Another view on Fowey

[chuns]

I have a different view on whether Fowey charges are a rip-off.

On arrival in the harbour last Saturday morning, we were met by a cheerful chap in a dory, who asked if we knew where we wanted to go, and did we need any help. We declined as we have one of those clever devices to thread a mooring line through the rings on the top of buoys. On getting it out of the cockpit locker the end broke off, so we tried to pick up the buoy in the conventional manner, leaning through the guardwires. I was hardly prone on the deck before this same chap was alongside, offering to thread the line for me.

Not much later we saw a yacht lose its boathook overboard, and was vainly trying to recover it. Whoosh! The dory was there, scooped the hook out of the water, and passed it back to the crew.

Next morning, two kids in a boat offering to take our rubbish, and selling newspapers.

I don’t begrudge my mooring fee at all


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[StugeronSteve]

Obviously not too much trouble finding a mooring then. Did things fill up by the afternoon?

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[chuns]

Yes, it did. Not the busiest I've seen.

There seems to be more moorings available, though. Boats were hanging off buoyed ropes strung from the large mooring buoys the cruise ships use, and there is another pontoon just below the Bodinnick ferry.

We went up in the dinghy to look at the pontoon at Mixtow, and that was not full, and the buoys further above at Wiseman's reach were empty.

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[steve28]

Dont tell everyone !


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[JR_Hamble]

I spent two fantastic nights in Fowey last week, and despite my trying to pay mooring fees, was not approached once! I even called in to the Harbourmaster's office to settle up (on my wife's insistence) but no-one was there...... Honestly.

I spent the previous night in Cawsand on the hook, and the night following also..... four nights gratis!

I will be back to Fowey shortly, and again will try to own up, as it is not my intention to diddle, as the Harbour is fantastic, considering all the small boat and commercial traffic it receives per annum.

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