Demand for marina and mooring berths soars in UK

[KeithMD]

Clogging up our Marinas and boat yards. I can not get a lift out till May because the yard is full of boats that are never going to sea again.

Hang on, you've just moved the goal posts. If the boats are in a yard, out of the water, they are not filling up berths or moorings are they?

Why have a boat, not use it and stop enthusiasts and keen new comers from getting berths?

Do you want a "Use It Or Loose It" law, enforced by Police or Border Agency?
With compulsory scrapping of unused boats?
I hope you will reflect for a moment and realise that's a thin end of a very long wedge.
First they came for your boats...

 

[Leisure 27]

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I suspect I’ve done a fair few miles more than you have ( or will ever do) and due to a family tragedy have not had the heart to get out on the water for the last three years so my boat has sat idle and alone but not unloved. People’s circumstances change, illness and infirmity interfere. Think about it - it might be your turn next.
BTW I wouldn’t sell my lovely ocean going boat to you if you were the last person on earth
People posting comments like yours Leisure 27 really piss me off.

Edit. PS Sorry about the smiling turd - you don't deserve it.

You do not need to sell your boat to me . I have a really good boat which I use . All the people who are angry about my post must be the ones who do not use their boats. My friends are real sailors. Real sailors will not get upset with my post.

 

[KeithMD]

All the people who are angry about my post must be the ones who do not use their boats.

Based on what evidence? Opinion is not evidence.
I use my boat and I'm laughing at your post.
Some might say it appears to be narrow minded and dogmatic.

 

[Mister E]

I got an idea.
You pay the total cost of scraping my boat, including purchasing.
Then you can have my berth.

 

[Poignard]

Robin Knox Johnson was one of the best sailors ever. He did not get to be that by not going sailing. Why would I call Robin a coward?He did more sailing in is life than just about anybody. He must be very old now so perhaps he as health issues. I am talking about people who have boats and never use them. Not Robin. Clogging up our Marinas and boat yards. I can not get a lift out till May because the yard is full of boats that are never going to sea again. What's that got to do with Robin Knox Johnson? I think I have a valid point. Why have a boat, not use it and stop enthusiasts and keen new comers from getting berths?

A glance back through your last few posts shows that you are retired and wanting a permanent marina berth so you can live on your boat. Presumably without the inconvenience of having to pay the Council Tax that those of us who live ashore have to pay to fund the council services that you intend to be able to benefit from for free.

Have I got that right?

Anyway, if you are as keen a sailor you make yourself out to be, and you live aboard, why do you need a permanent marina berth at all?

The whole world awaits you.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

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You do not need to sell your boat to me . I have a really good boat which I use . All the people who are angry about my post must be the ones who do not use their boats. My friends are real sailors. Real sailors will not get upset with my post.

Twaddle

 

[lustyd]

I can not get a lift out till May because the yard is full of boats that are never going to sea again.

No, that would be because you didn’t organise it soon enough.

 

[stranded]

Some might say it appears to be narrow minded and dogmatic.

Others might venture even pithier descriptions.

 

[Daydream believer]

You do not need to sell your boat to me . I have a really good boat which I use . All the people who are angry about my post must be the ones who do not use their boats. My friends are real sailors. Real sailors will not get upset with my post.

I am upset with it . I suppose I am not a "real" sailor
Perhaps you can define " real " sailors please
How often & when do you expect people to use their boats to suit your criteria?
It would be interesting to know

 

[Biggles Wader]

Great thread. I do miss the old days here where people were allowed to express strong opinions and fall out with each other about them.

 

[Daydream believer]

Great thread. I do miss the old days here where people were allowed to express strong opinions and fall out with each other about them.

Just so long as we all accept that we are entitled to our own opinions & do not resort to insults - - you "£$%

 

[ctva]

Just so long as we all accept that we are entitled to our own opinions & do not resort to insults - - you "£$%

Spoil sport.

 

[Skellum]

Great thread. I do miss the old days here where people were allowed to express strong opinions and fall out with each other about them.

I’m onto my second serving of popcorn

 

[ctva]

If you can't find a mooring 'cause of all the hoggers, which anchor would be best?

 

[flaming]

If you can't find a mooring 'cause of all the hoggers, which anchor would be best?

Conversely which anchor is easiest for the hoggers to swallow?

 

[Kurrawong_Kid]

Conversely which anchor is easiest for the hoggers to swallow?

Most likely the one that comes to us all one day; for some sooner than others!

 

[Daydream believer]

If you can't find a mooring 'cause of all the hoggers, which anchor would be best?

Would not need an anchor to come on to the St Lawrence Fairway where we have mooring spaces & a brilliant cruising area, Some of it sheltered enough,& within easy reach of foriegn shores if you do not mind the hassle of schengan etc
moorings

 

[Daydream believer]

I’m onto my second serving of popcorn

I suppose that not being happy hogging a berth, you now want to hog the forum with pointless posts--- Typical

 

[Laysula]

The boat next to me never moves. Quite pleasing really, wouldn't want to be next to a visitor berth or one of those people who struggle to control their boat.

 

[KeithMD]

wouldn't want to be next to a visitor berth or one of those people who struggle to control their boat.

That would be a great thread in its own right - "Berthing disasters we have witnessed"

I've seen a few in Mayflower, when neighbours lost control while trying to get back into their berth, usually with an adverse wind as they cut engine power. Or they were trying to reverse out of their berth, but misjudged their prop kick and ended-up in an awkward position. The best ones end-up pinned by the wind across the stern of other boats. While M'Lady and I watched from the next row of boats with a glass of wine in hand. We didn't have any popcorn.

It's never happened to us of course (cough) - at least not with witnesses to tell the tale.