Name

 Eastney Beach, Eastney

Nearest town

 Portsmouth

Width of Slipway

 One boat width only

Condition of Slipway

 Concrete, does get shingle build up at the bottom

Launch Window (+/-) HW

 Suggest to allow 1hr either side of low water

Car Parking

 Free - Good car parking. Does get busy. Height restriction at entrance

Trailer Parking

 Free

Launching Fees

 £8.40/day, £59.44/year

Nearest Fuel

 Petrol - Filling station in Milton Road,   Diesel - Langstone Marina

Nearest Tackle Shop

Description

 Wide concrete ramp, busy in the summer, you may have to queue to launch and recover. At low tide the sand adjacent to the ramp is firm and it is possible to recover from the beach when the ramp is busy. This slip is shared with the Southsea Sea Angling Club who try to keep the slip clear of shingle with their tractor.

This slip is useable at almost all states if tide, but do not go off the end of the slip at very low spring tides in anything other that a 4 wheel drive vehicle. Countless cars caught out here and the club will to do what ever possible try to assist with our fixed winch, tractor, or 4x4 dumper trucks to help pull cars out.

Eastney Cruising Association run the two adjacent slipways. The one that launches into the fast moving part of Langstone harbour (often referred to as THE RUN) adjacent to the public slipway, is private and for the use of ECA members only. The one that launches into the part of Langstone Harbour know as 'Eastney Lake' is run by the ECA and does have public access but is tidal and only really useable 1-2 hours either side of high tide. The slips in the main channel are very exposed to south or north winds.

Other Useful Info

Very strong currents in the harbour entrance when the tide is running. Popular with jet skis, lots of high speed traffic. There is a speed limit of 10 knots in the harbour and there are restrictions on certain activities. There is access to Chichester Harbour under the Hayling road bridge for vessels of low air draught at certain states of the tide. 

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