Buying first boat - Worried about moorings

[banger]

Put your name down for a mooring on the Hamble with the office at Warsash now if you can, the payment time for the moorings is the 1st of November and some people may be giving up their moorings.
I did this three years ago and got a mooring within three months.
There is a long waiting list for 35 foot onwards but less than that you may be lucky

 

[tyce]

or move up north and moor for free.

totally unhelpful i know, i just like to feel smug about it

 

[Allan]

Nice to hear about free moorings, where are they?

 

[simonfraser]

my ideal swinging mooring location was full end of last season, start of this one i had a choice of 2

 

[tyce]

not telling yer, cos if every one knew about our 24hr tidal access non drying moorings, they would not be free for long

 

[awol]

I've passed your post to the Crown Commissioners - that should deactivate your smug mode!

 

[tyce]

can't touch us where they are, private owned land given to the town by the genorous man who owns the land and most of the county
jealousy is not a good trait

 

[Richard_Peevor]

Gosport Boatyard. Well maintained swinging moorings (24hr access) in Portsmouth harbour. Lovely motor launch daylight hours 7 days a week. All for about £1100 / 365 days a year. They have moorings free at the moment.

 

[capt_courageous]

Where is Cumbria ? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[mikejames]

As others say, go to the marinas and talk. I managed to go straight into Port Hamble despite there being waiting lists for bigger boats, with a 24 footer. However I left after some years of paying £2400-£3200 pa.
Also try yacht clubs : they often will have moorings for smaller yachts . Having a shallow draft will also help. I have a mooring on the Hamble for £550 pa ( + driving a RIB for the club in the Winter Series ) from the Hamble River SC, due to an admin. error where they thought I had a 1m draught instead of 1.5m draught. I did a survey with my echosounder and some calculations and discovered my mooring was a problem for about 1 hour every few months. So I accepted their offer.
I believe there are a fair number of unused drying moorings around the Solent as everybody wants all-tide moorings.

At one time you could get a ton of scrap metal thrown into the right part of Portsmouth Harbour by a contractor with a chain attached which cost a couple of hundred quid then you paid £10 for a mooring license. You were then totally responsible for its maintenance however.

 

[Chrissie]

I had the same problem, my boat is on a cradle in my front garden and I have my fingers crossed that I get a mooring next April.
I was warned by a few companies that I pressed for more information that they have waiting lists, but as they can never guarentee that the people who say they want a mooring will come back for it, they dont completely turn away a customer.

So its fingers crossed for December when the offers come out.
There are far more opportunities for drying moorings in the Solent, so those of us with fin or long keels struggle, and pay more! Goodluck and get those application forms filled out.... I can tell you the name of a good cradle maker if you have a drive long enough.

 

[gerryl]

Definately try www.wicormarine.co.uk. They are very helpful and my 34ft costs £1250 for a deepwater pontoon between piles from April to October.

 

[graham]

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Whats the draft, do you want swinging, mudberth/half tide or marina?


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Owning a fin keel doesnt rule out any of those mooring types provided the mud is soft enough to sit in .