Solent slipways - Page 2

biffer · 27 January 2009, 08:10

thats the place, we used to walk the trailer in, winch the boat on, go in the pub for grub and wait for the tide to go out, had a blue ribtec a dive shop and a wife then, gladly none have survived

biffer · 27 January 2009, 10:33

i believe there are slips either side of woolston bridge, can anybody tell me if they're still useable?

Chris · 27 January 2009, 10:37

What about Hythe Marine?

- Free to launch
- Great Concrete slip with room for two Trailers side by side
- Accesible at all times except about an hour either side of low tide.
- Chandlery & Shop
- Petrol at Marina
- You can tie up to load passengers at the pontoon just outside the marina lock.
- Carparking is £6 all day for car and trailer
- Plenty of large car parking spaces with enough room for car with trailer attached.

Definately gets my vote

biffer · 27 January 2009, 10:47

now that is a good slip, ave a look on boatlaunch and see if it is on or if so updated, the couple i looked at on the link were way out of date and as john made the effort so should we, i live 500yds from a slip but you have to travel for ever so it would be good to know in advance that somebody hadn't dug it up and put flowerbeds on it

Nos4r2 · 27 January 2009, 11:00

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Originally Posted by biffer

it would be good to know in advance that somebody hadn't dug it up and put flowerbeds on it

I actually had that happen to me-bought a boat from a canal near Birmingham and was told there was a slip at Alvechurch a few miles along. Got there and it had been a rockery for 5 years....

biffer · 27 January 2009, 11:08

just been told of another one down by fawley at ashlet creek, i knew it was there because there's a pub there also, but my source say's the pub's been boarded up for sometime, the slip is tidel(is that a word) and you can go on to calshot

Downhilldai · 27 January 2009, 11:32

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Originally Posted by biffer

... had a blue ribtec a dive shop and a wife then, gladly none have survived

What was wrong with the Ribtec?

havener · 27 January 2009, 11:38

The public slip at Hamble is free, if a little tight to get to with a really big trailer.
Free parking on road about a 4 min walk away, or use the foreshore carpark which is reasonably cheap.

Nasher · 27 January 2009, 11:44

The Camber is my fav slip at the moment, partly because its nice and steep, and also because I have access to secure free car and trailer parking in Old portsmouth.

I used to use the slip at the Ferryboat inn on Hayling Island. See pic below taken by Robin several years ago now.
It can get a bit busy during the summer, and can have a bad cross tide running but if timed right is quite nice.

Nasher

the bandit · 27 January 2009, 13:06

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Originally Posted by biffer

bandit, many years ago i towed a range rover out of the mud at warsash, you didn't get pulled out by a green nissan patrol by anychance?

Not me on that occasion. A oldish lady driving a jap 4x4 happened to be driving round by the rising sun manged to persuade her to tow us out.

biffer · 27 January 2009, 14:46

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Originally Posted by Downhilldai

What was wrong with the Ribtec?

not a thing, had a 585 and had some real good times, a little low on the transom, but i have a transom shield mould that cured that, had a hand in building probaly 100 boats for them, some of the guys are still in the industry and some not, looking back had a bloody good time there and tim wilks who was the owner of ribtec is one of the good guys, not many of them left in the trade, i just stopped doing there work and started doing my own stuff, had some ideas that they didn't want to pursue and i did

Tim M · 30 January 2009, 00:10

The camber slip in Portsmouth is by far the best slip around here. Its been free for about the last six months or so, and continues to be so: chavs keep breaking into the coin collecting box thing. A friend of mine caught the last lot on video camera - they've been to court over it. Even if/when they do fix it, it is still only £2.50 to launch your boat which I think is fantastic value. If you pay a visit to Portsmouth sailing club for a pre-trip drink you can get a parking permit for just £1, and that allows you to park anywhere in Old Portsmouth for upto 12 hours.

Nos4r2 · 30 January 2009, 00:20

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Originally Posted by Tim M

The camber slip in Portsmouth is by far the best slip around here. Its been free for about the last six months or so, and continues to be so: chavs keep breaking into the coin collecting box thing. A friend of mine caught the last lot on video camera - they've been to court over it. Even if/when they do fix it, it is still only £2.50 to launch your boat which I think is fantastic value. If you pay a visit to Portsmouth sailing club for a pre-trip drink you can get a parking permit for just £1, and that allows you to park anywhere in Old Portsmouth for upto 12 hours.

That's worth knowing-ta!

The only thing Camber is missing really is a flush hose.

biffer · 30 January 2009, 07:57

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Originally Posted by Tim M

The camber slip in Portsmouth is by far the best slip around here. Its been free for about the last six months or so, and continues to be so: chavs keep breaking into the coin collecting box thing. A friend of mine caught the last lot on video camera - they've been to court over it. Even if/when they do fix it, it is still only £2.50 to launch your boat which I think is fantastic value. If you pay a visit to Portsmouth sailing club for a pre-trip drink you can get a parking permit for just £1, and that allows you to park anywhere in Old Portsmouth for upto 12 hours.

i agree it is the best slip around, watch the real low tides cause the dropoff on the end is straight down