Dinghies on the Beaulieu River

I'd love to hear from anyone who has sailed a slow dinghy around the Buckler's Hard area, as I'd like to know what strength of tide to expect.

I'm worried a lumbering old heavy dinghy won't be able to fight against the full flow/ebb unless I have a gale behind me...

A pair of oars would be a good idea. It's a fair old current.

There is a large collection of gaff rigged boats that sail form just out side beaulieu Abby that seem to do ok.

Always found the good 'ol Wayfarer an excellent steed for tidal river sailing; Rock, Falmouth, Poole, Pweheli and Sheppey. Slow to accelerate but also slow to decelerate and something about getting all that mass moving made it a go through lighter patches of wind up-tide always, where lighter or snub-nosed boats may have struggled, as previous poster points out, many of these estuaries also have fleets of gaff cutters or yawls which also do very well against tide, even in pretty light winds

this isn't us, but this is us if you see what I mean - not exactly a RIB but I couldn't be bothered to type anymore.