One thing you haven't mentioned is the ability to go boating up-river, so you can do some boating even when the weather is blowing up. Good approaches from the sea as well. Bit far for me - in fact its much further than Wicklow or Arklow.
 
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Does anyone recognise that Bayliner ?
I recall one just like it being photographed in Studland bay a year or two ago, could it explain the delay in returning to the stranded vessel /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
Not sure where the Bayliner came from, but he seemed to know the river and tried to help tow the stricken boat off but it was high and dry with the tide turned. The Bayliner is still well afloat in the river, nosing the bank.I haven't noticed it around Conwy recently.
The next day at low water we dug the ditch out by hand that the boat came to rest in and dragged it back into the river as the water rose, all by hand, boat started first time, no damage.
 
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