Are you allowed to sleep in your boatyard?

I've never really understood boatyards not letting you have the odd night aboard on the hard. If anything it is a bonus forn them.......
 
As for the yard making life difficult, just turn the tables. Stuff them! Tell them that your mooring fees could be better spent at a more amenable yard and mention that you are a journalist and are deeply upset by their absurd attitude to boat owners staying/working aboard. Jeez, you actually *do* have somewhere else to live! Many owners reside permanently upon their boats, whether they be afloat, ashore or cruising far afield.

P.S. Every ship moored in the harbour has crew aboard overnight. Why does your lack of tonnage make you any different?

P.P.S. Where I come from, anyone banging on the hull at 01:00 stands a fair risk of getting a Schermuly pointed at them...
 
dylanwinter said:
I think I will try a night in the car and see how I get on
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I spent a couple of nights sleeping in a Nissan Micra at Milford Haven Marina while waiting to dleiver my boat with a friend who, it turned out, snored abominably. With a well reclined seat, a sleeping bag and a couple of pillows it was perfectly bearable.
 
tolhurstorganic said:
If you wanted to be a bit awkward you could just defy the rules. To get you shifted they would have to get a court order which would be expensive and take ages by which time you would be out be there anyway.
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There is another thread - rather a long one - which suggests that it is inadvisable to p*ss off people whose cooperation you need to get a boat launched.
 
dylanwinter said:
I have been offered a boat with lekky in chich harbour

29 minutes away

better than the Micra

keep the adventure alive

make a blog

keeps everyone happy

D
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Excellent for you, but what about anyone else wanting to do a bit of work on their own boat. I would be inclined to do a bit of "naming & shaming" on a forum & your blogs (but maybe wait until after launch). Oh, maybe it's a bit late now . . . :)
 
Hadenough said:
I'm gonna have to say it! Ellie got seriously flamed for "not doing her homework" before buying Elzimore :rolleyes:
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Hmmm. Ellie had more reason to check out the problems as her investment was much greater. He liability was much greater. And she didn't couch it in the same terms that Dylan has, which means he has a result and she (apparently) doesn't.
Lessons to be learned.
 
dylanwinter said:
it is a bit odd that at the end of my day under the boat I will get in the car and drive 30 miles to another yard to sleep in another man's boat in another man's yard
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That makes it a round trip of 60 miles. You may just as well spend the money on B&B and get an additional couple of hours to work on the boat into the bargain.
 
prv said:
I slept beside my old Uno on a number of occasions. I used to hang an Army poncho off the side, hooked onto the rear window washer, a scrap of coathanger over the door rim, and a string to the windscreen wiper. The other side would be pegged out to the ground with three tent pegs. Ideally, if the need was expected in advance, I'd bring my fairly substantial camp bed and that made for a perfectly comfortable night, much better than being inside a small car:
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What a great set up, thanks for sharing (having spent many a bitter cold night in the car in a layby in Glen Coe ready for an early start).
 
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