How marinas could make it safe

The question of marina pricing during the lockout has been explored endlessly on another thread. To save people huge amounts of time, energy and hot-under-the collar aggravation (one poster on the thread actually called another a ‘selfish fecker’) here were the conclusions:

A. You’re unlikely to get a reduction from a marina based on ‘loss of use’ as the marinas will simply say ‘it wasn’t our decision to close’. Some posters didn’t believe you should even ask on the grounds that other people are suffering so much more than you rich boaters.

B. Some posters didn’t want marinas to furlough staff (and pass any savings back to customers) as they felt it was wrong to trouble the taxpayer. It turned out that people with this opinion tended to be wealthy 12m ‘New Hanse of Hamble’ owners who had never heard of affordable boating. A post mentioning our (minuscule) boating budget was met with stony silence; most likely out of utter incomprehension…

C. If marinas do end up with excessive profits as a result of the crisis, the wealthy appeared happy to pay as long as everyone else agreed to be labelled as tightwad whiners (social media speak for ‘I don’t need your opinion; mummy I want to see the bad man fly…)
Please, please let’s not start the whole unedifying mess again?

If there are skint people who are still happy pay full whack, as was said in the thread - you’re adorable
 
Paulg25 said:
No.

What if you, god forbid, were struck down with a serious illness that kept you in bed for 10 - 12 weeks?

What about your boat then?

As far as I am aware most marinas still have staff/contractors working. Pay for your maintenance during lockdown.
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But I haven't been, and am perfectly able to do the work when marinas relax / wakeup.

The point of the post was to highlight how many other businesses are able to operate, and have out a huge amount of work in to be able to.

It suggests some works, and some safety rules to de-risk.

I think you missed the point somewhat with your ranty head on. :)
 
The fact that the RYA has identified 'essential maintenance' as a reason for asking for the new guidance (which seems a very sensible proposal overall) would I suggest further support the checks/maintenance of a boat afloat to be a reasonable excuse for being out of the house .....
 
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graham said:
RYA leads call for limited and controlled access to marinas
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That's good to see, but what about those of us that live a considerable distance from our boats? Willy-nilly, I live nearly 2 hours drive from my boat, and there is no reasonable sailing water substantially closer to home. And that's an improvement - I used to have an 8 hour drive to the boat! It needs not merely a let up on the regulations about accessing boats but also an acceptance that many people live at distances from their boats that are beyond the distances currently regarded as acceptable.

I also heard from Titchmarsh marina a few hours ago that they have been told by Essex police to stop the limited access that was permitted previously - I think that means no contractors.
 
AntarcticPilot said:
That's good to see, but what about those of us that live a considerable distance from our boats? Willy-nilly, I live nearly 2 hours drive from my boat, and there is no reasonable sailing water substantially closer to home. And that's an improvement - I used to have an 8 hour drive to the boat! It needs not merely a let up on the regulations about accessing boats but also an acceptance that many people live at distances from their boats that are beyond the distances currently regarded as acceptable.

I also heard from Titchmarsh marina a few hours ago that they have been told by Essex police to stop the limited access that was permitted previously - I think that means no contractors.
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That would seem odd as clearly contractors can't work from home. If that's the guidance given to the marina it would be another example of the police not understanding what their role is in enforcing the law/rules/guidance.....
 
chrisharris said:
That would seem odd as clearly contractors can't work from home. If that's the guidance given to the marina it would be another example of the police not understanding what their role is in enforcing the law/rules/guidance.....
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Marinas had no business denying access to anyone doing work, it is explicitly permitted.
 
Seven Spades said:
Marinas had no business denying access to anyone doing work, it is explicitly permitted.
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chrisharris said:
That would seem odd as clearly contractors can't work from home. If that's the guidance given to the marina it would be another example of the police not understanding what their role is in enforcing the law/rules/guidance.....
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That was my interpretation, NOT fact, and I was wrong - apparently there were a number of people there who shouldn't have been and the police cracked down. I don't know the details. See the East Coast forum for more information
 
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