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Arbroath
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Flag, Red EnsignWaypoint
56° 32.88N 002° 33.83WCharts
AC 0190 Montrose to Fife Ness; AC 1438 Arbroath Harbour; Imray C23 Fife Ness to Moray Firth (incl harbour plan of Arbroath); SC 5617.2 River Tay to Montrose; SC 5617.15B Arbroath HarbourRules & Regulations
Harbour entry lights on the Starboard pierhead. Reds mean harbour closed. Traffic signals on the starboard side of the marina entrance (F.R closed, F.G open +2.5 metres over the sill.)Hazards
Narrow entrance with rocky shoals close aboard to both port and starboard. Abnormally high number of lobster pots.Tidal Data Times & Range
HW Arbroath is about HW Aberdeen + 45 (varies + or - 10 min springs/neaps) or HW Dover + 0317 ; MHWS 5.3m MHWN 4.2m MLWN 2.0 MLWS 0.8m (links)This site is designed for slower, roaming broadband connections, like you would get at sea, so it needs JavaScript enabled to expand the text.
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Harbour Master 01241 872166 VHF11
Arbroath has an inner harbour and an outer drying harbour.... ... read more
Approach
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8 comments
Update June 2022
Written by Don Thomson 3 | 20th Jun 2022
I reviewed these notes in June 2022 - small change in tariff otherwise all the same.
UPDATE SPRING 2021
Written by Don Thomson 3 | 14th May 2021
I reviewed these notes in May2021. There's not much to report; prices have increased so it's not a cheap stop over.
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UPDATE SPRING 2018
Written by Don Thomson | 6th Apr 2018
They've put in two new shower cubicles making a total of three. (But if a Cadet Training ship comes in you still need to get in ahead of them.) We've now confirmed the availability of camping Gaz. The price has gone up but they've stopped charging for shore power (basically the pound coin thingy kept breaking down so they've scrapped it)
Arbroath October 2017
Written by Ed.P | 19th Oct 2017
Entry to the harbour is certainly hindered by flagged lobster pots close to the leading line so the advice is to stay well offshore and stay bang on the leading line should be heeded. They are well visible if you keep a good lookout.
Checked depth with plumb line. Depth on the hammer heads with gate closed is only ca 1.6m. On the fingers about 1.2m. But the bottom is soft black mud and my 1.9m fin keel sank into this about 0.3m on the hammerhead no problem. The boat still moved so the mud is soft.
They try to maintain 2.6m depth and there is a dredger about to start work this week (19th October) so should clear a lot of the mud.
A beautiful place to stay.
Checked depth with plumb line. Depth on the hammer heads with gate closed is only ca 1.6m. On the fingers about 1.2m. But the bottom is soft black mud and my 1.9m fin keel sank into this about 0.3m on the hammerhead no problem. The boat still moved so the mud is soft.
They try to maintain 2.6m depth and there is a dredger about to start work this week (19th October) so should clear a lot of the mud.
A beautiful place to stay.
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Boat Lift
Written by Rockyring | 16th Sep 2016
Since November 2014 McKay's Boatyard has a mobile boat lift available. Arrangements for use can be made with the H.M.
Camping Gaz
Written by kurrawong_kid | 17th Jun 2016
In June 2016 Camping Gaz is available at Base Camp in Westport (a street) just down the hill from the facade of the railway station.
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Update Spring 2016
Written by dononshytalk | 29th Mar 2016
These notes were reviewed by Don in March 2016. Firstly, apologies to Karl (below) for my denigration of the Arbroath Smokie! Everything remains the same here apart from an increase in price.
Arbroath Smokies are NOT Kippers
Written by Karl | 18th May 2015
The Kipper is a smoked herring, somewhat akin to eating a burnt shaving brush.
The Superior Smokie is a hot-smoked Haddock. The trick to eating a smokie is to press along the dorsal surface, either side of the dorsal fin with the finger and thumb to loosen the meat. Then, flip the fish over and split one of the fillets off the backbone, opening up the fish. You can then lift the entire skeleton straight off the other fillet leaving you with just the meat! NO BONES!!!
The Superior Smokie is a hot-smoked Haddock. The trick to eating a smokie is to press along the dorsal surface, either side of the dorsal fin with the finger and thumb to loosen the meat. Then, flip the fish over and split one of the fillets off the backbone, opening up the fish. You can then lift the entire skeleton straight off the other fillet leaving you with just the meat! NO BONES!!!
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