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Deben Rally
Start Date/Time:
03 May 2025
End Date/Time:
05 May 2025
Recurring Event:
One time event
Importance:
Normal Priority
Where:
Deben
Organiser:
Simon Quantrill
Location:
East coast
Description:

Date

Harwich

Deben Bar

Tidemill

Passage / day notes

Day 1

Saturday 3 May 2025

 

Passage from Shotley Marina to Tidemill Yacht Harbour, Woodbridge

HW

16.46

3.58

HW

16.35

 

HW-1

16.18

1.79

Depart Shotley Marina AM.

 

Aim to enter River Deben early to mid-afternoon and take flood up to Tide Mill at Woodbridge.

 

Enter Tidemill from 16.00 to HW Tidemill.

 

Evening meal to be pre-booked in Woodbridge (walking distance from Tidemill)

 

LW

22.40

.60

LW

-

-

HW

17:18

2.08

Tide times are BST.

New 2025 guidance/pilot chart for entrance to River Deben over the bar should be published by our departure date.

Hight of tide shown for Tidemill is predicted height over sill at entrance.

5 berths have been booked for us at the Tidemill Yacht Harbour. Details to be confirmed to the Tidemill HM by me in due course.

Day 2

Sunday 4 May 2025

 

River Deben

 

 

HW Tidemill

In the morning options include explore Woodbridge (but shops closed), river wall walk, visit The Long Boat Shed and/or the Tidemill.

 

In the afternoon depart Tidemill for sail back down river to either Waldringfield or Ramsholt. Both locations have a pub each so we could row ashore for an evening meal.

HW-2

16.15

1.18

HW -1

17.15

1.63

HW

18.15

1.90

HW+1

19.15

1.42

Hw+2

20.15

0.95

 

At Waldringfield or Ramsholt we would aim to pick up a mooring (or anchor).

Day 3

Monday 5 May 2025

 

Depart Deben and passage to Walton Backwaters before back to Shotley Marina

Harwich

Deben Bar

 

We have an early start to depart River Deben and we then punch the ebb tide home via lunch in the Walton Backwaters before return to Shotley Marina.

 

HW

06.26

3.47

HW

06.15

 

LW

12.23

1.36

LW

 

 

HW

18.49

3.29

 

 

 

 
                                   

Contact Details : Simon Quantrill | sjq64@icloud.com | 07779 331025 | Kerenza (Parker 325) Sail No 19

Please let me know ASAP if you would like to join this rally.

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Seals and Parkers are British-built yachts, ranging in length from 21' to 33', mostly with lifting keels. They started with the Seal 22 in 1970, built by John Baker, and followed by the Seal 28 and Super Seal 26. In 1981, Bill Parker took over the range and added the Parker 21, Parker 27 and Parker 31. These then evolved into a high-quality range of cruiser-racers built by Parker Lift-Keel Yachts - the trailable Parker 235, the Parker 285 and the Parker 335. In 2009, Parker Lift-Keel yachts ceased trading.

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