How far away do you keep your boat?

underdog said:
In the winter 12 miles on Lough Neagh (Ireland's largest lake 20 miles long by 8 miles wide)
In the Summer 60 miles on Lough Swilly ,County Donegal.
To get from Winter berth to Summer berth involves 30 mile trip Down the river Bann through 5 locks. Raise mast at Coleraine and then 50 mile trip round Malin Head (Irelands most Northerly point.)
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Always fancied Lough Swilly, in '49 - 50, when I was at RNAS Eglinton (present City of Derry Airport).
 
About 155 miles and about 3 hours. Hampshire to Devon. The Solent is only 40 mins away, which we have tried, but we like West Country spacious cruising too much. I think the key is how many times you have to make the journey. If you have the time and can stay for long periods, then distance is less of an issue IMO. When retirement comes in not too many years and thus time is no longer an issue for us, we plan to take the boat somewhere warmer a lot further away.
 
57 miles, 1 hour 20 minutes.

We've treated ourselves to a marina berth for the last two years, so once we were there we were on the boat. Previously we were about 10 minutes fewer for driving, but it would take another hour to fetch the dinghy, load up, park the car, launch the dinghy, return the trolley, the row out to the mooring. (Great when we got there though.)
 
110 miles usually 2.5-3 hours driving (lots of traffic, no motorway) but there are a couple of dinghies at the end of my garden (50 mtres ish). So I can walk to them quite quickly, but the nearest water to sail them is still 15 miles (20-30 mins) and that's only a largish pond.

I used to live 20 mins from my mooring & could sail an evening tide after work. But the River Dee isn't much of a cruising area, so the boat was moved to N Wales & then we moved to Staffordshire.
 
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Twenty-five minutes away.

I moved recently-ish in the wrong direction .... and I now don’t understand how anyone living any further from their Boat can complete the list of jobs required before the ‘Lift-In’. :eek:
 
Google tells me 1400 miles (I always carry a set of screwdrivers) Home to santander or bilbao 625 mls, then ferry to pompey 24 hrs with a few drinks & a meal 8 hrs sleep to arrive in pompey just after lunch.
Drive to Brighton board the boat then spend about 4 months sailing the south coast/france/cIs etc.Then mid september do it all in the other direction before
all that cold stuff arrives.
Used to live in west wittering & had a swinging mooring on Itchenor reach 6/7
minutes away had to dinghy to the boat.Much more fun & always seemed more boaty somehow,but age means the wife has difficulty getting on the boat from the dinghy,& I am not as nimble as I used to be,so its marinas nowadays & we leave the hairshirt sailing to all the younger ones.
We are quite happy at anchor somewhere,after a good meal sharing a drink or two.who cares if it rains.:o;)
 
There is a couple with a boat in the yard who live in Shropshire, Market Drayton I believe. thats over 200miles


there used to be a couple who lived in Doncaster, thats well over 200 miles
 
underdog said:
In the winter 12 miles on Lough Neagh (Ireland's largest lake 20 miles long by 8 miles wide)
In the Summer 60 miles on Lough Swilly ,County Donegal.
To get from Winter berth to Summer berth involves 30 mile trip Down the river Bann through 5 locks. Raise mast at Coleraine and then 50 mile trip round Malin Head (Irelands most Northerly point.)
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You learn something new every day. I had no idea you could navigate to the sea from Lough Neagh. I just had a look on Google Earth.
What's the draft limitation? Not that I'm likely to sail there - just interest.
 
Corfu, so in summer, 5miles to stansted, 3 hour flight, 10km to gouvia. Around 6 hours door to door.:)

Next week, tube to heathrow, 2 flights via 10 hour wait in athens equals 21 hours door to door.:(

Last year flight was 23 pounds return at one point - cheaper than the taxi to stansted. This year more expensive. Might move.
 
basil421 said:
You learn something new every day. I had no idea you could navigate to the sea from Lough Neagh. I just had a look on Google Earth.
What's the draft limitation? Not that I'm likely to sail there - just interest.
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The advertised limit is one metre. However it is possible with 1.5metres. My current boat draws 1.47 m. There are a few places where you will touch the bottom however if you proceed with caution at these places you should not have a problem. The channel in Lough Beg is silted but with full power it is easy to make progress even though at a reduced speed.
The pilotage of the river and Lough is covered by Michael Savage's excellent book:
"River Bann and Lough Neagh Pilot"
 
Zagato said:
I was talking to a guy the other day who lives in Reigate and used to keep his boat in Mylor :eek: That's a 5 hour drive. He did it to save money as the fees are cheaper there. Another guy I know lives near Reigate and keeps his boat in Portland, again not for the sailing area but because it's cheaper.

I'm not so sure the extra cost in mileage/depreciation/maintenance of your car would outweigh the extra in annual boat fees. I suppose it depends how frequently you visit the boat and how long you stay down for!
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My rationalisation is that I'd rather do 5*2*35 mins midweek and 1*2*90 mins (+rowing) at weekends 'cos, well, I've still go to do the 5*2 midweek commute.

Living next to the boat would be great, but right now, I frequently find that I have to do some /work/ on Mon-Fri :-(

I moved to a drying mooring 'cos I figured that 24*7 access isn't /that/ useful if you work 5 days a week...

Maybe 80% of my annual car mileage is to/from the boat - I don't use the car to pose†, so that's all a minimal sunk cost.

† Either at home *or* at the boatyard
 
10 minutes in the car. Then pump up dinghy. If there's a parking spot in Huskisson, 5 minutes to the boat, if not I have to go to the boat ramp half way up the creek and then it's 10 minutes to the boat - less if the tide's running in my direction.
Sailorbaz
 
2491 miles Crete (Google maps)
The idea of having a boat in the Med. isn't always what it's cracked up to be.
The concept of 'nipping to the boat to do a quick job/measure for something/just have a bit of piece from my long suffering wife etc.' is lost when long distances are part of the equation, so much so I am considering bringing the boat back to Newcastle, at least I can potter and visit the boat, even actually sail - or I am being silly now?
 
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