Colregs and the Solent??

[Sailfree]

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Sailfree, considering we used to fall out on a regular basis on this forum /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif, I now find that I more and more agree with you views.

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Intelligence comes with age /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Trolls come with/from Chrusty1

 

[KristiferColumbus]

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All part of the learning process...Enter a new 'port' at low tide if at all possible to see what lurks below the surface

[/ QUOTE ] Or check your charts then follow the Nav marks in - Not sure quite how you'd get into the likes of Bembridge at low tide ...

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Navigational aids comes to a very small part of it.The rest seems to be spent on officialdom & fancy runabouts etc.

[/ QUOTE ] Maintaining harbours is more than chucking a few posts/buoys out and sitting back to enjoy the fruits of your labour!

Chi Harbour had income of £1.4m during the 2007/8 accounting period (See Here which IMHO is not a huge amount for the size of harbour...

and an extract of the assets they hold....
15. Details of Assets held by the Conservancy
Descriptions of the Conservancy's physical assets are shown below.
Harbour office 1
Dell Quay 1
Westlands Estate 1
Mooring barge 1
Vessels-Large and small 10
Jetties 1
Solar Powered Boat 2
Jetty Piles 2
Pontoons 3
Pontoon Piles 3
Vehicles 3
Bar beacon 1
JCB 1
They have been depreciated over the following periods:
Years
Operational land and buildings 50
Jetties and Pontoons 15
Jetty and Pontoon Piles 40
Vehicles 5
Vessels
-RIB 5
-Mooring Barge 30
-Solar Powered Boat 10
-Terror 30

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I was referring to the sort of horrors that can be found generally outside the main channels & are not usually marked on charts in my experience.
I agree that Harbour Authority's are necessary in controlling water skiers & miscreants generally.I guess I just resent paying for other peoples wrong doing.

 

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I agree that Harbour Authority's are necessary in controlling water skiers & miscreants generally.

[/ QUOTE ] Whilst there are patrol boats out and about in the harbour, the do not seem to spend all their time wizzing up and down stopping miscreants ...
They do assist those that get themselves into trouble, they collect dues from visiting boats (although I believe only generally if anchored in the popular anchorages) ...
If you don't want to pay towards the general upkeep of the harbour then don't come in ... QED!

Having seen what other harbours charge I think Chi Harbour is extremely reasonable for visitors/residents ... and if you're a frequent visitor there is nothing stopping you from buying a plaque for the year with the "savings" it gives...

 

[Sans Bateau]

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Sailfree, considering we used to fall out on a regular basis on this forum , I now find that I more and more agree with you views.


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Intelligence comes with age

Trolls come with/from Chrusty1

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Your intelligence or mine my friend, or is this a mutual appreciation? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

You left out DAKA from the trollers

 

[KristiferColumbus]

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I agree that Harbour Authority's are necessary in controlling water skiers & miscreants generally.

[/ QUOTE ] Whilst there are patrol boats out and about in the harbour, the do not seem to spend all their time wizzing up and down stopping miscreants ...
They do assist those that get themselves into trouble, they collect dues from visiting boats (although I believe only generally if anchored in the popular anchorages) ...
If you don't want to pay towards the general upkeep of the harbour then don't come in ... QED!

Having seen what other harbours charge I think Chi Harbour is extremely reasonable for visitors/residents ... and if you're a frequent visitor there is nothing stopping you from buying a plaque for the year with the "savings" it gives...

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Not sure what QED! means but there are other locations that don't charge a penny & I may well visit Chichester if it means that I can avoid the masses & characterless sterilization generally.I hope all the residents ar'nt as snooty as you /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

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If you find Chi too snooty, there's always langstone harbour. Pub full of jetskiers on E side of entrance.
Nice pubs right at the top, Langstone Village.
Don't know if Eastney Cruising Assoc has visitors moorings at the moment?
Not much other access to the shore!

 

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just look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q.E.D.

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I may well visit Chichester if it means that I can avoid the masses & characterless sterilization generally

[/ QUOTE ] hmm - wonder why that is

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I hope all the residents ar'nt as snooty as you

[/ QUOTE ] suprised you feel I come across as snooty ... far from it, but you moaned about the harbour charges - I just pointed out what you'd be paying towards - like the rest of us do.