How much for a night on a mooring buoy!!!!

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Had a lovely weekend, a cracking sail on Saturday down to Beaulieu. When we found no room on the river pontoon we were not disappointed as we were told there was a buoy we could use up river. It was a lovely location, peace and quiet and sheltered from the wind. I nearly choked on my lunchtime glass of wine though when I was asked for £20 for the overnight stay!!! 20 Quid to use a buoy, is that extortion or as someone who tries to anchor wherever possible, have I lost touch?!!!
 
galadriel said:
Had a lovely weekend, a cracking sail on Saturday down to Beaulieu. When we found no room on the river pontoon we were not disappointed as we were told there was a buoy we could use up river. It was a lovely location, peace and quiet and sheltered from the wind. I nearly choked on my lunchtime glass of wine though when I was asked for £20 for the overnight stay!!! 20 Quid to use a buoy, is that extortion or as someone who tries to anchor wherever possible, have I lost touch?!!!
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you would have been charged to use your own tackle
 
I suppose it depends on how £20 compares to what is charged for overnight moored to a pontoon ...

Also as it was lunchtime when you were approached for the £20 maybe you should have had an early start and left before they came around to collect the fee ...

PP
 
galadriel said:
Had a lovely weekend, a cracking sail on Saturday down to Beaulieu. When we found no room on the river pontoon we were not disappointed as we were told there was a buoy we could use up river. It was a lovely location, peace and quiet and sheltered from the wind. I nearly choked on my lunchtime glass of wine though when I was asked for £20 for the overnight stay!!! 20 Quid to use a buoy, is that extortion or as someone who tries to anchor wherever possible, have I lost touch?!!!
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£12 per night for ANCHORING off falmouth town ! Vote with your feet , like many others have done, hence moorings are empty and waiting lists for spaces now unheard of , unlike ten years ago when moorings were like gold dust and marinas were full
 
ribrage said:
£12 per night for ANCHORING off falmouth town ! Vote with your feet , like many others have done, hence moorings are empty and waiting lists for spaces now unheard of , unlike ten years ago when moorings were like gold dust and marinas were full
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£5 for anchoring above Turnaware Point. Only visitors are charged, support the needy 27 people who run the port of Truro (according to their pamphlet). Talk about job creation scheme.
 
Depends on the size of boat/ground tackle, if there are shoreside services. Doesn't sound too bad, I've seen dearer (for 10m boats) and the Solent is the busiest place in the UK for pleasure boats. I paid £32 for one night in Weymouth marina over 10 years ago in the Winter so doesn't seem too bad.
 
Well they do publish their charges here:

http://www.beaulieuriver.co.uk/visiting - I guess you must be 34-36

As for pricing, I think its about the same as Yarmouth, by the time you have paid for the showers, and roughly the same as Cowes Yacht Haven on a weekend.

Yes I agree it was a lot for a mooring bouy BUT I wonder if actually it was nicer than being on a pontoon. There is an argument (that the owner could / would make) that the mooring bouy in THAT river should actually be charged at a premium! :eek:
 
its all catching up, all those years of easy life, people are just jumping on the bandwagon. but seriously pay out money for the mooring, its insured, its checked, its certificated and if it fails you claim off their insurance, peace of mind, its a cheap price to pay.
 
I like to anchor in Newtown creek, but with a gusty NEly thought better of it this weekend. What I like there is the bloke comes along, tells you its free to anchor but asks for a donation to NT, "I'd be delighted, here, have a tenner!"
 
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Bucklers Hard has been off my list for decades due to the rip-off charges and terrible harbour staff stomping into cockpits and trying to open hatches to demand charges despite the receipt in the window and patrol boats simulating MTB's in the river collecting charges just for anchoring the second the hook hits the seabed !

I understand people say they're better nowadays but I'll happilly bypass the place until Montagu and his attitude are gone, it could be a lovely place but his attitude ruins it, the ' Master Builders ' pub is a case in point, captive market so high prices and diabolical food.

I was actually moved to buy an ordnance survey map to find better places within walking or taxi distance.
 
michael_w said:
£5 for anchoring above Turnaware Point. Only visitors are charged, support the needy 27 people who run the port of Truro (according to their pamphlet). Talk about job creation scheme.
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Are there no discrimination laws there? It wouldn't be allowed in France.
 
Lots of boat traffic on Beaulieu River this weekend.

We paid £5.50 to anchor in the first reach of the river for Saturday night. Bit breezy but flat enough.

Thinking about it, my wife mentioned that there was a free visitors bouy but I chose to anchor. Glad I did now that you've alerted me to the price.

Took the dinghy up to Bucklers Hard for a pint mid/late Saturday afternoon. Very nice it was too.

Looked busy up at there. We also saw two minor yacht collisions as we walked along the dinghy pontoon. Glad not to be on the visitors pontoons. Harbourmaster mentioned that there were three 'societies' booked in for Saturday evening.

There was also a guy who had unfortunately run aground near us in the river on Saturday evening. I tried to pull him off with my dinghy + 15hp outboard -- absolutely no chance.

Cheers

Garold
 
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