Littlehampton – quirky place

Today I have been painting the insides of the cabin lockers and paying bills.

I am still in Littlehampton, the wind is howling though the rigging and the tides is about to ebb to the point where we touch bottom so I will spend about 90 minutes at around 20 degrees off the vertical - not awful, but not flat.

I paid the remainder of the bill for the harbour here - £320 - the crane-in was £90 and the rest was boat storage. I also settled with the Arun Yacht Club - that was a week at £14 a day equalling £98

Yesterday I paid £63 for a Chichester Harbour license. I also bought some ebay bungee for £12 for a Cajun Tiller Tamer and for the sail to tiller self steering.

I know that sailing costs money but so far I have not sailed. I will feel one heck of a lot better once I have done the trip from here, out around the Owers and into Chichester Harbour. Winds and tides look good for Monday

I will do another coat of paint in the morning and then head home to do some editing.

Jill will be home Saturday night, I will spend Sunday at home and then come back to the boat Sunday night for a 5am departure from Littlehampton

Maggie has been good company -

 

The walk to town takes me past these old mud berths - and there among the wrecks is this carefully moored red mobo

 

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I also past a yard of small mobos, maybe 30 of them

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among them is this classic of the genre - sensitive cabin extension and patio doors - what's not to like?

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The west beach is bleak and dramatic and is Maggies favourite place

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boat with flowers - great use for a mobo

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blue painted saw blade with junk image - and why not?

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spotted this dalmation trying to climb in through a window

 

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In littlehampton pirates hang out at the pasty shop

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Maggie watching me paint and dreaming about the beach

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This is about Dylan Winter's Blog, Sailing around Britain.

16 Responses to “Littlehampton – quirky place”

  1. 20 March, 2014 at 9:04 pmLuis says:

    Sailing does not cost any money. It is the getting ready for sailing that breaks the bank.
    That is why people go around the world on a shoe-string budget, but the rest of us that stay close to shore spend a lot of money.
    Luis

  2. 20 March, 2014 at 9:07 pmdylan winter says:

    the snag is that at the beginning of the season the ratio of spend to sailing is hundreds to zero

    later on in the year as the sailing days accumulate then the ratio improves

    it only takes one diamond day for the ratio to lose all meaning and you forget completely about the money

    but with the wind howling and the credit card well bashed…..

  3. 20 March, 2014 at 11:03 pmMark the Skint Sailor says:

    West beach at Littlehampton is nice, I do like the cafe there with the whole front that opens up. I’m sure it won some design award or other.

    Once you get to Hayling if you’re feeling the financial pinch then there’s a cheap pub on the road down to the sea front called the Barley Mow. Just over 4 quid for a carvery isn’t bad these days. My sailing buddy Jim and myself meet down there on regular occasions.

    I love Hayling: its only a mile away from me but its like going back in time: they’ve only recently embraced the concept of supermarkets on the Island for instance.

  4. 21 March, 2014 at 8:53 amdylan winter says:

    The cafe does look amazing

    I shall certainly explore every nook and crannie of chichester harbour

    as for eating out

    I have only eaten out three times on the whole KTL trip so far

    twice in Harvesters

    and once in an Indian

    as you know the gastronomy on this voyage owes more to boarding school than Egon Ronay

  5. 21 March, 2014 at 3:24 pmSteven says:

    Why don’t you do up some legs for the boat… to keep it a bit more level?

  6. 21 March, 2014 at 3:59 pmdylan winter says:

    Good plan but she is a twin keeler. The hammerhead is right on the edge of the channel

  7. 21 March, 2014 at 4:13 pmJes says:

    Enlighten me, what does hammerhead mean in this context?

  8. 21 March, 2014 at 4:17 pmdylan winter says:

    end of the pontoon

  9. 21 March, 2014 at 8:11 pmMark the Skint Sailor says:

    There is plenty to explore both on and off the water around the area. Langstone village is worth a look for the strange doorways in the cottages, the Royal Oak pub on the harbour front and the large Egret roost nearby.

  10. 23 March, 2014 at 5:05 pmJeff says:

    Hi Dylan

    what did you paint the inside of your lockers with ?

    Good luck with the Centaur

    Jeff

  11. 23 March, 2014 at 6:40 pmdylan winter says:

    dulux gloss

  12. 24 March, 2014 at 1:44 pmPhilM says:

    I’m a lurker on the scuttlebutt site and have followed this project. Came down to Littlehampton at the weekend so dropped in to Arun Yacht club to say hello but, of course, you had gone home for the weekend. Harmony looks very good – she’s scrubbed up well.
    Phil

  13. 24 March, 2014 at 2:27 pmdylan winter says:

    cheers Phil

    now sitting in the creek leading to Hayling Island Yacht Co

    waiting for the tide

    it would have been good to see you

    lots of scrubbing, lot of time, lot of money – but todays sail went very smoothly

    D

  14. 24 March, 2014 at 3:14 pmPhilM says:

    Apart from a no doubt chilly start you’ve had a great day for it and a bonus is that you’ll be heading up the creek in daylight. Sea conditions on Saturday were not good but spent time wandering around both east and west sides trying to spot as many of your quirky snaps as I could! Didn’t do too badly.
    Phil

  15. 24 March, 2014 at 9:04 pmdylan winter says:

    now on the pontoon at Hayling island Yacht co

    I am going to make one of the best boat yard tours you have ever seen

    two MTBs for starters

    D

  16. 25 March, 2014 at 9:27 amPhilM says:

    Good to hear you finally made it. Will look forward to the tour vid. Thought I’d spotted an MTB on Saturday between AYC and footbridge but was mistaken.
    Phil

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