Massive high tide with the Super Moon at 7m above chart datum and low tide of only .6m, which for Newhaven is big. We arrived an hour before top of the tide and already the water was almost at the top of the slip. There were some boats waiting ready to come in that were bigger than ours, a Maxum Cuddy 2300 and a large rib and another small Fletcher. The Maxum had poked its nose out of the Harbour and turned back, but the rib had engine trouble. The Fletcher had also got to the end on the breakwater and turned round. The guys in the Maxum had been out on Saturday and threw in that it was as flat as a pancake....just our luck eh? By this time Laura was already looking a little green at the prospect so I decided that if it was still bad by the time we got going we could pop up the Ouse to Lewis. We launched and cleared exiting the Harbour with Newhaven Radio on Channel 12 (always very polite and friendly bunch of lads) and headed for the sea. At the traffic lights a fishing boat was coming in and one of the fisherman motioned his hand in a big wave like fashion and shouted it was rough. We got to the entrance and we bouncing around. Now I might have tried it but I've mentioned this before that Laura is not so good in small boats. We went a little further and found the wavelength was a bit dodgy for a bowrider so I thought the better part of valour would be to have a poodle up river instead.
We've never wanted to go up river before because the Environment Agency had managed the banks and dredged it so it has been a bit plain, but we were pleasantly surprised, it made a very pleasant trip, not quite as picturesque as the Thames but not bad just the same. Here are some shots to give you an idea..........................
I wonder if these are cheap mooring?
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Idyllic place to live....
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Spectacular views
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Obligatory wake shot
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I debated whether to put this shot in but you can just see the dog in the water, it seems to have been a popular spot for dog walkers, on the way up river there were Labs playing and launching themselves for a swim.
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You can see this from the main road, its a reasonably new Eco Incinerator built a few years ago. A number of locals objected to it, but I think it looks quite funky.
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Interesting place for caravan storage.....
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Are we close to Southampton Dry stack??
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Tides dropped a couple of feet already. On the way up we just got under the swing bridge.
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I can only assume they have a lot of Cormorants in Newhaven.
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Lastly I took a video coming from the river into the Harbour, of some of the fishing boats and the massive all weather lifeboat. It's a bit shaky so sorry about that not very good but I thought it was a good opportunity to get some shots of our fishing community and the lifeboat. At the end are the new build flats and apartments.
