Rib fishing

[stevedonna]

Originally Posted by nugent

Righto. Been launching here 15 years or more with some huge craft in the past,,, I simply drive down to end of beach stakes,, never further its well muddy drop boat on sand 2.5 hrs before high tide, Return car and trailer to top of beach. Prepare my self talk crap 15/20 minutes ,, hey presto water is under my boat, floods in super fast here , I go,out and do my thing returning, 2 hrs after high tide this is the latest or its to muddy to recover,, Drop boat at waters edge walk to car strip mess talk crap. 20 mins later boats back on terra firmer, with roller trailers it loads on dead easy, and it's on sand. So will not scratch your hull, nor have i ever caused any damage to my hulls fully laden with fuel kit etc Or you can go out with tide depends how you work it and return 6 8 or 12 hrs later. You choice. Lundy island minehead watchet Weston super mare cardiff Ifracombe and many more ,, i. access al these places from this location Beach is 9am to 4pm oct to April Then 8am to 8pm April to oct I launch my osprey 6mtr also a destroyer behind a little citroen no hassle at all

Cheers for that , it all made sense . Looks like a great place and will definitely give it a go this spring/summer .

[Exe treme]

Likewise. Thanks for the info, and Brean is now definitely on the agenda this season. I am going to buy the chart tomorrow.

[diver 1]

Cheers sounds straightforward enough. Knowing my luck it'd be too rough after towing all the way there! No problems with people faffing around and blocking the slipway though!!

[Oli.]

Some great pics there, has really got me in the boating mode for the summer.

[nugent]

Originally Posted by stevedonna

Sorry for delay just officially named the boat an then we all went for a pint !!
Fancy giving that coast a blast at some point and let you know when we do .

Let me know and I will show yer how its done

[nugent]

Originally Posted by Exe treme

Likewise. Thanks for the info, and Brean is now definitely on the agenda this season. I am going to buy the chart tomorrow.

And here's me loves exmouth in the summer

[nugent]

Originally Posted by diver 1

Cheers sounds straightforward enough. Knowing my luck it'd be too rough after towing all the way there! No problems with people faffing around and blocking the slipway though!!

Wind sea state and tides all here

Important on anything over a 10.8 the beach stays locked as it will flood the whole place nect Monday is a 12.2.

Do not drive any lower than end of these stakes
Full flood pic attached no beach



http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/tides.shtml

Also there is a proper jetty further into the town £58.00 a year to use but full of jet skiers.

[Chunk]

Sorry Nugent, jut read through your description and I'm being a bit of a muppet

Dropping the boat off the trailer seems fine, I assume you simply push or reverse winch it (take strap under one of the supporting spars so that it pulls the boat off).

When recovering do you winch the boat straight onto the trailer? Do have a split back trailer (is that the correct term)? Do you unhitch the trailer from the car to allow it to rise at the front - easing the bow onto the rollers?

I like the idea of launching / recovering this way on a shallow beach, just don't want make an ar$e of it

[nugent]

Originally Posted by Chunk

Sorry Nugent, jut read through your description and I'm being a bit of a muppet

Dropping the boat off the trailer seems fine, I assume you simply push or reverse winch it (take strap under one of the supporting spars so that it pulls the boat off).

When recovering do you winch the boat straight onto the trailer? Do have a split back trailer (is that the correct term)? Do you unhitch the trailer from the car to allow it to rise at the front - easing the bow onto the rollers?

I like the idea of launching / recovering this way on a shallow beach, just don't want make an ar$e of it

I just push it off he trailer,comes off easy once it gets half way the trailer rises in the air and it flows off most of the way , then by pulling trailer back down it sort of gets ejected from the boat. so yes un hitch from the car

Recovery I just reverse down to boat un hitch and push under bow hen simply winch it on,,

Back down sat 15 th if you are bored,and fancy seeing the sites

If in remember will vidio it

[Chunk]

Excellent, makes sense I was worried that the winch wouldn't be strong enough to pull the boat from the ground onto the trailer.

Will try it this weekend. Be great to see your video though.

[nugent]

Originally Posted by Chunk

Excellent, makes sense I was worried that the winch wouldn't be strong enough to pull the boat from the ground onto the trailer.

Will try it this weekend. Be great to see your video though.

Chuck on some grass verge it will suprise you how easy it comes on and awfff