Sailboat Rescue At Itchenor, Then Dell Quay

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@brianhumber2939 2 ай бұрын

You did the right thing. I kept my yacht on the reach in the 90s and lost count of the number of times my Stanchions were damaged by well meaning folk or beginners under sail misjudging the tide and sliding down the side - sometimes when we were on board. Gave up after to a few years and been safe from damage in Chi Marina ever since but the scars are still on the yacht. You have a lovely traditional boat - a Seagull outboard would go well with it as well as a small anchor and some chain.

@WavingNotDrowning 2 ай бұрын

Thanks. My main concern was to avoid hitting another boat. Very easy to do with a tide that strong and gusty wind. Sorry to hear your boat got damaged by people not taking care. That’s awful.

@rossbarnett3759 2 ай бұрын

Such a good video. Thanks for sharing. I reckon you did very well luckily you didn't get caught on one of the moored boats lines off the bow. Looked like enough wind to get moving but that can get you into more trouble amongst the boats and current. Your lovely boat lives on to sail another day.

@WavingNotDrowning 2 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@donalroche5666 2 ай бұрын

A great video. Thank you for sharing. I sailed with friends from Cobnor to East Head on both the Saturday and the Sunday in a Victoria 16 . We met with the DCA boats on the beach. The gusty conditions were indeed a challenge. I have made lots of mistakes over the years and I am often asked why sail against wind and tide in the morning? Less mud and an easy ride back! I do keep a trusty if rusty Danforth anchor aboard. Keep sailing and keep posting. Thanks. D

@WavingNotDrowning 2 ай бұрын

Marvellous comment. Thanks. I will defo keep sailing until I am incapable.

@jdware7262 2 ай бұрын

We own the same 14' Gartside dinghy "Swansong" and faced similar wind and current challenges on the Yucatan coast. Purchased a 2.5hp outboard after our first day out. Thank you for sharing your experiences.

@jdware7262 2 ай бұрын

and an anchor!

@WavingNotDrowning 2 ай бұрын

I don’t believe it. I bought my boat because I saw the plans of your boat on the Gartside website. Nice to meet you virtually. Wow! Small world.

@WavingNotDrowning 2 ай бұрын

Do you have any images of your boat online? And any of how you attached an outboard.

@jdware7262 2 ай бұрын

@@WavingNotDrowning sorry, nothing online. is there somewhere I can send a photo? On Swansong's transom, a section of the top of the port side is taller by an inch or two. the higher section provides enough vertical clearance for the mounting clamps that are integral to the outboard. I do slip a thin hardwood pad on the inside of the transom to protect the finish from the motor's metal clamps. I also secure the motor to the boat with a short length of line - just in case. It's a Suzuki 2.5 longshaft 4-stroke.

@WavingNotDrowning 2 ай бұрын

@@jdware7262 Ah. My transform is low all the way across. Need to screw on a bracket.

@dhouse-d5l 2 ай бұрын

Yes that half tide is vicious up there, we're moored just on the bend. No anchor? Lesson learnt, anyway very nice boat, beautiful.

@WavingNotDrowning 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment.

@davidprocter3578 Ай бұрын

It is quite some years since I was last at Dell Quay, and whilst Itchenor has changed little , Dell quay has undergone quite a tidy up all those chains of boats in various states of decay south of the quay appear to have vanished all those old open fishing boats and the homespun ply wood day boats with cuddies , old ponton bridge floats converted to various purposes along with the chains they were moored to. I suppose between the wars there must have been a lot of families supplementing their living by fishing Chichester harbour and it's proximities. As a boy I do remember the odd coaster unloading on the end of the quay along with the odd fishing boat, piles of nets and crab pots stacked here and there. The pub was always busy in the summer and the field between the pub and the road got used as a car park. It would appear that the rubber gloved Gabby Mac brigade have been at work, It might look prettier but the soul of the place has gone with the rest of the stuff. There was always the smell of rotting shell fish sea weed and the mud flats has that gone to ??? Oh well most other places have changed why not Dell Quay.

@WavingNotDrowning Ай бұрын

Still a lot of seaweed and the pub is still really busy. The sailing club, Dell Quay Marine and the pub generate all the activity these days. I never knew what it used to be like; only discovered Dell Quay in the last couple of years. I was there recently when the tide was super low. Someone was out on the mud in wellies, digging and collecting some sort of sea creature in a bucket.

@davidprocter3578 Ай бұрын

@@WavingNotDrowning Dell quay was always good for cockles, also eels and flounder in the shallow creek at low tide there used to be many sections of old drain pipes laying on the bottom, at low tide you pick them up with your hand blocking the bottom, easy to feel the eels wriggle as they slide down to your hand just release into a hessian sack, you just feel for the flounders with your fingers in the mud, It was possible to feed your family with every low tide even back in the sixties and seventies. We kept a small drying out mooring opposite the Quay rented from Dick Wyche, on which our small family cruiser was moored. We got to know Dick as we raced one of his Early mahogany national twelves. A very heavy boat, too heavy to be competitive in anything but very strong winds when her weight became an advantage. Her weight also made her a good sea boat we had no qualms about taking her out into the Atlantic and often used her for long lining for Plaice. or feathering for mackerel. I have no recollection of going out into the Channel in her, I suppose we must have. We often spent the night at east head in our cruiser or shot down to Cowes or Bembridge, Newtown creek was a particular favorite with it's tiny post office , shop and farm fresh milk. The long abandoned oyster beds and plaintive bird calls. Biggest sea bass I have ever seen used to cruise in on the incoming tide searching the edge of the mud for tasty pickings.I wonder if they still do.

@WavingNotDrowning Ай бұрын

Marvellous recollections. Many thanks for sharing. Are you still in the area? Do you still sail?

@davidprocter3578 Ай бұрын

@@WavingNotDrowning No up by the Broads these days I would love to still be sailing but ill health prevents me from being able to keep a boat, I could probably still manage to helm a boat but that is about all. I miss racing, or just drifting about and envy those friends that were able to carry on sailing until the end. By the way the Dell quay mud best in bare feet wellies can get lost, we used to find loads of them. Do the jelly fish still come in on the rising summer tides? some years there would be so many at Dell quay they looked like a floating carpet.

@WavingNotDrowning Ай бұрын

@@davidprocter3578 I’ve only been to Dell Quay a handful of times this year, so not enough opportunities to see the jelly fish. Good advice re no shoes or wellies.

@fat_tommo_goes_boating 2 ай бұрын

That's why I got rid of my sailing dinghy and moved over to a motorboat. Sailing is wonderful, but I simply don't often have the time to let nature dictate the direction I travel in, but i will go back to sailing when I retire.

@WavingNotDrowning 2 ай бұрын

It does consume a lot of time. But it is fabulous. Safe sailing in your retirement.

@afloatinawoodenboat 2 ай бұрын

Definitely buy an anchor! And maybe some boat shoes that cope with sharp stones and submersion? :) I hate sharp stone but at least you aren’t contending with stonefish. I think Jane was doing an amazing job piloting next to the RIB. Good nails and excellent seawomanship are not mutually exclusive ❤

@WavingNotDrowning 2 ай бұрын

Great videos on your channel, by the way.

@mattharderthakeham 2 ай бұрын

I found the same on an evening sail from DQ. I was in my gp14 with an inexperienced friend and my aim was to launch against the tide to head towards Birdham. Unfortunately the wind was light and the tide was strong, so we needed a tow from a passing motorboat. Lessons learned though!

@WavingNotDrowning 2 ай бұрын

Indeed. Everyday sailing is a learning day.