Dear Subscriber
I hope that at least some of you have 'got some sailing in' so far this year. The weather hasn't exactly been encouraging, has it? I have just been cruising the East Coast for over two weeks, and the weather was most certainly 'mixed', although as I write it seems more settled, probably because I'm now back at home!
In the course of our cruise we discovered some further changes and updates which are now documented on our website together with a number of News items, and we hope you will find these useful during any cruising you do over the coming weeks.
News Items
The Medway's port authority has re-published details of the exclusion zone around the area of the docks where gas tankers unload their cargoes. What they have now published is much clearer than before, and they have made it plain that violations of the zone will be taken very seriously.
At the gentler end of the spectrum, withies are missing on the approach gutway to Heybridge Basin, and the smashing little shop at 'Chelmo' has sadly closed. Whatever next? Major works continue at the Tide Mill, Woodbridge, and the Waterside Marina at Brightlingsea has been dredged. We were glad to shelter in there recently for a couple of very wet and windy days.
More buoyage has been laid at the top of the Roach, and in some of the creeks linking to the Havengore, while it still seems that the boatyard moorings at Paglesham are off-limits to visitors.
Details on all these, and more, can be found on the News page of our website, available directly from the home page.
Book Updates
The latest updates since early May, available as usual via the 'Updates Summary' Page of our website, include moorings improvements at West Mersea, revised timings for lifts at Kingsferry Bridge, and a number of small detail changes at Woodbridge, Shotley, Pin Mill and Heybridge as well as others linked to the News items above.
I hope you find the Updates service useful, and use it to keep your book current. If you notice any detail changes yourself, either when away from your home berth or even in your own harbour or marina, do let us know as it helps us to keep 'East Coast Pilot' the most up-to-date pilot book available.
Out and About
It's been good to get out on the lovely East Coast these last few weeks, even if the weather was a bit ho-hum. We've changed our boat this year - 'Cornsilk' has been replaced by 'Cantata' - so this first cruise was something of a shakedown, albeit in familiar places. As ever it was good to meet ECP readers who dropped by for a natter - one of the joys of this 'job' is meeting like-minded people up and down our coastline.
Don't forget the latest versions of the chartlets for the Deben and Ore Entrances are available free from our Downloads Page. Hundreds of these have been downloaded during the last month, our site being the only place where these 'official' versions are available.
Can I remind you that the ECP website gets constantly updated with new information as soon as we hear and verify it, so it's worth keeping any eye on it. And if you use Twitter, 'follow' us to pick up our occasional bits on there to help keep yourself up to date.
We hope you have a wonderful summer, and look forward to seeing you afloat.
Kind regards,
Dick Holness
Co-author and webmaster
East Coast Pilot.
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Header photo taken by Dick Holness - big skies over Pyefleet Creek, off the Colne, a few days ago.
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