Nice video Ian, I wanted to know how fast the ebb is at the entrance to Christchurch and now I know....
Hi Nick,
I've been boating on the Solent and surrounding area's since I was a lad and to be fair, mainly in the in the deep waters. This area has lots of inlets, small harbours and shifting sands which can be difficult, indeed information from Haven Wardens can also be quite misleading.
I am now a new boy to living in the area and have seen the tide ripping through the Run at a much higher pace both flood and ebb and depending upon when, some 4-8 knts, interestingly my video shows it as a tad tame, although having said that, it's quite benign at either turn. Your Fletcher would have no issues at any time as long as you have enough water underneath you.
For me, the best information I have gathered so far living here is that if there is high surface pressure at any time, it pays to note the tide height predictions and reduce by at least a metre, to be cautious, it also pays to note chart datum.
There's a high pushing in from the Southern Atlantic with spaced isobars around the South Coast, winds WNW swinging to NW so should flatten the sea nicely for you tomorrow. Let me know if you need any help.
Some of it is a bit boring and I apologise for the music and the editing and some spelling mistakes, I know some of you are the mutts nuts at this sort of thing. What I don't understand though is that it was filmed in HD, but You Tube seems to show it in very poor quality. 
It's now showing all the other resolutions up to 1080p, well I never! One day I may get to be as good at this Video production lark as you, but some of the other stuff you talk about like your boat monitor computer goes straight over my head. 