Dinghies on the Beaulieu River
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Topic: Dinghies on the Beaulieu River
Posted By: MerlinMags
Subject: Dinghies on the Beaulieu River
Date Posted: 10 May 13 at 3:22pm
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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... |
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Posted By: pondmonkey
Date Posted: 10 May 13 at 3:32pm
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well if you're planning to be down there this weekend you can expect that gale Mags! ------------- |
Posted By: Pierre
Date Posted: 10 May 13 at 3:40pm
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A pair of oars would be a good idea. It's a fair old current. |
Posted By: MerlinMags
Date Posted: 10 May 13 at 3:56pm
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Not this weekend, thankfully.
I will have oars, but am rubbish rowing! Do I translate the words "fair old current" to mean I'm likely to struggle in a F2? |
Posted By: Owenfackrell
Date Posted: 10 May 13 at 4:23pm
| There is a large collection of gaff rigged boats that sail form just out side beaulieu Abby that seem to do ok. |
Posted By: Jack Sparrow
Date Posted: 10 May 13 at 4:32pm
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Sailed a Mirror there in about 1980? As a teenager. I know we had get the tide right and I think it was quite a light day and so didn't get as far as we were hoping and needed a tow from our RIB? ------------- http://www.uk3-7class.org/index.html" rel="nofollow - Farr 3.7 Class Website https://www.facebook.com/groups/1092602470772759/" rel="nofollow - Farr 3.7 Building - Facebook Group |
Posted By: getafix
Date Posted: 10 May 13 at 5:09pm
| 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 |
Posted By: pondmonkey
Date Posted: 10 May 13 at 6:44pm
You had a RIB in 1980??? And there was me thinking our club did well with a dory fishing 'skiff'! ------------- |
Posted By: Jack Sparrow
Date Posted: 10 May 13 at 6:56pm
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. ------------- http://www.uk3-7class.org/index.html" rel="nofollow - Farr 3.7 Class Website https://www.facebook.com/groups/1092602470772759/" rel="nofollow - Farr 3.7 Building - Facebook Group |
Posted By: Jack Sparrow
Date Posted: 10 May 13 at 6:58pm
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. ------------- http://www.uk3-7class.org/index.html" rel="nofollow - Farr 3.7 Class Website https://www.facebook.com/groups/1092602470772759/" rel="nofollow - Farr 3.7 Building - Facebook Group |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 10 May 13 at 8:11pm
| I sailed a windsurfer up the river to Beaulieu once, probably timed it with the tide, and we first raced a RIB in 1976, a Flatacraft, got a picture somewhere, would show you only I'm standing in front of it getting changed, the buggers caught me with my trousers down, nothing new there then. |
Posted By: patj
Date Posted: 11 May 13 at 8:16am
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Avoid the peak times when the "big boat" yotties are going in and out in a long line for their day's sailing. In a narrow river where they're constrained by their draught and a speed limit that's about the lowest speed the engine will do before it hits neutral (so minimal steerage), it's an absolute **** trying to avoid dinghies that nip in and out between them and expect them to give way.
Alternating between forward and reverse gears was the only way to motor up Christchurch harbour in the 4 knot procession that's 5p.m. on a Sunday!
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