Chichester moorings

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

I would like to move my boat to the South coast, preferebly Chichester. Any suggestions for swinging moorings for a bilge keel; approx cost and facilities

 

[VicMallows]

Chichester harbour moorings range from around £350 (drying) to around £1500. Have a look at the Chichester Conservancy site which has all the details

www.conservancy.co.uk

There are usually some of all categories available each year, but you might have to wait a year or so for a particular type/location.

An excellent location, and most areas safe to stay afloat all year. The two main areas are Itchenor and Emsworth. Itchenor is where the Harbour office is and has showers, but no shops without a long walk or bus ride. Emsworth is a small town with everything including chandlers. It also has most of the cheaper, dryng (aprox +- 3hr) moorings and a free taxi service at weekends during the season. Parking can be the biggest headache.


Vic

 

[VicS]

The Conservancy usually have few vacancies at Emsworth also at Nutbourne. Access to the Nutbourne moorings is the problem though. It's very restricted by the tide and a fair old distance from where you can launch a dinghy

Try also the boatyards around the harbour.

Thornham Marine have some drying moorings off the marina. I dont think they were all used last summer but they seriously dry.
One of the yards at Dell Quay may have a space but it'll be a drying mooring again.

Chances of a mooring at Itchenor are not great I would say.

 

[Fantasie 19]

Try also Langstone Sailing Club (my club) last time I checked there was no waiting list (but I'm just a pleb and may be wrong... ) & we have some drying moorings by Hayling Bridge just up from Northney Marina.. we're also, dare I say it, a friendly bunch...

 

[kunyang]

Contact the Moorings officer ,01243 512301 When I first started sailing, they found me a mooring at Itchenor straight away. It was a temporary one that moved every few weeks, but Andy the Ferry man always new where it had been moved to. They are all very helpfull.

 

[Tom Price]

On the Hayling side Wilsons Boatyard and Mengeham Rythe S.C have drying moorings. In Mill Rythe the Hayling Yacht Co have drying pontoons and deep-water swinging moorings (EVADNE of this parish keeps his Liz 29 there) with two pubs within walking distance and a new chandlery nearby at ABC Marine. At Sandy Point Hayling Island S.C have three trots of moorings both deep and shallow.

nb Vic M: two chandleries in Emsworth have closed down but Seateach is up near the station and another over at Thornham.

 

[Theshipscat]

Try also Langstone Sailing Club (my club) last time I checked there was no waiting list (but I'm just a pleb and may be wrong... ) & we have some drying moorings by Hayling Bridge just up from Northney Marina.. we're also, dare I say it, a friendly bunch...

Without doubt the cheapest moorings in Chichester, possibly the Solent. Don't tell everyone though or they'll all want one.
You could also try Langston harbour which is cheaper than Chi and has deep water moorings at good rates.

 

[Theshipscat]

On the Hayling side Wilsons Boatyard and Mengeham Rythe S.C have drying moorings. In Mill Rythe the Hayling Yacht Co have drying pontoons and deep-water swinging moorings (EVADNE of this parish keeps his Liz 29 there) with two pubs within walking distance and a new chandlery nearby at ABC Marine. At Sandy Point Hayling Island S.C have three trots of moorings both deep and shallow.

nb Vic M: two chandleries in Emsworth have closed down but Seateach is up near the station and another over at Thornham.

Has the one in marina closed down? It was open a couple of months ago. I hope it hasn't as it was fair better than Seateach and cheaper.

 

[VicMallows]

Has the one in marina closed down? It was open a couple of months ago. I hope it hasn't as it was fair better than Seateach and cheaper.

If you mean Harbour Chandlers in Emsworth Yacht Harbour, yes it's still in business. It did move earlier in the year by all of about 50m to new premises. Although the stock is presumably unchanged I can never now find the little odd bits it was always so good for!

Vic

 

[VicMallows]

nb Vic M: two chandleries in Emsworth have closed down but Seateach is up near the station and another over at Thornham.

Three in fact! (that I can remember). There was 'computer man' (Ems Marine Exchange); 'wooden leg' (OSTAR Marine) directly opposite; and another on the corner of Queen and King streets where (or near) the dental practice now is.
Vic

 

[Seajet]

I would agree with EVERYTHING Theshipscat says; in fact I'd PM'd the OP re. LSC moorings as I thought it better kept quiet !

Also agree I'd go to Emsworth Marina Chandlery every time, as do a lot of people I know. Certain larger chandleries nearby should learn that they only get to c**p on customers once, and it's remarkable how many people I know have had this - once. Happened to me after i used to go in there and literally spend several thousands a visit during a big refit; I wish I'd spent it elsewhere...

