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Rowana · Post by **Rowana** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:35 pm

This crossed my bow on the way there-

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Rowana · Post by **Rowana** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:46 am

No guesses, then.

Obviously, you West-coasters don't know this part of the world

Rowana · Post by **Rowana** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:00 am

Here are a couple more photos of the same pontoon -

Telo · Post by **Telo** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:05 am

Rowana wrote:Obviously, you West-coasters don't know this part of the world

So Jim, why do you think that is?

Ocklepoint · Post by **Ocklepoint** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:00 am

Just a guess, and a guess basd on reading the pilot book during the summer...........Brora

If it is Brora then I had it down as the fall back when going Wick Peterhead

Rowana · Post by **Rowana** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:34 pm

Shard wrote:
Rowana wrote:Obviously, you West-coasters don't know this part of the world
So Jim, why do you think that is?

Probably because you have all these wonderful islands to sail round, and lovely anchorages to drop the pick in

One of the disadvantages of living on the east coast is that there is bu99er all between here and Norway

There had been some fairly rough easterlies further out in the North Sea for a couple of days before I went up there, which left a real rolly old swell sailing up the coast.

Rowana · Post by **Rowana** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:38 pm

Ocklepoint wrote:Just a guess, and a guess basd on reading the pilot book during the summer...........Brora

If it is Brora then I had it down as the fall back when going Wick Peterhead

Not Brora, but you're in the right neck of the woods. Just go north a wee bit. I thought the clock on the war memorial and the bridge would have given it away.

Wick was my next port of call after here.

Ocklepoint · Post by **Ocklepoint** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 3:13 pm

Second guess......................must be Helmsdale then.

It looks alot nicer than I thought it would be. Is there water at that pontoon at all states of the tide? ( I need 1.4m)

Rowana · Post by **Rowana** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 5:56 pm

Helmsdale it is.

Quite tricky to get into in an easterly swell as I found out. Fairly good once in and alongside the pontoon. I also draw 1.4 metres and had no problems. Harbourmaster said he'd had boats with 6ft draft there, and the bottom is soft mud so they just sink down into it.

The pontoon is much longer than shown here -
http://marinas.com/view/marina/11841

Only strange thing, to my mind at least, was that the tides posted on the noticeboard were in feet, and the times were BST. Caused me to think anyway. Strange how we get used to metres and UT. The daft thing is, that when I'm measuring wood or whatever, I still tend to use feet and inches ![/url]

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