pvb
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It seems that MDL has decided to stop offering lift-outs at Woolverstone Marina. Which also means no more winter storage ashore. I imagine there are some very unhappy customers.
Comes as no surprise, amount of people hauled out at Woolverstone seems to be on the demise for a few years.
More interested in keeping the holidaymakers happy in the log cabins I'd imagine.
I imagine that the other yards and marinas in the vicinity that do provide lifts will be pleased to get the displaced business.
Do the contracts for swinging moorings there include lift-outs and winter storage?
Not sure why you say this, there is a pretty large area near the marina itself, and then a huge amount up either side of the approach road.Yes, except that shore storage is fairly limited at most.
Not sure why you say this, there is a pretty large area near the marina itself, and then a huge amount up either side of the approach road.
I suspect that they can’t book the crane that they used to use, and MDL HQ don’t want to buy them a travel lift, because Woolverstone is so much less profitable than their Solent marinas.
Anyway we are booked into Foxs for the end of the month, so “I’m all right, Jack!”
Why would that be? It's pretty expensive to stop there as a visitor and when I go past it always looks rammed full........................... Woolverstone is so much less profitable than their Solent marinas.
Why would that be? It's pretty expensive to stop there as a visitor and when I go past it always looks rammed full.
Woolverstone is so much less profitable than their Solent marinas.
I was thinking that it’s much cheaper than MDL marinas in the Solent.
At Chatham, I believe they own the crane and have in August just bought the tractor rather than hiring it. The cradle lifting trailer was rented several years ago, but I do not know the current situation. Recently chatting with the manager, she said they have only 5 years left on the lease so are currently negotiating for a new longer lease than the original 20 year lease. Then more investment should be forth coming.This seems very odd.
I had been a berth holder there until September last year moving my boat to Chatham as a result of copping covid and increasing travel issues M25/A12.
Anyway as mentioned they hire in or had hired in a crane generally every two weeks or so for a week, around suitable tides. This worked well.
As alluded to there must be an issue with hiring a suitable crane.
In respect of storage, there really is enough for the size marina it is, with two reasonably large areas set west of the office and they didn’t pack em’ in. They have more space available than Chatham, where they do.
Finally, they’re pretty full. Yes there’s a turn over of berths but berths don’t sit empty long at all.
It goes without saying that although an MDL it’s not cheap, but in comparison to the South coast MDL marinas it is.