dampsticks
New member
Hi all,
Just after a bit of advice,
Keen to get into to get into boating on lough erne system. I have owned boats for past 8 years or so but always used them on lough neagh system which was fine but thinking about moving erne/shannon. I sold the small cabin cruiser I towed back and forth to lough neagh have a young family now and wife would prefer larger boat( so would I) to perhaps moor on lough erne but as it would be our first overnight type cruiser dont want to break bank with boat or mooring fees.
I have acquaintances who have a boat on lough erne their mooring fees are much more reasonable than some of prices I have read on this forum for lough erne (around 80 percent cheaper than one price mentioned at castle archdale!) however do such moorings provide a safe place for a boat?
My questions are;
Is mooring a boat on erne system safe ie from vandals, thieves etc?
I have read about trouble getting public mooring spaces does this take away from the experience of boating on lough erne.
lough neagh was fairly quiet although other boaters knowledge of how to navigate could be dangerous at times and alot of boats went up rivers at high speed even past small open boats.
is it possible to boat on a fairly small budget and have a boat moored at fermanagh? Boats I have been thinking about are freeman or birchwood type cruisers most of which seem pretty old but still run and are more in my price bracket.
basically is it worth it for a man with a young family with a keen interest in boating to splash out on a cruiser or better to stick to just hiring out a cruiser once or twice a year?
Many thanks for any thoughts/opinions/advice.
Just after a bit of advice,
Keen to get into to get into boating on lough erne system. I have owned boats for past 8 years or so but always used them on lough neagh system which was fine but thinking about moving erne/shannon. I sold the small cabin cruiser I towed back and forth to lough neagh have a young family now and wife would prefer larger boat( so would I) to perhaps moor on lough erne but as it would be our first overnight type cruiser dont want to break bank with boat or mooring fees.
I have acquaintances who have a boat on lough erne their mooring fees are much more reasonable than some of prices I have read on this forum for lough erne (around 80 percent cheaper than one price mentioned at castle archdale!) however do such moorings provide a safe place for a boat?
My questions are;
Is mooring a boat on erne system safe ie from vandals, thieves etc?
I have read about trouble getting public mooring spaces does this take away from the experience of boating on lough erne.
lough neagh was fairly quiet although other boaters knowledge of how to navigate could be dangerous at times and alot of boats went up rivers at high speed even past small open boats.
is it possible to boat on a fairly small budget and have a boat moored at fermanagh? Boats I have been thinking about are freeman or birchwood type cruisers most of which seem pretty old but still run and are more in my price bracket.
basically is it worth it for a man with a young family with a keen interest in boating to splash out on a cruiser or better to stick to just hiring out a cruiser once or twice a year?
Many thanks for any thoughts/opinions/advice.