Wix and Wrabness Yacht Club 

Dove Cottage Oakley Road Wix Nr. Manningtree Essex. CO11 2SE

                                                                                        Tel 01255 870777

A sample passage plan that you might like to use is available here as an Excel file (so you might amend to suit your own requirements) or as a PDF for printing.             

Excel Version                    PDF Version   

Please find below, example passage plans for some of our planned cruises this year.  These are purely personal and accuracy cannot be guaranteed.  It is the responsibility of any skipper (or anyone else using them) to make their own passage plan and to verify the accuracy of any information.

Wix and Wrabness Yacht Club

     Wix and Wrabness Yacht Club

Cruising programme 2008.

·     22^nd — 24^th  March — Easter shakedown cruise— Ipswich.  Good Friday for victualling and fettling.  Depart Sat. Lord Nelson and curry all round.

·     12^th – 13^th April -  Day Sails.

·     26^th – 27^th April — Bradwell. Anyone for the Green Man?

·     10^th – 11^th May —Burnham—on—Crouch.  For those that like it rough—sometimes very rough!!

·     24^th – 26^th May —Southwold. The other Lord Nelson!  Provided there is room in the harbour, of course.

·     1st - 2nd   June – Day Sails.

·     14^th – 29^th June - European Cruise. —  Ijmuiden, Hoorn, Marken, Amsterdam, Gouda, Dordrecht, Willemstadt, Hellevoetsluis, Zeebrugge. (Itinery)

·     12^th – 13^th July —Brightlingsea/ Pyfleet. -  Provided it’s warm (no marina and maybe no shore power).

·     19^th — 20^th  July -  Ore/Alde. - Castle ruins and closed pubs.  Bring plenty of supplies.

·     26^th – 27^th July — Burnham or Ramsgate. – For the hardier souls that survived the last one.

·     2^nd – 3^rd  August — Deben. -  Havens of peace and tranquillity.  Pubs too!!

·     9^th – 10^th August – Barbecue.  – At Erwarton Ness or Stone Point (crowds permitting).  Shelter courtesy of MJ Duff Builders, water taxi courtesy of Irene 111.

·     22^nd – 25^th  August — Bank holiday -  Nieuwpoort or Calais.  Depart on Friday evening. Return Monday Weather permitting.

If you have any suggestions or requests for alternative cruising destinations – please let Kevin Hall know.

It would be helpful if you could let Kevin or Mike know if you intend coming on these events as soon as possible as berthing can sometimes be a problem.

    Useful Links:    Royal Yachting Association.   The Met Office.     Weather Online.      UK Hydrographic Office Easy tide.

Deben Entrance.     Orford Entrance.    www.marinas.com        Stour Sailing Club.        Windfinder.com

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