Wrabness - place to clean a boat

[GunfleetSand]

Bit of advice where to take a boat as close as possible to dry out/clean near Wrabness.

I've got a friends boat I'd like to clean. - He sadly passed away last year but his boat remains. The family are non boaters and it's got a hairy bottom.

I think as a good will gesture I might like to clean it up, first plan was just to do it at low water with a basic scrape over but I suppose a better idea would be to jet wash it and if time/weather allowed a coat of something. It's a triple keel on a drying mooring.

Moreover the family might want to use the boat with their children and I think the 19' Fantasie that it is for the going forward it creates might be zeroed by the growth on it, secondly it's adding more weight and stress all round to the boat/mooring.

Thoughts welcome, thank you.

Oh and if anyone knows of old sails /bit's bob's for this boat I know they'd be welcome.

 

[michael_w]

IIRC Suffolk Yacht Harbour has a scrubbing grid.

 

[Tradewinds]

Electric and Water available by the grids

 

[Habebty]

IIRC Suffolk Yacht Harbour has a scrubbing grid.

Used it a couple of weeks ago, and very handy it is too. 40 quid (inc vat) is still cheaper than a hoist lift out!

 

[GunfleetSand]

Thanks all made a provisional booking at the grid passage time and unknown outboard might move that to another day but good to have a plan.

 

[johnphilip]

Electric and Water available by the grids

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Used the grid recently, all good, but a small point. Unusually for a marina the power socket there for your power washer is 13amp square pin (as domestic) so a normal marina lead will need an adaptor, but the pressure washer will plug in but probably need an extension lead.

 

[GunfleetSand]

Used the grid recently, all good, but a small point. Unusually for a marina the power socket there for your power washer is 13amp square pin (as domestic) so a normal marina lead will need an adaptor, but the pressure washer will plug in but probably need an extension lead.

Great point - I have an adaptor for camping will be sure to take it. Working backwards the boat has an uncertain engine so I'll start with that before throwing us down the Stour!