Cheap Mooring - East Coast.

[Dolphin123]

Hello, I am looking for cheap marina or combination of summer swinging mooring and winter on pontoon -south from Lowestoft. My boat is 27ft - 1.3m draft - long keel. Can somebody help me please. Thank you Petr.

 

[Slow_boat]

I can't really give specifics but the further up the river you are, the cheaper it gets.
I kept my Sadler 29 on a drying mooring at the top of the Crouch. Mooring, lift in and out (DIY) winter storage ashore, tender park, harbour dues and club membership was about £400 pa.
Sadly, the length limit is 28 foot, so I'm going to have to bite the bullet with the new boat.

 

[Dolphin123]

Thank you for your tips. I have single keel and I want floating all time. I live aboard and I am looking for something up to £250 per meter per year. Petr.

 

[FullCircle]

In which case, maybe Bridgemarsh would suit? At 1.3m you would only be aground for short periods during LW Springs, and would give you sailing +/-4hrs

 

[stuey_two]

April issue of PBO contained a listing of marina prices - quite a few on east Coast were well under £250 per meter.
I'm not sure how many of them allow living aboard but I know that some do.

 

[Otter]

Granary Yacht Harbour Woodbridge, access +/- 2 hours HW, float all the time, water, leccy, small chandlery (everything except clothes and electronics). £180 pm/pa inc VAT. But - shoreside facilities boatyard rather than yachty marina. Very friendly staff.

Tidemill Yacht harbour £260 pm/pa, yard rates higher, view not so nice but shoreside facilities the best on the East Coast,

 

[MoodySabre]

Fambridge Yacht Haven on the Crouch do a Summer Swing with winter in the marina. Friends pay about £1250 for a 29 footer.

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Fambridge Yacht Haven on the Crouch do a Summer Swing with winter in the marina. Friends pay about £1250 for a 29 footer.

That's a lot more entertaining with 'Summer Swing' capitalised!

 

[Slow_boat]

I'm in Granary at Woodbridge at the moment. Lovely place, great staff. It's a proper boatyard rather than a marina and it's a bit of a walk to anything. Woodbridge is a nice place, if a little 'twee'.

 

[Otter]

Which boat is yours?

 

[chinita]

Granary Yacht Harbour Woodbridge, access +/- 2 hours HW, float all the time, water, leccy, small chandlery (everything except clothes and electronics). £180 pm/pa inc VAT. But - shoreside facilities boatyard rather than yachty marina. Very friendly staff.

Tidemill Yacht harbour £260 pm/pa, yard rates higher, view not so nice but shoreside facilities the best on the East Coast,

I phoned Mel at Granary the other day looking for the same arrangement as the OP.

I was told that they removed all boats from the pontoons during the winter for dredging.

 

[Otter]

I phoned Mel at Granary the other day looking for the same arrangement as the OP.

I was told that they removed all boats from the pontoons during the winter for dredging.

A lot of us stay in. Granary is an East Coast boatyard, face-to-face is best

 

[Dolphin123]

Thank you everybody, I will put your tips on my list. Do you know somebody if West Mersea Marine on the River Blackwater drying out? Thanks Petr.

 

[MoodySabre]

The other option is a swinging mooring in Bradwell Creek adminstered for Essex County Council by Bradwell Activities Centre http://www.essexoutdoors.org/bradwell.php
These were £300 a couple of years ago.
You could then have a six month winter contract in the marina.

Access for you prob HW+/-4

 

[MoodySabre]

West Mersea Marine have deep water moorings and drying moorings.