Slade Harbour
At a Glance
Slade Harbour was built a mile NE of Hook Head as a relief project
....... back in the 1870's during the famine and is now used by
local lobster potters. It is a small harbour consisting of an
outer harbour with a narrow entrance and an inner harbour with an
even narrower one.
The inner harbour is generally fairly crowded with
local boats; the larger potters occupying the walls and open boats
on running moorings in the middle of the harbour. There can be more
room in the outer harbour but there are still a fair few potting
boats. Outside the harbour, the bottom is rock and of poor
holding.
The harbour dries at LW so, all told it does not
lend itself as a very convenient place for any boat which cannot
take the ground inside the harbour and you'd probably find it
difficult to find room for anything above eight or nine meters in
length.
On the other hand, if you are in a smaller boat
and the weather is worsening from the SW, making the passage round
Hook Head look a bit daunting then this would be a very good place
to slip into and wait for the conditions to improve, especially as
you won't be pressured by increasing harbour dues to go back out
before it suits you.
Slade Harbour
Approach
You need to make your approach two or three hours either....
...... side of HW at which time you should have no problems
getting in.
If you are creeping round the coast from the NE watch out for the
shallows, known as Brecaun Bridge, about three quarters of a mile
from the harbour entrance. Other than that there may be a line of
lobster keep-pots outside the harbour; keep those on the starboard
hand as you approach the entrance.
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Berthing
You may be able to find a berth alongside but may have to raft with a potter.
There is not much room to manoeuvre so you could well have to warp her round when it comes time to leave. Silting in the SE corner of the harbour can reduce the depth available by as much as a meter and may cause significant "outward" lean when you take the ground.
Facilities
There are no facilities here at all apart from public toilets (and we are not sure that those exist!!)
What to Do
The keys to the castle may be obtained from Mr Richard Rice at Slade House. +353 (0)868228801
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