About Ovni spots

The Ovni spots forums are available for members to share information about locations particularly suitable for Ovnis. This will mainly be places to dry out, but might also include others, i.e., very shallow waters.

The Ovni spots forums are available for members to share information about locations particularly suitable for Ovnis. This will mainly be places to dry out, but might also include others, i.e., very shallow waters.

We are not trying to duplicate the information in cruising or pilot guides. However, these rarely provide the information an Ovni skipper needs when drying out. Even when drying out is mentioned, it is often with bilge-keelers in mind. Ovnis can dry out where bilge-keelers might topple over. On the other hand, Ovnis are susceptible to stones on the bottom.

Many skippers hesitate to dry out in an unfamiliar location without first inspecting the spot through a low tide. Information shared in these forums may provide fore-knowledge for that decision. However, responsibility remains with the skipper and neither this site nor the submitters of information take responsibility for how it is used.

Members are not subscribed to the Ovni spot forums by default. This is to avoid email alerts about spots completely out of your area. You may subscribe to the spot forums for the regions you are interested in, or to a particular spot.

Submitting your own spot

Please view a few of the existing spots and follow their style.

Add your spot to the appropriate sub-forum region. If your region does not have a sub-forum, use Elsewhere. Administration may create a regional forum and move your spot there.

At present, spots within a forum are displayed in alphabetic order, so choose your title carefully with a location within a region after the region, i.e. River Dart – Totnes will be displayed with other River Dart locations, whereas Totnes, River Dart would be displayed with, say, Topsham.

The first line of your topic content should solely be the position in the format 50º41.06’N 001º57.95’W. This should be as accurate as possible. Others might use it to position themselves clear of obstructions, etc.

Please include a photo of the spot dried out, if you have one. The photo is to aid others using the spot – not to show off the locality or the boat. The photo should be inserted into the topic using the Insert into content link.

If you have an after thought, please edit it into your spot topic rather than adding it as a reply.

Commenting on spots

If you want to add knowledge or experience about a spot, please do this as a reply to the spot topic.

Commenting on the Ovni Spot forums and getting help

Any discussion about the Ovni spot forums, rather than the spots themselves, should be conducted in the Ovni spots topic within the Site policy forum.

If you seek help in using or adding spots information, please use the site support forum.


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