Taking boat from yarmouth to freshwater bay.

[solehunter]

Myself and andy (squidhead) took his 14ft boat from yarmouth to freshwater bay today to get it nearer to home for a good crack at some fantastic local bass marks and ready for the mackerel gathering sessions. He used his 4hp 4 stroke for the first time and it performed excellently.
It was a really enjoyable trip and i thought i would take a few pics of our journey to share with you guys.

This is the warren, or other wise known as `totland rocks`to anglers. It really has a Jurassic feel to it.



This is hatherwood point with yarmouth potting boat `The john edward` coming in.

Myself and andy have spent a few hectic years on this boat. The skipper is nuts and thinks nothing of setting out in a gale9


Hatherwood point between totland and alum bay

The room beneath the old needles battery built by french and italian POW`s around 1860. There is a lift stuck at the top of the shaft. Local legend has it that there are bars of tin still down there. The shaft is around 150ft deep.


The needles looking east.

Sun corner. St Anthony's rock is just visible in the centre of thej picture. MANY a ship has found this.

Scrattchels bay and sun corner, only reached by boat.

All 380ft of Tennyson down.

Watcome bay. Unfortunately the tunnel is no longer accsessible and can only be reached at low water spring tides. The tunnel entrance is just visible in the middle of the pic.

Andys boat back on the mooring after the trip. A nice 2 pints of larger were to follow, topping off a good day.

[squideyebarnes]

good pic's dave its amazing that the hole cliff is honeycomb of tunnels and cos the lft is stuck at the top no has been down there.
Shame we had no maccky on are troll to the bay but was worth ago,the boat is only 12foot m8

[skatenchips]

That was bloody fascinating ........
Ive been goin to the Island from about 3yrs old
and have never been round it...or part of.
Great looking rock marks,I bet they hold a few fishies.

and the famous needles...wow....If I keep buttering up
your posts enough....I might even get you to drag me out there
one year......with me water wings of course.
(sorry,dunno any sea shanties) .....hehe

Fantastic trip and piccies.........Im havin another look....lol
thanks for that
Gaz

[slippery]

what jamies nuts!!!! you sure its the same guy!!!!!!

[solehunter]

slippery said:

what jamies nuts!!!! you sure its the same guy!!!!!!

Yep jamie green. Been on another cat with him touching a force 10.

[solehunter]

squideyebarnes said:

good pic's dave its amazing that the hole cliff is honeycomb of tunnels and cos the lft is stuck at the top no has been down there.
Shame we had no maccky on are troll to the bay but was worth ago,the boat is only 12foot m8

I found this...
Its THE original campbell gas engine that powered that lift the the sea level rooms. What a find.
Oops forgot the link....

[squidlips]

good pics mate,i hope we have good weather when we come round to yarmouth for the weekend 18th july.

[squideyebarnes]

good pic dave!
Yep we did 10 miles on 2 pints of petrol good going I say!and and a nice mellow trot along the shore.

[solehunter]

Was a good find. Don't think she`ll fire up on the first crank though.
Great petrol consumption that is! Better than diesel

[RichardB]

Really nice pictures Dave, interesting 'commentary' too. Haven't been round that end for a while - nice to see it !

[Pete B]

sounds like a great day! brilliant pics Dave, you boys certainly are spoilt for scenery over there.

[solehunter]

Thank you all. Sure was nice to get out for a little scenery trip as well as achieving the goal of getting the boat round. Its not often we hug the coast like that.

[squideyebarnes]

have you got the Alum bay pic's dave?

[solehunter]

Oh right , yeah i should have. Overlooked them.

[solehunter]

The famous coloured sands of alum bay. The coloured vein goes inland around one and a half miles.
Just about anything can get caught here.