,be cool at low water if you have help launching but solo can be a pain,backing a distance with short draw bar like i got
but all in al ive found it close and handy for what i do except those big waves
TALKING ABOUT RAMPS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE GREENHITHE RAMP I SUGEST THAT UNLESS YOU HAVE A 4WD THAT YOU AVOID IT ON THE LOWER STAGES OF THE TIDE UNLESS YOU LOVE MUD BATHS.
straight into deep clear water
 billfish wrote:Omaha Ramp. Wide open concrete ramp - good for all tides. No pontoon right by ramp but good sand either side and floating pontoon on very close by jetty. |
| tugboat wrote: Whats the channel like exiting the harbour AC, are ther channel markers clearly showing the way out??? Whats it like approching the entrance from the seaward side in a easterly swell, does the place become a bar???? |
, BIG BIG "eff of rocks in there eh Bender 
| A C wrote: [ I've seen a few boats pass the first green marker on the rocks at the point and then pass on the port side of the next marker -
, BIG BIG "eff of rocks in there eh Bender |
| tugboat wrote: Cheers AC thats tops mate, all taken onboard, you think that rock would have an isolated danger marker on it.. |
Builder's Skeg is there abouts too.........Ol'e Rockhopper can attest to that 
| Bender wrote: Excellent seamanship - going between two green markers! There was only an unmarked�pole when I hit the rock, but I was going full noise and saw the rock about 10ft in front of the boat, and there was a pretty fair pucker factor for a milli-second. Amazing how quickly the sphinctorial muscle can contract. |
Maraitai Public Ramp
Public most tide ramp, anything above 1/3 tide and you should be able to launch and retrieve off the ramp, if you have a 4wd the beach next to the ramp on the ramp side of the wooden poles has a nice gradient and is usually reasonably solid. The ramp is not very long but the drop off is unnoticable and has a decent layer of sand over rocky mud, seems now the strocm has deposited stuff up people have launched and retrieved off the flat but you might get your car in the drink.
The ramp itself is wide enough for two boats if someone is impatient but is suited really only for one, there also is no breakwater and an easterly can blow in and make life hard, the latest storm has blown a whole lot of sand into the beach and alot of the rocks have been covered (as well as some of the ramp) but does not cause any real issues. Either side of the ramp as you move down it is munted up concrete walls, youll want to avoid these and stick to the middle of the ramp, the pictures explain it better.
The beach next to it is mostly rock free with a small patch just off the end of the ramp, i normally come in on the beach in line with the wooden poles to avoid anything as ive walked that line and found it clear and can tie up to the poles if im by myself.
Lots of parking with lights and a large turning circle, the ramp is however off a emergency helicopter pad and your not allowed to hang around there for too long (if you see a chopper, move
There is big ding on a rock which is lying to left of the starboard marks as we came in. We were a couple of meters from the poles and it was low tide with some idiot sitting in a dingy in the middle forcing us to the side of the channel. 
. We could start a thread for skegs lost and found
thanks tho for keeping it secret I have since redinged said fixed! skeg.
forgot to lift motor on me beloved club,s ramp ( MBBC )
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