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 Upper Helford River Tremayne Quay.
in Cruising Notes
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By: RSrn Website Team Read
By 338 Visitors |
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| Upper Helford River Tremayne Quay |
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| The charm of the Helford River will be known to all who explore the West Country. And there are a fair number of of well maintained ( green ) visitors moorings in the main reach with good pick-up buoys, whilst to the west of them is a small patch where anchoring is permitted, and the RNSA buoy will be found - for those entitled to use it. Restraints on anchoring to the west of this because of oyster beds and also further out near Grebe Rock ( eel grass preservation ) will be found updated in almanacs and pilots. |
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| The problems with all these locations occur with easterlies of any strength, when conditions in the main area of moorings can become distinctly unpleasant, whilst of course there is inevitably crowding at the peak months. But there is a delightful alternative although admittedly best suited to drafts of one and a half metres or little more and preferably attempted within two hours of high water. |
| If you continue in the main reach past the mooring ; Porth Navas a charming detour to the north but saturated with private moorings; Frenchmans Creek to the south made famous by Daphne du Maurier but for a "look in" by dinghy not by yacht; then you will see Groyne Point ahead where my pilotage chart takes over. The northerly branch - Polwheveral Creek - is attractive but very shallow and the lower reach still exposed, but the southern, main, branch maintains its depth. You will already have your sounder going, and I have highlighted the shoal which extends from the southern bank. Then keep to the middle of the river, and, after about half a mile, look for a marker "6 " on the north bank . If your plotter/gps is on it will show close to 05.10 W . The marker is probably to show a 6 knot max: speed, but it equally marks a useful pool of 6 foot minimum at LWS. Probe around with your sounder for the deepest water which is typically just north of mid stream and anchor. |
Tremayne Quay may not be immediately obvious but if you look south you should see it's surrounding stone work.
It will be approachable by dinghy at all except full LWS tides. The delight of it is that in the high summer months it stays sunlit until late - perfect for a barbie on its grassie "lawn". You may find others there but often I have been the only boat. |
| The other attraction of this site is as a bad weather "funk hole" and one of my pictures shows it in this mood - a full channel gale outside but snug with excellent holding here, and out of reach of any easterly as well. You only have to remember that departure is regulated by tidal regime. Tidal range is 4.7 m at springs; 1.3 m at neaps. |
| You can continue all the way to Gweek, but I suggest a bit of a nail-biter in a keeled yacht, better in a dinghy. There are some marks and buoyage. You may be surprised at the level of activity there and the size of the vessels that can reach it . |
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| Peter Garrod - June 2008 See this area on our map page |
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