Fowey moorings

[xeitosaphil]

Anchored off Dittisham

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Moorings off Ditsum(local terminology)? are good pub close by using tender.
If anchoring lower side of Anchor Stone make sure your anchor is well in as it shelves steeply from 7mts to 15mtrs in the space of about 25yds.
Also you can get 4 knts in the narrows on springs and heavy rain on the Moors.
Lovely spot and Aguther Christie's house at Greenaway is also close by.

 

[LadyInBed]

If anchoring lower side of Anchor Stone make sure your anchor is well in as it shelves steeply from 7mts to 15mtrs in the space of about 25yds.
Also you can get 4 knts in the narrows on springs and heavy rain on the Moors.
Lovely spot and Aguther Christie's house at Greenaway is also close by.

Looks like you are in my spot!
PS is Aguther also local terminology ��

 

[xeitosaphil]

Hopefully may see you there one day Monty ?

PS . ????
Don't you just love predictive text, spell checker, and auto correct!!

Along with that, big fingers, little phone keypad, and forgot where I put my glasses !!

Surprised anything was readable?

 

[Seven Spades]

While you are there you shod try Mevagissy not many people go there but it is lovely. It is also nice to anchor in Lantic bay if the wind is in the right direction and Polperro.

 

[lw395]

While you are there you shod try Mevagissy not many people go there but it is lovely. It is also nice to anchor in Lantic bay if the wind is in the right direction and Polperro.

Mevagissey is a fine place to stop, but last time we were there we had to wash all of our shorelines and warps which had touched the harbour water. A lot of diesel and bits of fish in the harbour. It's useful to have big fenders (fnarr fnarr).

 

[Appledore]

Mevva is a great place, but at £20 on the trot moorings, and no facilities, it's a little expensive. Still worth it for pub meals and/or great fish and chips.

 

[robertj]

Salcombe £15 for 25’?
THat is a rip off. The did this a few years ago when prices were high and were boycotted for years to come.
A free right to anchor which we have given up.

 

[lw395]

Salcombe £15 for 25’?
THat is a rip off. The did this a few years ago when prices were high and were boycotted for years to come.
A free right to anchor which we have given up.

I'm sure they're missing you already....

Not.

 

[robertj]

I'm sure they're missing you already....

Not.

another good post by you. not

 

[lw395]

You might imagine the town council debating whether they wish to atract the kind of visitor who can afford a yacht but then whines about £15 a night.
Is it the image they're trying to cultivate?
Is this the type of person who is going to make everyone else's visit a pleasure?

 

[robertj]

ANOther good one. Not.

 

[eddystone]

Apologies if this is noted elsewhere as I haven't ploughed through the whole thread but you can now overnight on the walk ashore pontoon in front of the lifeboat. Water and electricity and showers at Plymouth Gallant Sailing Club

 

[photodog]

Apologies if this is noted elsewhere as I haven't ploughed through the whole thread but you can now overnight on the walk ashore pontoon in front of the lifeboat. Water and electricity and showers at Plymouth Gallant Sailing Club

I think that’s been the case for a long while, iirc after a certain time in the evening you could go alongside overnight..

 

[longjohnsilver]

I think that’s been the case for a long while, iirc after a certain time in the evening you could go alongside overnight..

It’s all year round on the water taxi pontoon, from memory it’s 18-00 to 08-30. Electricity and water are included, cost £3 per metre. Only room for about 2 x 35ish foot boats. On the long dinghy pontoon overnight berthing starts from around mid September and I believe is significantly cheaper.

The poster who talked about paying £17 to anchor a 25’ boat, according to the harbour guide its £1 per metre, so maybe he paid for 2 nights? The staff in Salcombe are excellent, unfailingly polite and helpful, they certainly enhance the visiting experience, unlike 10 yers ago when it was completely the opposite.

 

[Dockhead]

Is one no longer allowed to anchor in the river at Fowey? It's been a few years since I've been there. but I can't imagine why it would make any sense to pay £25 for a mooring.

We always anchored at Salcombe, as well, although there we had to pay harbour dues.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Is one no longer allowed to anchor in the river at Fowey? It's been a few years since I've been there. but I can't imagine why it would make any sense to pay £25 for a mooring.

We always anchored at Salcombe, as well, although there we had to pay harbour dues.

Anchoring in the main area off the town and Polruan has been prohibited for as long as I can remember, I think it is possible and allowed higher up the river.

 

[[3889]]

How much are the water taxis from a nearby mooring to the quay?

It wouldn't be so bad if they charged as taxis do but most charge per head. I've been tempted a few times to go ashore one at a time at the Folly.

You might imagine the town council debating whether they wish to atract the kind of visitor who can afford a yacht but then whines about £15 a night.
Is it the image they're trying to cultivate?
Is this the type of person who is going to make everyone else's visit a pleasure?

Firstly, it's not £15 a night. If it was I doubt the subject of mooring costs would have been raised. Plenty of places charge a tenner for a buoy which costs no more to lay and maintain at Fowey than anywhere else. Dale provides a free pontoon. So it's not absolute cost, it's the relative cost. I would baulk at being asked to pay £2 for a Mars bar but it has nothing to do with affordability. It's to do with not wanting to nod happily when someone takes the p1$$, in the belief that being ripped off is indicative of wealth and status.
You may argue that Fowey is a pleasant location and can therefore command a premium. Should the reverse logic also be applied and Fowey residents pay a premium to, say, residents near Hinckley Point for the inconvenience of a nuclear power station supplying Fowey with electricity?

 

[lw395]

It wouldn't be so bad if they charged as taxis do but most charge per head. I've been tempted a few times to go ashore one at a time at the Folly.



Firstly, it's not £15 a night. If it was I doubt the subject of mooring costs would have been raised. Plenty of places charge a tenner for a buoy which costs no more to lay and maintain at Fowey than anywhere else. Dale provides a free pontoon. So it's not absolute cost, it's the relative cost. I would baulk at being asked to pay £2 for a Mars bar but it has nothing to do with affordability. It's to do with not wanting to nod happily when someone takes the p1$$, in the belief that being ripped off is indicative of wealth and status.
You may argue that Fowey is a pleasant location and can therefore command a premium. Should the reverse logic also be applied and Fowey residents pay a premium to, say, residents near Hinckley Point for the inconvenience of a nuclear power station supplying Fowey with electricity?

Not sure what you're on about.
A visitor's mooring at Fowey is £2 per metre per night.
That's 15 quid for a small boat or 25 quid for a 40ft boat.
That's about the same as most places on the English Channel.
Some a bit more, a few a bit less.
Some have different charging structures, I think Mev is £20 regardless of LOA for instance.

I'm told the Fowey water taxi is expensive, but I haven't used it for a long time.

 

[James_Calvert]

I'm told the Fowey water taxi is expensive, but I haven't used it for a long time.

£5 per person return

If you think of it as a premium service, to save you the bother or risks of using your own dinghy after a night out, that's not too bad.

Compare it with the price of a taxi ride from your home to a restaurant and it's not too bad.

Bit pricy just to pop ashore for a shower, but that's what the dinghy is for.

 

[Seajet]

Crucial question - how late do they run to, as in getting back from a meal and couple of pints in the pub ?