 

[Ubergeekian]

Also agree I'd go to Emsworth Marina Chandlery every time, as do a lot of people I know. Certain larger chandleries nearby should learn that they only get to c**p on customers once, and it's remarkable how many people I know have had this - once.

Is that a SeaTeach reference, by any chance? I went to their stand at Southampton Boat Show and was treated with such casual rudeness that I resolved to buy the stuff I needed anywhere else, rather than give them my money.

 

[banger]

Yes I will not use them again, I spent a lot of money on new furling gear and had to go back to get an extension for the unit, the next week I went and enquired about a set of new sails," it is all on the web site" I was told,I said I did not know the measurements as I had only owned the boat for a couple of months, " you did not even know the proper measurments for the furler" I was told in a sneering manner, fine , go forth and multiply you have lost a lot of business. A total of £3,500 this year so far.As far as I am concerned they are rubbish.

 

[Seajet]

Ubergeekian, spot on !

I went through a period of having spare money for a change, so treated the boat; it amazes me now, but I visited them almost daily for a while, in one visit alone spent over £4k.

Then a little later I fitted a leisure battery I'd bought from them, which turned out to be completely U/S.

I admit I'd let it stand about 12 months, ( 2yr warranty but apparently it had been a while in their poxy shop ) but clearly that wasnt the problem, it just didn't hold its' charge.

When I took it back the manager said "surely you can't expect me to change it", to which my reply was 'as it's faulty and I've been a rather good customer, actually yes I do !'.

It was going nowhere, so being British I left in a huff; if I'd been American or more clued up I'd have had his guts for garters.

Now the only time I go there is for antifouling - they run it as a loss leader, so as long as I don't buy anything else the joke's on them - and if I need the occasional bunch of fastenings, which I admit they do have a good stock of, though the pricing system "it's no good telling me the price on the side, I need to punch in the megadigit code" is ridiculous.

I make sure the manager sees me with my small bag of screws when this happens, I can tell by the look on his face he knows I'm spending elsewhere ( Emsworth Marina ).

"Come the glorious day they'll be the first up against the wall..."

P.S, Banger, Thank God you didn't buy their sails; if it's not too late, I'd heartily recommend Westaways of Ivybridge, Devon; good cut every time, not the lowest price but I reckon the best value. 01752 892560.

 

[Lucky Duck]

I make sure the manager sees me with my small bag of screws when this happens, I can tell by the look on his face he knows I'm spending elsewhere ( Emsworth Marina ).

The sound of gnashing teeth as he realises that he has missed out on a £1.99 purchase can be heard as far away as the east coast

 

[Seajet]

That's probably correct, but read the context of the post...

 

[Pete7]

Not the first thread on here to describe Sea Teach in such a manner. See things haven't changed since 1995 when I last visited their emporium.

Sadly I think the OSTAR marine shop is now an art gallery.

Pete

 

[Ubergeekian]

Not the first thread on here to describe Sea Teach in such a manner. See things haven't changed since 1995 when I last visited their emporium.

It beats the heck out of me why people who clearly don't like dealing with customers choose careers which involve dealing with customers. The worst hotel I ever stayed in was the ... well,let's just say it was near Dolgellau, since it has changed hands since. Stunning location, reasonable facilities and a grumpy, moaning, bad tempered owner who clearly detested having strangers in his hotel. Why the hell did he take up hotel keeping? Any efficient psychometric test (always supposing that there is such a thing) would have listed "hotel keeping" right at the bottom of possible careers for him.

 

[Seajet]

Ah but you're forgetting, the manager is extremely keen on the income, it's just that these victims will insist on 'proper service' whatever that is; the lot you encountered at the Boat Show were probably even more school leavers than the standard chandlery issue one or two*, being paid fourpence a fortnight; though when entering the shop it's amazing how much is going on in the office requiring ALL the staff - I'm sure there'd be a manager-shaped-blur if anyone treated it as 'self service' though !

*Standard chandlery issue; univerally answers to 'Jamie'. Uniform; Highlights in Hair. Attitude; a young Boris Johnson on serious tranquilisers without the wit...

 

[Ubergeekian]

Ah but you're forgetting, the manager is extremely keen on the income, it's just that these victims will insist on 'proper service' whatever that is; the lot you encountered at the Boat Show were probably even more school leavers than the standard chandlery issue ...

Elderly, grumpy balding bloke at Southampton.