A sunny November day in the tricky Ashlett Creek, Southampton Water. A wonderful destination. Easier than you might think.

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we we didn't film it last time but there

was a small challenge with the tender

article rights which care to share any

of that detail I fixed your engine that

come on is quite your engine back to my

workshop pull the carburetor apart which

is filthy and that word again coming up

there bill Phil

a boil I mean it's just a little bit

wrong mixture that was all it was

yeah anyway we're off to Ashland Creek

today slightly concerned because the

tidal calculations are a little bit

mission-critical

but we're hoping to get to a brand new

pub which would be pleased to share with

the Polish silent but not the jolly

sailor in the Campbell River jolly Savin

Ashley totally safe until he's able an

accident

he's moaning moaning moaning because got

to use his boat and the reason is I use

my boat oh we're good we could take you

see we're going to an area where this

could be an utter disaster right it

dries about two or three meters and

we've only got 4.6 meters are tied to

get in Eton get out before we've beached

folk to a midnight nearly December it's

like a beautiful summer's day

I am at a secret conversation with your

wife right the record and I do need to

tell me about it later on I need to

confess it is it who gets a point is no

points

but it's a confession from you not an

accusation on me confession is it's a

strong word but I feel like as it's your

wife I need to talk to you about the

conversation let's put it that way

let me just translate that that means he

needs a little bit of time to concoct

some accusation that's all that means

they were out here we're both it's so

warm in late November we both like

nothing jackets up yeah

you've got to say that is yeah people

don't say think twice about not sailing

in the winter we've got some of our

birthday this is stunning

so here's the plan we're gonna head

northeast round cow shots spit and up

into Southampton water

we're gonna stay tight to port about one

and a half miles after the fort will

nosed into this drying channel now we've

struggled to find the drying height of

the channel clearly from any charts or

websites we've tried calling the local

sailing club but there's no answer it

appears to dry anything from one and a

half meters to four meters

well we'll nudge our way along this

channel atop the tide until our nerves

give way the tide today is 4.6 meters in

Southampton water has a nice long double

stand so we'll have at least two hours

or more of high the worst case we shall

anchor out here somewhere and just take

the dinghy

currently house 4.6 meters of tie we're

approaching this first read on the first

green and we currently have 3.5 liters

of water 2.7 this is a second green boy

and we've now got one meter under the

keel or less we dry it one put we 1.9

we're in trouble

so this 2 6 so we're changing our from 2

green boys to green with ease

we've got 2.6 meters of water on 4.6

meters of tide so we're at the first

green with E and depth is back up to

three point seven meters so we had a bit

of a shallow at the second reorient we

you can see the sailing club and the pub

ahead of us yeah no depth alarm so we've

still got plenty here

that's a second green with you 3.5

meters up to the third green with E this

is 3.1 meters Standish a low that's

about as far as we want to go we're

going to head back out and anchor in

deeper water you can see the creek

clearly through there Connie

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so I guess she seems lost green and red

and then this shop

is it is prom too

this is jolly sailor

we hope there's a decent stand in the

tide otherwise it could be a trouble in

an hour or two so the jolly sailor

Ashley Creek is run by the friendly mark

and Joe it's a hundred and sixty year

old smugglers in the food was home

cooked and simple but pretty tasty

certainly recommend this place it's a

great destination easy pilotage need a

high tide for most people particularly

wonderful in this summer

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the question in Christmas if the guy

this caught everything put the answers

quite easy you just take the camera

around this boat just come with me

humor me so there they're like metallic

rods covered in algae follow me round I

suggested that on the Christmas list we

measure the various bits of or even that

so that's my suggestion for your

Christmas list we've got it sorted make

it a jolly sailor that was good seemed

homemade and yeah you had a really good

chunky Berg

oh by the way the wish we got some local

advice the fisherman said that we should

have persisted he reckons we'll have got

down there with the tide all the way to

where this guaranteed to be better and

we will

I shall place it to the jernard we could

go don't you think

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