Sat 31st Aug Portland to Lulworth Cove 3

[xs 400]

Plan to launch Castletown Portland head over to Durdle Door 9NM, into Lulworth, Spot of lunch, look at Waterbarrow bay, and return to Portland.

planning to camp at Pebble Bank Fri night pre launch drinks'
sat night post sail drinks.

all welcome sibs and ribs the more the merrier

so far interest weather permitting from

the legend that is......Bingosucks and son
TrevorLawson
xs400
Lockeiboi

[xs 400]

31st Aug Portland local time

8:45 hlow tide( 0.8 m )15:25 hhigh tide( 1.4 m )21:35 hlow tide( 0.8 m )23:45 hhigh tide( 1.0 m )


The tidal coefficient will be 47, a low value, which means that the range (difference between high tide and low tide) will be lower than on other occasions and the currents will also be small.

small ribs and sibs will be able to launch from 10.30 if we help each other.
recovery will be fine 17/1800 hrs

[bingosucks]

lmao yes good for me its a really fantstic trip

[portlandphil]

Will join if we can, have done the Lulworth run twice now and love it!

[phoenixpete]

We would love to do this
1- Is Castletown the car park next to the customs building?
2- Will it be possible to blow up my sib next to the car and wheel it accross to the beach next to the car park? (without going out into the road)
3- how much is the parking?
4- how much is launching? ( A Sib ) no trailer.
5- Is this one too many questions?

I have recently checked out the little beach/carpark next to "Fleet Marine" on the causeway that is usually full of windsurfers, seems like a good little spot for sibbers.,bit shallow but should be ok.

Pete.

[portlandphil]

Pete,

Free launching, though technically you should get a harbour permit. Car park is about 6 quid a day but you can park for free on the waste ground round by the castle. Please don't park on the road in Castletown itself as residents struggle to park. You can usually park briefly by the slipway while you inflate your boat if you are sensible about it.

Cheers
Phil

[xs 400]

Hi Pete!
1. the slip is next to The Aqua - Three Star Accommodation on the Jurassic Coast and car park
2.their is room next to the slip to inflate.
3.£6 all day, but their is free 400yds away
4.launching free ..............that's why I like it
5.yes


a taste of the last one in June

ribnet to durdle door - YouTube

[phoenixpete]

Thats great!

I will try and check the place out before the 31st, get an idea of the situation.

I have just purchased the Portland harbour license for the year and also the Poole one as well.

We will not be in any hurry getting to Lulworth cove as being fairly new to boats I don't have the confidence of some here.
Done a couple of long trips in a big rib ( Southampton to Redbay Northern Ireland ) but not as captain
Pete.

[xs 400]

by all means check it out, its very easy to launch and recover there.

as to speed we will stick together ask bingo!

lets hope the weathers good!

[bingosucks]

Originally Posted by xs 400

by all means check it out, its very easy to launch and recover there.

as to speed we will stick together ask bingo!

lets hope the weathers good!

make no mistake its a long run in a sib ,on the return leg we were forced into a virtual trolling speed ,any sibs thinking of this trip forget about flares etc you`ll deffo need a bail and a pair of goggles i`ve just got some cheap demisting ski goggles (clear) and a cut out piece of milk carton for a bail

xs400 was a complete star who kept my morale high and even decided to bounce on my wake just so i could use trevors bail to empty the sib out, the ribs tend to play around us sibs laughing at how slow we are lol

golden rule is your as fast as the slowest boat unless your name is graham who kindly transported my wifey and daughter at around 48 knots

wouldn`t miss it for the world

[xs 400]

expressing interest so far


Bingosucks sib tba he has so many! 15hp Mariner
TrevorLawson Valiant 450 60hp merc
xs400 xs 4m 30hp yam
Lockeiboi Prowave 4m 15hp johnson
Portlandphil Apex 4m 30hp Suzuki
phoenixpete bombard 380 15hp mercury

50% sibs! can we call it sib club? shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

its a Ribsibfest

[Bucksribster]

Is this open to 5.6m ribs? it is quite a long drive for me, but if I can persuade my wife to come along, I might be interested. Or would I have to wait for the tide too long to launch at Portland?

[xs 400]

Originally Posted by Bucksribster

Is this open to 5.6m ribs? it is quite a long drive for me, but if I can persuade my wife to come along, I might be interested. Or would I have to wait for the tide too long to launch at Portland?

Hi, your more than welcome to join.
The slip at Castletown may be a bit tricky at 10.30, (you know your boat best, there will be people there willing to help, the water will probably not be up to the slip, once off the slip, it is a shallow gradient and has larger stones under the water, so the sea bed is uneven, the smaller ribs 4m to 4.5m detach the trailer and push the boat out and pull the trailer back in)

so you may prefer to launch down the road

Key Facilities at WPNSA - Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy I'm not sure of the cost but you don't need to worry about tide, and I believe the cost includes car park.

[AJ.]

Originally Posted by Bucksribster

Is this open to 5.6m ribs? it is quite a long drive for me, but if I can persuade my wife to come along, I might be interested. Or would I have to wait for the tide too long to launch at Portland?

You can launch at Weymouth Town slip, its nice and there is fresh water, though can get busy and you do have to separate the car and trailer and park the car in the multi story opposite.

[xs 400]

I will be up in the lakes ribbing from 19th Aug until 27th Aug with no internet.

any queries to Bingo who has my mobile.

[bingosucks]

BUMP!
just to let every one know we have booked pebble bank going thurs-mon with an intention of launching sat

weather is looking ok too

not heard a peep out of mike (xs400) so i`m assuming he`s good to go

again we are taking our families but haven`t been able to secure a larger rib for them, so the plan is to launch at portland then mooch over to lulworth whilst the wifeys and kids drive to lulworth once we get there we shall transport the families on the sib to the boats . we will then cruise around to durdle door and act like utter teenagers again ..followed off by a hearty meal in teh pub

once again this has the makings of a fantastic day out ,the more the merrier sib or rib

[Wibs]

Yup.....I'm in.


Didn't wanna speak too soon, but the weather looks good and rib is all ready!!

Booked campsite for Fri night, unfortunately have to be back Sun AM so prob won't stay Sat night.

Hopefully launching at Castletown won't be a problem for me (4.5m rib), may need a little assistance? If not, I'll launch down the road at the sailing club, and meet up.

I've got some contact details for Bingo, I'll use him for point of contact Fri afternoon.

[portlandphil]

If anyone needs help to launch, we live directly opposite the slipway. We'll probably stick our boat in early and anchor it up off the beach so will be hanging around :-)

[TRevor Lawson]

Hi Richard

Like you have not heard from Mike( xs 400), but still hoping to make it, will try and book camp site tommorrow, we will be travelling down on Sat morn ,(early start ) can't get there fri eve too late,and only stay for sat night ,going home sun day, happy to have a couple on my boat (sitting on tubes )from lulworth to durdle door for a play ,but not all the way from portland,

[portlandphil]

We may have space for a couple of passengers (sat on the tubes!), to be confirmed..