ASHLETT SAILING CLUB.

ASHLETT CREEK.

NAVIGATION & GENERAL INFORMATION.

NAVIGATION

No.2 Buoy Port Channel Mark              Co-ordinates         50.49.97N   01.19.64W                 Navigation  Note 1          

No.4 Buoy Port Channel Mark              Co-ordinates         50.49.95N   01.19.75W      Channel marks may be seasonally

No.6 Buoy Port Channel Mark              Co-ordinates         50.49.87N   01.19.75W       adjusted to reflect the current

No.7 Buoy Starboard Channel Mark      Co-ordinates         50.49.74N  01.19.72W        channel contours    

Slip Buoy Port Channel Mark                No Co-ordinates                                                        Navigation  Note 2          

                                                                                                                                All co-ordinates WSG 84 Datum

            On approach from seaward, Ashlett Creek is marked by 3 Port channel marker buoys and 1 Starboard channel marker buoy. 3 red posts mark the shingle bank and are in transit with No.6 buoy. No.7 Starboard buoy marks the 60 Deg turn to Starboard into the western reach of the channel.  Port & Starboard posts mark the channel extremities.  Port & Starboard piles mark the speed limit & anchoring limit.  A Port post & top mark marks the end of the NFDC jetty & landing steps.  A large Port post marks the 120 Deg turn to Port.  There are Port marks on the end of the ASC pontoon & the end of the ASC jetty.  Slip is the last channel mark before Victoria Quay, & also marks the entrance to ASC Quay.  Port posts mark the junction of the main channel with South Channel & the entrance to the ASC Pool mooring area.

GENERAL INFORMATION.

HW & LW times are the same as Southampton.  Calshot reduction tables may be used to estimate the depth of water at any time using the meteorological corrections shown (see ABP Southampton tide tables).  The Creek dries out at LW springs (0.4M Above Chart Datum).  The main channel is steep & narrow at the centre, but shelves more slowly above LW neap level (1.8M ACD).  Victoria Quay at the head of the Creek dries at 2.1M ACD.  There is a public slipway to the North of the Quay, & mooring byelaws are posted on the Quay.  The lowest landing in the Creek is at the concrete steps at the end of the NFDC  (New Forest District Council) jetty; the steps dry at 2.3M ACD.  All moorings within the Creek are private.  Visitors should anchor only below the Port & Starboard piles to avoid fouling ground tackle.  The bottom dries to soft mud except where stated otherwise.  Visitors may land at the NFDC jetty steps or at Victoria Quay.  Visitors from recognised Yacht Clubs are welcome to use the ASC facilities.  Ashlett Club also welcomes visiting yachtsmen.

Note: - New Forest District Council jetty & landing steps, the adjacent Port post, Victoria Quay, public slipway & adjacent moorings are all administered by Fawley Parish Council.

FACILITIES at ASHLETT SAILING CLUB.

ASC Compound        Waste disposal facilities, skip at cattle grid entrance, power & fresh water.

ASC Clubhouse          Un-licensed, tea making & cooking facilities, toilet & telephone.  Tel:-023 8089 1764

ASC Ablutions           Ladies, Gents & disabled toilet & showering facilities.

ASC Pontoons.           ASC pontoons dry out to soft mud, walk ashore facility, fresh  water. Power at gangway.

ASC Slipway.             Adjacent to ASC jetty, no haul-out facilities, fresh water. Power at pontoon gangway.

ASC Jetty.                  Loading & un-loading only, fresh water & power at pontoon gangway.

ASC Quay.                 Mast raising & lowering facility, fresh water.

ASC Mooring Buoy.   Private, ASC members only, co-ordinates 50.49.91N  01.19.34W

                                     Note: - ASC premises and vessels (moored and laid-up) are radio alarmed

FACILITIES at VICTORIA QUAY

ASHLETT  MILL.        Real ales & bar snacks, open all day Fri, Sat & Sun.  Visiting yachtsmen welcome.

JOLLY SAILOR.          Real ales & bar snacks, restaurant, BBQs on Ashlett Green at week-ends in the                         

                                    summer. Open all day every day.

FAWLEY VILLAGE. The village lies 1/4 mile away at the top of Ashlett Hill. Falcon Hotel has real ales, food and accommodation. Fawley Garage (no fuel, nearest Blackfield 2 miles). Licensed convenience store. Chinese take-away, Cafe (open for breakfast). Buses to Southampton, Hythe, Hythe ferry, Lymington, Blackfield & Calshot.

Edited by John Ward 2005