Navigating the Beaulieu River
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- čas přidán 3. 12. 2017
- Tom Cunliffe demonstrates how to enter the Beaulieu River, showing you how to navigate the bar and make your way upstream to the Buckler's Hard Yacht Harbour Marina.
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Tom, we have never met but quite likely we should have. I am the son of a journalist who grew up in England in the 1950's. I returned to England in the late 1960's and worked at a hotel in the New Forest in Hants. The hotel was in the small town of Burley. The hotel was Burley Manor. The owner was Peter Dixon, a retired RAF pilot and my fathers great friend from the war. I treasured my time there working in the pub at the hotel. During that time I met a retired man from London who had done quite well and had a farm in Hants with horses, wife and daughter; all of whom were married to the land and horses. He had a beautiful S&S wood sloop that he handily raced out of Lymington. He, once knowing that I was an avid sailor and racer, immediately took me on as his deck hand (read BN). I absolutely loved it. I was 20 years and fit and happy to be in the sailing mecca.
Well, we did well on several races. But there was one that was seminal for me. Crossing the Channel at night I was swept overboard on a sail change and driven down the side of the vessel (no PFD in that era). The owner/skipper, Charles, saw me coming down the side of the vessel and reached out his hand and grabbed the hood of my fowlies.
I slammed against the boat, sucking water and entering hypothermia. He was amazing in that he held on and got our other crew, who was seasick and disabled to drag me aboard.
I was 20 years old. I was a neophyte sailor then. It was a seminal event. Since then, happily, I have not given up on sailing; indeed I have taken the bone by the teeth. I have been a licensed captain for more than 20+ years; skippered, driven, captained many vessels around the globe and never looked back.
I love your stories and writings. You are a treasure and a hero to me. Carry on , Tom!
Rick
I am from Belgium and learned to sail on the Beaulieu river as a 14 year old on a camping holiday with my parents a good 40 years ago. I remember well the capsize drill as it was warmer in the water than out, in august, burger and chips never tasted so good in a Wimpy as on that day. Beautiful memories.
What wonderful memories! We hope you'll be able to visit the Beaulieu River again in the future
I’ve been up there many time but it’s great to hear you talk about it
I have never been so confident to transit up the Beaulieu River ! Thank you.
What a lovely chap
I have made it up the Beaulieu years ago during my YM Checkout. It was not so relaxed you show it, of course, but i remember it as a very lovley place.
Great introduction to the river and very useful 👍
Another great video so interesting.
A friend an I, with his father, took a 79' motor yacht out of the Beaulieu River from Bucklers Hard in the mid 1960s. Piece of cake :-)
8.20 'Get the latest dope on what's going on'
Sound like a good weekend.
Tacked up there last week and almost came a cropper going from starboard to port at your little wader's drying patch. The bottom's steep there went from 2.5mtrs to .3 (ulp) as I bravely tacked on the red posts' line.
We tried out my stern bouy pick-up new setup idea and it worked first time.
Two previous weekly visits in a row I couldn't feel my hands so in the interim shelled out 50 smackers (wince) for some thick xxl helmsman's gloves. Only to find it almost balmy just before storm Dudley!
So gloves 50 quid gloves still pristeen!
Great vid.
Bill
What a cracking video. Looking to come up the river next year
Beaulieu is the name of a (Belgium?) family which owns/used to own also a large number of carpet factories north of Atlanta Georgia ( as a competitor to Shaw and Mohawk), any relation to this river or house?
Hi, interesting question! We've checked with our archivist and there's no connection that we're aware of. 'Beaulieu' comes from 'Bellus Locus Regis', 'the beautiful place of the King', which was the name given to Beaulieu Abbey by the Cistercian monks.
Never seen coloured witheys before. Round here on the east coast they are just old branches. To the non boaters they just look like rotten old trees lol
I’ve early memories of sailing our family Super sovereign 35 up to Buckley hard 4o years ago
May I ask you a boating question
Forgive me if this is not the right video but it was the one I remember most
Its relating to buying a boat that has storages charges
I ve been told it equates to £1700 but that verbal so could be a lot more
Boats asking price is £12000
Boats yards phones been off the hook and then I went in to chat with them and they couldn’t tell me the The actual figure
I suggested he knocked the fees off the asking price but that’s risky for both of us as the number might not be right or he thinks I may not pay him
So unfortunately the deals broken down do you have any surjections how all three of us feel safe to move forward?
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