Fiddlers ferry yacht haven.

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Anybody got any information or first hand experience, its on my doorstep but up until an hour ago never even knew it existed. Lock access to Mersey. Dont know if that is an advantage or not.
 
Snot for You Bud.
Full of Pirates and nere do wells.
Cuthroats, Estage agent types.
All sorts of Criminals, twisters and Brigands.



































Then again? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
It's a bloody long way out to the Bar from there! I guess it would take a whole tide just to get out of the river. The lock access is to stop you sitting in filthy black mud for 10 hours out of every tide. You would probably need locked gates to keep the Warrington junior mafia out too.
 
Lawsy, lawsy, lawsy......................................

*shake head with disapproval*

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On second thoughts, I could do London away games from the thames.

Now how much is fuel these days? Thirty grand a season should do it.
 
Very difficult access unless you have something that floats on wet grass, sandbanks change overnight and it has a very short access exit. Not suitable for weekending on the boat.

That said there are a couple of guys on the forum that use it for winter storage so just wait for them to answer.

Tom
 
Salford quays would be pricey. Berthing fees and then protection money to the "ordsall harbour boys"

I have been on both a seine cruiser type boat (lots of glass) and a barge to the game. Stopped egg chasing many moons ago when David Watkins hung up his boots.
 
Have a look at liverpool marina, I did a few seasons there and found it OK. It still has the problem of the tidal gate but it's at least five miles closer to the sea and has all the facilities that you could need.

Club house was always good and so were the other marina residents.

Tom
 
Does Salford Quays actually provide any private mobo berthing? Despite being a 'bitter blue' baffled I do occasionally go to the Quays for work purposes. Whilst I haven't done a scientific study of it I've never seen anything to suggest there is private berthing. I'm fairly certain that the Quays area is owned by Peel Holdings so they might be able to help you.
 
Liverpool Marina - shore facilities fine. Boating,unless very experienced & blind to the remnants of the industrial revolution - wouldn't give you tuppence.
 
Hello Baffled,

I took a look at Fiddlers Ferry and would say it's not suitable for a mobo.

The launch ramp max weight is 1 ton and its a rather steep incline. It is really for yachts with the odd mobo kept there for storage only by the looks of it.

Good Luck.
 
Oh dear. Looks like I am stuck in Menai then with Kwackers.

Thanks for all the input. On a lighter note it is Swmbo's "time of the month", she has told me she feels like an argument and so has asked if i can just ignore her!!!! " I will do my best darling........ I will do my best"

Lawsy, you cant come in Salford if you are blue.Salford is red
 
There has been a lot of adverse comments about Fiddlers Yacht Haven printed here, I suspect without people knowing the full picture. It has become more popular than it was several years ago when it was taken over by the present owner, whose name I have forgotten. It has its limitations but non are overwhelming. It has lots of positives also. You need a spring tide of at least 28 foot for a boat with a draft of at least 3 to 4 foot. Going upriver you go with the tide which is 1 hour at Warrington than Liverpool, so plenty of time and water. Its the opposite going down river, leaving at HW Warrington its a race cos its already past HW Liverpool but you do get considerable lift from the tides. Last time I left ajust before HW Warrington and manged a meal and drink at the Gazelle at Beaumaris that evening. This was in a Westerly Centaur. Nowadays the owner will meet boats in a RIB and show them the channel.

Facilities are limited, being very much of the DIY kind. However there is a lot of experience available and someone usually knows where to go for work to be done. The owner is a welder/engineer and is good at SS components.

Boats can remain in the dock/canal or be lifted out by crane onto a trailer or into the yard. I live within a 5 mins bike ride and have not heard of much vandalism or theft. I know people who have been very happy there for the past 2 or 3 years whilst doing refits. Don't think it is going to be incredibly cheap.
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I hope my comments haven't come across as being adverse because I didn't intend them to be. The place itself is lovely and we often drive out there for a drink in the pub that overlooks the estuary.

I was merely pointing out (knowing that Baffled has a 3.5 ton Four Winns 248) that the ramp itself, as far as I know. Isn't suitable for a boat of that size (it's what they guys in the yard told me when I wanted to leave my boat there)

Apologies if my post comes across as a dig. I can assure you I think very highly of the place.
 
"blind to the remnants of the industrial revolution"

That my friend is called "maritime history" /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

I will say that the Meni Straits does have a more relaxed charm about it!
However I stand by my original comment that the marina is OK.

Tom
 
Sorry Tom, a dirty piece of stone is still a dirty piece of stone, whether it's 15 years old or 150 years old. Similarly rotting and rusting machinery is still rotting and rusting machinery whatever it's age. And no, I'm not anti heritage & culture - just don't like it as the norm whilst I'm out boating.
 
Facilities are limited, being very much of the DIY kind. However there is a lot of experience available and someone usually knows where to go for work to be done. The owner is a welder/engineer and is good at SS components

Hactually, places like this can be little Gems.
Once bought a boat in Tarleton lock on the Rufford canal, same sort of set up, ie Bods fixing things with apparent ease with no apparent facilities.

The Old Wooden Lady would only make 6 kts.
11 hour trip.
Also ending in the Gazelle for a pint! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Jonathan's yard opposite the Gazelle is another Gem.Dunno what I,ll do if He ever packs up /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
Sadly, they are all slowly dissappearing, the traditional yards. Owners retires/ dies or simply runs out of income & next thing you know there are houses on the plot. The Thatcher era "quick buck" & "everyman for himself" syndromes still hold sway in most lines of business.
 
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