After spending 8 great days
in Newport we decided to go over to Langstone Harbour on the mainland and have a look
at the area. Leaving Newport with the high tide
meant that the tide was wrong for sailing across to Langstone so we decided to
go out and anchor in Osborne
Bay . On the way down
river we spotted some friends on the Cowes
visitors pontoon, which was empty apart from them. We tied up and it must have
taken a good 20 minuets for us to brew coffee before the berthing guy came
alongside. We said we were only having a quick coffee with friends so would
leave soon, to which he demanded a short stay price of £11.00. We couldn't
believe it!!! I said 'we will leave now'. He still demanded £11.00. I asked how
much it was for the night which was £17.00. We stayed the night.
I hate being ripped off or
treated as a 'CASH COW' so we won't be recommending Cowes to anyone. I would suggest that Cowes council tells it's
operatives to have a little 'reasonableness' when dealing with customers.
We than went out and anchored
in Osborne bay for a night before going over to Langstone where we picked up a
buoy but the current and opposing wind was bouncing us around and Ti Gitu was
getting so 'friendly' with the buoy we were afraid of more damage to the topsides
and being kept awake all night banging against the buoy. We decided to take the
last of the tide and raced round to Chichester
harbour going and anchoring up the Thorney Channel for a few days. After that
as strong winds were forecast we went to the pontoon just South of Emsworth to
wait before going into the marina for the winter.
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