Charge for storing cradle in the summer - usual?

[Amulet]

Dunstaffnage just asked for £93 for storing my cradle in the summer. I pay their annual full 12 month berth and winter ashore contract. My cradle sits in space that no-one uses in the summer. I have never been asked to pay for this before. Is this usual? Have I just been lucky in the past?

 

[Tranona]

Quite common. Just another way of extracting money. Difficult to argue against it if you have no other place to keep it.

 

[earlybird]

I've known yards charge for storing trailers, so a cradle isn't much different. It's down to the yard's policy. A modest charge doesn't seem unreasonable. I used to take mine home, but that takes effort.

 

[[70521]]

All the yards that I have been in charge for summer storage.

 

[MoodySabre]

£50 + VAT for me. Two years running they asked if they could use it as they were short of cradles and they gave the fee back. They also fitted new turnbuckles.

I used to collapse it but not now.

 

[Amulet]

So I have just been lucky in the past 20 years or so.

 

[NormanS]

Evidently, some yards charge and some don't. Mine doesn't.

 

[johnalison]

My neighbour's cradle comes to bits and he takes it home in his trailer. I'd have done the same if I'd thought about it 20yrs ago.