Sailing / launching in Windemere, Ullswater or Coniston
Iain Pendry
bad idea given the possibilities to take the Blaze and do a bit of sailing
on some proper water. However, can anyone suggest where one would launch a
dinghy from on either Coniston, Ullswater or Windemere? There must be
hundreds of places, but where's the best place to find out about them? Any
information would be gratefully received!
Regards
Iain
Sue
On Windermere there is a nice beach at Ambleside, as well as a jetty and on
Coniston there is a beach at Brown How (South West) or Coniston for a beach
and a jetty. Both are lovely places to sail, admittedly I've only windsurfed
or sailed a canoe on either lake, and then only in November, I imagine they
get a bit crowded in Summer. I'm new to dinghies but will hopefully be
heading that way when I've got my Mirror up and running.
Sue
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Tim Chettle
I launch sometimes on winderemere as well.
There is a national trust yard at Coniston which is excellent to launch
from and I keep my boat there in the summer. The guys who run the yard are
great. Coniston is nice to sail on as it isn't to crowded and there are no
power boats so very tranquil. There is also a steam launch which is an
interesting site NB if you have ever read the Arthur Ransome books it was
the inspiration for captain flints houseboat. It was used to ferry supplies
around the lake though now is a tourist boat. The slip can be a little
crowded at points and they also hire out little electric tourist boats from
a jetty about 30 foot away. Though if u are launching a dhingy the shore
line is excellent for that so not a problem. There is an island at the far
end of the lake with a natural sheltered beach / slip to land on.
I launched by the ferry at winderemere and found it a pain as it is in the
center of the lake and busy though it is more interesrting as more is
going on. I would suggest that u launch on windermere at fells foot at the
southern end of the lake.
I have only sailed on ullswater once from the yacht club not sure what u
would do about launching.
Hope this helps any queries please feel free to email me
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Lin...@nomail.com
wrote:
>can anyone suggest where one would launch a
>dinghy from on either Coniston, Ullswater or Windemere?
For Coniston, there's the village itself which has good launching,
parking and refreshments though it can get a bit busy. If you're
camping, there's also the Camp Site which is a little further up on
the same, western, side of the lake and Brown Howe further up still
(each of the three will be perfectly obvious if you look at an OS
map). I don't recall anywhere open to the public on the eastern
shore.
As for Ullswater, try at the southern end of the lake where Tony
Longworth probably still runs the sailing school near Patterdale.
Windermere never appealed to me.
Lindsay
Simon Brooke
We used to sail from Ullswater yacht club. It's fundamentally a racing
club and non-racing people are more tolerated than anything else;
racers will be made welcome. There are a limited number of pontoon
berths, a few moorings and a limited number of dinghy places. Make
sure there is space for your boat before making a decision about
joining. Ullswater is a pleasant lake with a number of extremely
pretty little anchorages. Beware, however, winds falling off
hills. This goes for any of the lake district lakes but Ullswater is
probably the worst. *VERY* strong gusts can suddenly appear even on
otherwise gentle days; be ready for them. There is a public launch
site at Glenridding at the south end of Ullswater.
There is at least one public slipway on the west side of
Coniston. Coniston is a smaller, generally gentler lake than
Ullswater, with low wooded hills around the lake. It has, of course,
Wild Cat Island, which is ptobably a Must Visit for most of us.
Windermere is very busy and until recently was used by fast motorboats
(they may have been banned in the last couple of years; it was being
discussed). The shores are very developed and littered with 'private'
signs. It's a reasonable enough place for day sailing but I'm not sure
whether there's anywhere I'd want to anchor for the night these
days. You can hire small keelboats at Ambleside.
--
si...@jasmine.org.uk (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
Age equals angst multiplied by the speed of fright squared.
;; the Worlock
Stefan Lloyd
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> "Iain Pendry" <iain@NO_spam.> writes:
>
? Beware, however, winds falling off
> hills. This goes for any of the lake district lakes but Ullswater is
> probably the worst. *VERY* strong gusts can suddenly appear even on
> otherwise gentle days; be ready for them.
Oh yes, I have interesting memories of force 6 gusts which were also 90
degree windshifts while sailing a J24 championship on Windermere many years
ago.
flipper
Brooke <si...@jasmine.org.uk> wrote the following:
>
>We used to sail from Ullswater yacht club. It's fundamentally a racing
>club and non-racing people are more tolerated than anything else;
>racers will be made welcome. There are a limited number of pontoon
>berths, a few moorings and a limited number of dinghy places. Make
>sure there is space for your boat before making a decision about
>joining. Ullswater is a pleasant lake with a number of extremely
>pretty little anchorages. Beware, however, winds falling off
>hills. This goes for any of the lake district lakes but Ullswater is
>probably the worst. *VERY* strong gusts can suddenly appear even on
>otherwise gentle days; be ready for them. There is a public launch
>site at Glenridding at the south end of Ullswater.
>
where boat launching is possible (dinghies only i would think) and free
to campers. Might be worth pitching a tent there and using their
changing facilities ...
Info and rates at
http://www.parkfootullswater.co.uk
--
Andy
Ric
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On Ullswater many of the good launching places are now controlled by
rapacious farmers who charge you (well I don't blame them really!). But if
you go about three miles up the east side of the lake, there are a couple of
laybys that are only a few metres from the lakeside and you can get a Mirror
in the water there easy enough. But if you go in summer, you'll have to be
up early.
Ric
"Simon Brooke" <si...@jasmine.org.uk> wrote in message
Beware, however, winds falling off
> hills. This goes for any of the lake district lakes but Ullswater is
> probably the worst. *VERY* strong gusts can suddenly appear even on
> otherwise gentle days; be ready for them.
Yep, the most frustrating place in the world for windsurfing is Ullswater!
Nigel Slack
Ullswater (last went there about 3 years ago & assume he's still there).
He's on the spit a couple of hundred yards north & across the beck from the
steamer jetty. Can store a boat there, too.
Ullswater's a great place to explore in a small boat - all bays & islands -
but everything people have said about the winds is true from my
recollection,
Nige
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Sailor
launch locations on the lakes you require.
It comes complete with local bye laws which you should study if you are
unfamiliar with the Lakes.
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