Lymington Bath Road Slip

brucehawsker · 09 November 2004, 22:31

Can anyone advise me when (how close to LW) it becomes tricky to launch / recover. 6.5M Solent with Peugeot 807 TDi Auto and still lacking expereince!!!

DJL · 09 November 2004, 22:42

The concrete part of the slip is usable for about 3/4 of the tidal range. As far as I can remember the end of the slip drops onto hardish ground for a few feet but then it turns to horribly soft mud.

I have recovered my 4.7mtr there an hour after LW springs.

ADS · 10 November 2004, 08:31

Bruce, I am sure someone will correct me but when I recover at low tide I use a long line attatched to the car and trailer and that keeps the car off the slippery part of the slipway. Apparently, the trick is to have a company car because these don't suffer from tyre wear, clutch wear or corrosion!

philip · 10 November 2004, 08:32

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Originally Posted by brucehawsker

Can anyone advise me when (how close to LW) it becomes tricky to launch / recover. 6.5M Solent with Peugeot 807 TDi Auto and still lacking expereince!!!

As a rule of thumb I would give it a couple of hours after low water. You can always just wait for it to come in a bit.

If you do it close to High water you'll have less slipery slipway for your Peugeot 807.

Cheers

Phil

philip · 11 November 2004, 13:24

Bruce

When did you want to get Farfetched out ?

We are quite often in Lymington on a Saturday (Usually AM). Would be happy to haul you out with our old Land Rover.

brucehawsker · 11 November 2004, 15:09

Thanks for help. This was a bit theoretical since I got her out easily at 10.45am last Sunday morning. The question was really whether I could have left it one or two hours later. I think HW was about 7am?