Alan Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Will be moored at Oulton Broad and heading for Stokesby. HW 2.32pm. What time to leave? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Hi Alan,which way are you going best to hit Brydon on low slack,then timed to have the tide pushing you up to Stokesby. ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking23 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Might be best to say which day you want to cross Breydon, from Oulton Broad, then someone will give you the best time to leave, and also a best guess for arrival time at Stokesby. I just found this travel time guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 It's Thursday 23rd July but does that matter? It's the high tide time of 2.32pm I'm thinking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyPatricia Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Alan what boat will you be on? This is relevant due to bridge height at Great Yarmouth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Are you talking about high tide at Oulton or breydon,that's the point Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 Apologies, should have said high tide at Yarmouth. The boat is Richardsons San Elena with 6' 10'' air draft. Basically, I need to know the travelling time from Oulton Broad to Yarmouth with an incoming tide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockham Admiral Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Apologies, should have said high tide at Yarmouth. The boat is Richardsons San Elena with 6' 10'' air draft. Basically, I need to know the travelling time from Oulton Broad to Yarmouth with an incoming tide. Why would you wish to fight a flooding tide, Alan? We leave Oulton Broad and take the EBB to Gt Yarmouth to arrive there at LW + 1.30 (Slack Water, GY). So I leave OB about 3hrs30mins before that.That way I can set revs for about 4-5mph and have a ground-speed of 6mph (when allowed). So, if LW GY is, say 15.00, I'd want to get to GY at 16.30; so I'd leave OB at 13.00. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Might be best to say which day you want to cross Breydon, from Oulton Broad, then someone will give you the best time to leave, and also a best guess for arrival time at Stokesby.I just found this travel time guide. If you look on our information pages you will see a couple of journey time guides we already have on the forum, you can view or download these files.RegardsAlan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockham Admiral Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 If you look on our information pages you will see a couple of journey time guides we already have on the forum, you can view or download these files. Regards Alan Which gives 3.5hrs or 3hrs30mins! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 Why would you wish to fight a flooding tide, Alan? Because that where we'll be and that's where we're going ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bound2Please Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Because that where we'll be and that's where we're going ;-) I would still be inclined to use the EBB tide to help me on the way from Oulton Broad to Great Yarmouth if thats the way I was going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDTRIPLE Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 If you HAVE to push the tide, then i`d definitely leave as early as possible. If HW is at 2.30ish, try to get away before 09.00. That will allow you around 5 1/2 hours which see you reach GY before HW, so you can at least take the last of the flood up to Stokesby. From experience, Stokesby can be full quite early, so if you go through GY at around 1.30ish, you`ll have plenty of time to go further up river if you have to. I do see peoples point re running with the ebb, but sometimes that just is`nt an option, and you just have to get on with things. We`ve often pushed the tide on the Yare and Waveney having come down the Bure on the ebb, which though laborious, is`nt as bad as is often portrayed. Just don`t plan to get anyway way upstream. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 Thank you Speedtriple, that was the sort of time I was thinking of - just wanted a bit of confirmation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDTRIPLE Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Hi Alan sorry, i forgot to say, in terms of time i would imagine against the tide you`re talking around 4 1/2 - 5.00 hours minimum depending on engine revs. If you want to keep the revs down, then i`d leave around 08.00 at the latest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockham Admiral Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Because that where we'll be and that's where we're going ;-) Sorry I asked............. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandlorna Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 The reason for all the questions is simple - no one uses high tide unless you have hired a submarine! Most hirer's would tell you to go at slackwater 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 The reason for all the questions is simple - no one uses high tide unless you have hired a submarine! Most hirer's would tell you to go at slackwater Which is why I asked the question in the beginning - to make sure I hit Yarmouth a couple of hours before high tide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandlorna Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Sorry Alan, it's as clear as mud to me Is there some special reason why you want to arrive at Yarmouth as the bridge clearances head towards minimum? Or is it that you wish to leave OB at a particular time and want to know you will actually get under the bridges Everyone will stilladvise using low slack water as the safest and most sensible option 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bound2Please Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Which is why I asked the question in the beginning - to make sure I hit Yarmouth a couple of hours before high tide. Alan as alexandlorna said why would you possibly want to make Great Yarmouth with bridge clearances approaching or at the minimum clearance for that tide? Or are you after trying to make the news? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyPatricia Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Alan, Slack water on 23/7/15 is @ 9:54am. If you leave Oulton Broad at 7am you will have a nice easy run up to and over Breydon. You should arrive at GY around 10:30 to 11:00am. This will be your safest passage IMHO 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Hi Alan, I understand the problem here, it's something that happens from time to time. You want to know the answer to a fairly simple question but people get so tied up with the why's and wherefore's they forget the question you wanted the answer to! Punching the tide is expensive on fuel and thus is best avoided. People on here were trying so hard to find ways of your avoiding it they forgot to ask you if that was an option. If I assume that you will be at Oulton Broad the previous night and want to spend the next night at Stokesby, and that the tides are unfriendly for that journey. Under those conditions I would agree that your best bet is to leave Oulton Broad as early as possible, even at first light if that is an option. How many helmspersons will you have on board? you might need a break from time to time. Does that help you at all? The more details you can give us the better able to assist with accurate information we shall be. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 OK, what I thought was a simple question was obviously not and seems to have confused everybody apart from Speedtriple (and LadyPatricia and MauriceMynah who both posted while I was typing!). Since 1976, we have worked out where we want to go on our very short time of 7 days on the Broads. That will depend on who we are with and their ages and where we don't seem to have been for a long while. That itinerary is not worked out by the tides at Great Yarmouth apart from working out whether there will be plenty of room under the bridges and, obviously keeping as far away from high tide as possible. On the Wednesday we will be moored at Oulton Broad and on Thursday we will be heading for Stokesby. High water is at 2.32pm. I'm no King Canute hence the question of what time should I leave to get under the Yarmouth bridges with plenty of room. I am well aware of the "best" time to go through but that is not always possible. So, alexandlorna, no, I am not timing it to arrive at high water and Hockham Admiral, why would you be sorry you asked? You asked why I would be fighting a flood tide and I explained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandlorna Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Alan, you are by your own admission attempting to get under at min practical clearance That's what I pointed out I wish you all the best 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZimbiIV Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Hi just a question. Have you considered St Olaves bridge? Not an easy bridge with or against the tide. I would leave asap but be aware outside of the Breydon posts it is still not deep, so please no short cuts paul 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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