Freeloader
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Any idea whether marinas will remain open or boating will be allowed during our now seemingly indefinite period of lockdown?
Boating During Lockdown?
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James_Calvert
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We're to be allowed out for recreation.
Staff who can't work at home can come to work.
So marinas should be open and we should be allowed to use them.
As I see it....
Staff who can't work at home can come to work.
So marinas should be open and we should be allowed to use them.
As I see it....
VicS
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No . Non essential leisure venues will be closed.
Sea-Fever
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I'm not sure what makes a marina open or not but if you can get your boat out to sea then this surely counts as outdoor recreation. So the bar might be shut...is that a big deal? It might be if that is what counts as your boating experience. If no one is about to take your money when you visit a marina....well that's bit more of an issue but i suppose you could pop a tenner through the letterbox.
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I received an email from MDL last night that was a little ambiguous but essentially inferred that “you won’t be here, don’t worry we’ll look after your boat”. It doesn’t explicitly say the marinas are closed though. So some clarity needed.
sailorman
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a marina is not a "venue", like say ,cinema or any pay to enter establishment
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As usual the Prime Minister does not do detail. The changes need to go before the House of Commons on Wednesday and we might get some clarity then.
sailaboutvic
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I guess some staff will be around incase of problems , if that means you can go out sailing or not is another thing.
Most marinas easy this years where close to boat owner who want to go to their boats . Maybe the same again .
Most marinas easy this years where close to boat owner who want to go to their boats . Maybe the same again .
STOL71
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Let’s see what the RYA comes up with, but I suspect that sailing clubs and marinas may close as they are leisure facilities.
Blue Sunray
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Can I suggest that this is continued on the first thread to start on the topic:
New (England) restrictions impact on sailing?
New (England) restrictions impact on sailing?
Spirit (of Glenans)
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I would see a marina as more of a storage facility.
atol
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What part of stay at home is difficult to understand?
penberth3
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Yes, we had all this back in March. People insisting on their right to go golfing, paragliding, sailing etc. The object is to reduce mixing and travel, easy enough to understand that, I would have thought.
RupertW
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Stay at home is not the only announcement. It is also please go to work, school and university if it can‘t be done online and that outdoor recreational pursuits are encouraged.
atol
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you should be fine if you use your boat for work or if it your home
James_Calvert
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Pretty sure that boating is an outdoor recreational pursuit.
atol
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for the RNLI,marina staff etc it is not a leisure activity
Spirit (of Glenans)
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They are going to be working anyway.
I have been assured by staff at Malahide Marina just before our Level 5 lockdown commenced, two weeks ago, that they will be at work as usual.
I am just about to go and check on my boat after yesterday's storm.
James_Calvert
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They are not boating, they are working. Or volunteering to care for others.
It's not the same as the previous lockdown.
It's essentially a ban on social activity. Any outdoor recreation should be fine providing you do it either individually or with one other. Doesn't have to be exercise either.
It's not the same as the previous lockdown.
It's essentially a ban on social activity. Any outdoor recreation should be fine providing you do it either individually or with one other. Doesn't have to be exercise either.
atol
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we have people from london doing the same in cornwall,only an 800 mile round trip...............
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