Itchenor just around to Emsworth Channel

For the first time since fitting the $h1t tank years ago we exercised the pump out facility. It worked like a dream. At 1006 we slipped from N1 to the ‘touch n go’ berth to avail ourselves of the pump out facility then departed from Itchenor, just down the harbour and up the Emsworth Channel to the mid water pontoon (where we enjoyed the FSMBC Rally in 2023.) Like then, it is blowing a hooley and we have all lines doubled up.

We are starting to wonder if we can actually afford this. The south coast just sucks the money out of boaters, making the whole experience tougher to handle than we thought. Still, we will persevere. Hopefully once out of the clutches of southern England, things might ease and anchoring and buoy mooring will be easier. In Chichester Harbour you owe them a tenner just for coming through the entrance.

Hey ho. Watch this space……

Soo, I found that I could not get rid of the initial ‘waypoint’ of Woking, so after multiple Googles, in desparation I binned all the track info. Doooh!! not a good move.
I have got the tracker back on though.
I promise to BUFFS. We have decided to head off early in the morning and catch the eastbound tidal stream to Shoreham, where we will stay for 4 nights (saving £40 in mooring fees by not going somewhere else for 2 of those nights….)Read more