'Across the UK'?
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Dunx
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Surely no one else sails anywhere else other than the south coast of England ??
Motor_Sailor
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Aquavista were at the boat show proclaiming to be the UK's largest marina operator.
But most of their 'marinas' are on the canals. So technically true, but not the whole picture.
But most of their 'marinas' are on the canals. So technically true, but not the whole picture.
NormanS
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Here in Scotland we're well used to such ignorance. ?
PhillM
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Technically they are correct, they do run from East to West (or visa versa). If they said 'throughout' then that would be another matter.
[70521]
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Having a quiet chuckle here as some of them are nowhere near the sea.
dunedin
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Not really even East to West methinks. They might get close to covering the East aspect, but the UK extends west through both the Isles of Scilly and Lough Foyle - both areas thankfully free of MDL.
And happy that they stay south of Watford for as long as they like.
PS. They don’t have a monopoly on marina operator arrogance - Kip has always annoyed with their self elected claim to be “Scotland’s Premier Marina”. Not sure on what basis, though possibly just highest price
PhillM
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Is Northern Ireland still in the UK? I guess that may have our most westerly inhabited point... unless we are counting Rockall, which could be a great place for a MDL marina, me thinks, plenty of passing traffic
[70521]
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<pedant alert>
My understanding is that the Great Glen Fault is wholly on Eurasian plate.
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Concerto
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Having just sailed round the UK and being a MDL berth holder, I can confirm MDL are south based. They only cover about 15% of the coast round the UK. They do not have any marinas in Scotland, N Ireland or Wales, so only England based - definitely not across the UK.
jamie N
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johnalison
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I have never had any connection with MDL but their marinas extend from Suffolk to Cornwall which fulfils my definition of a-cross, in that their presence is spread along the latitude of the UK. It would still be correct if their marinas were in Grimsby and Liverpool.
dunedin
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….. but by them claiming “across UK” they are including Northern Ireland etc, which are somewhat further West.
Less arrogant / ignorant (delete as appropriate) might have been “across (southern) England”, rather than UK
Does anybody bother to understand the different definitions of Britain, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom
newtothis
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I think you'll find marketing and geography are two separate and unrelated fields.
Neeves
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Having lived in Scotland in my formative years it became fairly obvious that to many the UK meant .... England. I think NormanS was referring to this in his post 4.
From your list Britain, Great Britain and the United Kingdom you should have really added British Isles. 'Great' and 'United' are increasingly becoming misnomers or misnomers in waiting
Jonathan
richard77777
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Long may it continue. If the wealthy southerners discover how good the sailing is in Scotland, they'll push up the marina fees.
