Thank you Richard, Peter, David, Michael and Rob.
On Saturday we launched from Calshot which went well.
We were delayed by heavy road traffic on the A326 near Fawley at about 10.30am. I'm not sure why it was so busy.
I was charged about £16 for the Bayraider 20 (just under 6 mtrs) including parking for a day.
The Calshot Activity Centre staff were helpful.
There are adequate changing rooms and facilities, although a hundred meters or so from the slipway.
There was ample parking for car and trailer. I'm not sure how secure but the access road is long and it looked like it was covered by CCTV.
There were very few other boats using the slipway, despite launching on a fine Saturday in mid-summer at high water.
The slipway is wide, even and well inclined, bare concrete at the top although slippery with weed at the bottom 3 hours after high water.
There is a shingle beach next to the slipway, fairly steep, so kind-ish for the boat to land on.
It is an interesting place to sail from, with immediate access to the Solent (beware waves and big ships near the end of the spit ) and down Southampton Water.
Anyone sailing in the area needs to be aware of the considerable physical and financial dangers (justifiably huge fines) of getting near big ships which approach and change direction fast - read the pilots and study the charts. There is obviously a lot of other traffic to watch out for including ferries to add to the fun.
Photo of slipway at low water attached, including flukey shot of push-me-pull-you IOW ferries travelling in opposite directions.
Matthew
BR20 Gladys