Performance Sea Kayak 2 - PSK Islands Challenge

Circumnavigations: Portsea Island

Portsea Island, along with its close neighbour - Hayling Island, seems tailor made as an introduction to the world of island circumnavigations. A relatively short round trip, it still incorporates the necessity of tidal planning in order to set a good time - and to avoid a low bridge or a muddy walk!

For a real challenge try for the double - Portsea and Hayling combined!

Note: Portsmouth Harbour is a landlocked natural harbour with a narrow entrance. It contains a busy commercial port, ferry terminals, a military range and a Royal Navy Dockyard. Check for shipping movements and follow QHM Regulations:
QHM Portsmouth
Portsmouth Harbour Entrance (Royal Navy)

From the regs: " 3e. Small boats crossing the harbour entrance may only do so to the north of Ballast Pile and may not cross the main channel until south of 4 Bar Buoy."
i.e. No cutting corners.
We know this route is paddled regularly by local paddlers and just highlight that. We don't encourage or condone that you follow suit. It is entirely your call whether it is a good idea to paddle it.
If you do, then ensure you understand and follow the specific crossing point regs!

Though part of this trip is within the more sheltered waters of Portsmouth and Langstone Harbours, it is fully exposed along the south coast of the island, please read the thoughts on safety: Safety - Info Page

Please send your GPS track file in .gpx format (or .fit or .tcx)

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Portsea Island

Route Distance: ~11 nm / 20 km
Prevailing direction: CCW

Solo

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Posn.	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Boat	Verified	Dir
1	K1M_Ski	Ralph Baker	01:59:40	17-Oct-18	Custom Kayaks Icon	Yes	CCW
2	K1M	Jon Needham	02:41:21	28-Feb-21	Rockpool Taran	Yes	CW
3	K1M	Fred Curtin-Sewell	03:23:52	24-Jan-21	Perception Essence 16	Yes	CCW

3 solo paddlers.
CW = clockwise, CCW = counter-clockwise

Teams

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Posn.	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Boat	Verified	Dir
1	Team	David Copp Giles Hudson	02:31:56	13-Sep-20	Rockpool Taran	Yes	CCW
2	Team	Jon Needham Dave Phillips	02:33:02	29-Dec-19		Yes	CCW
3	Team	Paul Barrett Rhys Hunt	04:34:23	02-Apr-21		Yes	CW

6 team paddlers in 3 teams

Comments

Portsea Island
6 completions -- 3 solo + 3 team + 0 escorted
9 paddlers in total (3 solo / 6 team / 0 escorted

Route Distance: ~11 nm / 20 km
Prevailing direction: CCW
Recorded Start Points:

Cowes (1)
Hardway (1)
Haslar Marina (1)
Langstone Channel (1)
Portsmouth Harbour (1)
Southsea (1)

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