Tightwad Yorkshire-style visitor gambits at Hamble Point Marina
Let's suppose you want to visit the hamble with a 50+footer, say 16 metres long. From the rate card shown elsewhere this shows a daily rate is £3.60 per metre making it £57.60. Arg. Is it really that much? Perhaps not.
The much cheaper option is thatyou ask to stay for four hours, which is 8 quid regardless of length. Continue buying blocks of four hours, six per 24 hour day, which comes to a slightly more reasonable £48 quid per 24 hours. I expect the harbourmaster will smile and accept your quick -witted proposal.
If so, this is the time to that tellim that, um, actually the main boat is 35metres long, and the big RIB on the hammerhead in which you arrived you arrived is the tender not the actual main boat which is still bumbling about in the solent - but that's still a fixed 8 quid for each short stay but length makes no difference, as agreed, remember? So still 48 per night.
Once this principle has been established, you can then advise that actually you don't need a full 24 hours - your overnight stay will be from 5pm to the following morning 9am, which is only 16 hours or 4 consecutive short stays, and hence chargeable at £32 for the night.