This is a very interesting thread. The bed of the Orwell between Stoke Bridge and a point off Collimore belongs to Ipswich Borough Council who got their fingers burnt taking two sailors to court in an attempt to get them to pay twice for their mooring (ABP & IBC) and the sailors won. Now IBC seem afraid of enforcing their rights over the bed of the Orwell which is up to spring high water mark. Suffolk Yacht Harbour is dug out of the river bed so in theory it belongs to IBC. That should mean I can go into SYH and anchor for free. I am not sure about using their pontoons though as they own and maintain them but again they are on the river bed and in effect could be classed as an obstruction to the common law right to navigate and anchor on a tidal water way. I am of course thinking out loud but others views would be interesting. The same situation exists at Fox's and probably at Woolverstone tooGreat post Erbas. Thanks. Briefly I'll try and explain why. Going sailing... As I said; if you want to pay for the convenience - each to their own. Cruising is something that can set you free. It is the last frontier out there. We really shouldn't have to pay anybody once we let go of the mooring. Maybe its being idealistic but that is how I cruise. Hence why I think its sad that people are paying large sums of money as a matter of course, and why it is alarming to hear people are now paying to stop in a creek on a buoy, what next: a fee to anchor in a smooth area of mud.
Try this is asked for payment @ anchor
