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

Staff are ever so pleasant, The Sadler incident occurred in the mid to late 90's. In more recent years we have had several pleasant weekends on the new river pontoons, meeting up with a number of other forum members and have been happy with the price, service and courtesy of the staff.
 
robertj said:
oh that ok then, no vested interest thee then?! lol
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None whatsoever, I have in the past enquired for a swing on the river (please note swing not marina) I was offered one for £3200 per year, I declined the offer, preferring to stay at my ABP swing at Calshot for £161. inclusive of VAT;)

But I will say this in defence of Beaulieu estates, yes perhaps their charges are high compared with other areas, but the river is a joy to transit, in part because it's not a boat parking facility like the Hamble or Lymington rivers.
 
ronsurf said:
When I started looking at this forum one thing was clear. No one complained (much) about the cost. Especially safety equipment. In fact on poster was informed it was 'ungentlemanly' to complain at the cost of sailing. Fair enough. Sadly it seems this does not apply to mooring. £20 for 4 - 6 people for a night sounds like a bargain compared to camping, to be honest. There are some campsites in the SW that charge £25 per night per person. And you have to sleep on the floor!

The irony of someone in a boat worth tens of thousands, that costs thousands to keep and maintain, is filled with hundreds of pounds worth of diesel and is used solely for pleasure complaining at overnight mooring that costs about the same as a good bottle of wine does make me smile.
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If i am not on my East Coast mooring you may use it over night for free, i have just had it serviced, so sleep tight
 
sailorman said:
If i am not on my East Coast mooring you may use it over night for free, i have just had it serviced, so sleep tight
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Some years ago I was sitting on my friends boat having just helped him get it over to Ireland, we were in Crossheaven, Cork, waiting for our flight home. A chap joined us on the boat and my friend pulled out his charts for his forthcoming trip around the SW of Ireland and the helpful gent started to put pencil crosses in various bays, sometimes with a little note, something like, 'Paddy will be away fishing, so you can use his mooring 'till next week', etc. He spoke in great detail on all the bays Jon was likely to visit with local knowledge of the 'free' moorings he could pick up. Later when this jolly character left, I asked Jon, "how do you know him then?" Jons reply with a laugh was "just met the bloke in the office!"

Fantastic!
 
Ehecatl said:
98% of all rivers and consequently the riverbeds in England are in private ownership and belong to the landowners of the adjoining land. In the River dart a part of the mooring fee includes 'River Tax'
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A large proportion of the fundus is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall. Inherited one might think by dubious and unjustified means. In exchange a few years ago for a change in his tax situation ie a good tax break, administration and collection of funds raised by rents was handed over to the Crown Estates by Prince Charles. They (CE) are charged by law with extracting the highest return they can for the use of land, fundus etc etc that they 'own'. Harbour authorities operating harbours which are D of C/Crown Estate are obliged to negotiate licences with the CE on, I think, a 3 year basis. The rent only goes up! Of the fees paid in most harbours (including marinas) about 50per cent goes to CE. This is effectively a tax but one which comes under no democratic scrutiny. Paying for use of fundus is almost exclusively a UK phenomenon based upon ancient feudal rights which permits a future king to claim ownership of many of OUR river beds. No wonder the Prince can afford to be an organic farmer etc etc!
St Barts in the Caribbean makes a very small charge for anchoring but then polices the area, provides free showers and dinghy dock - that seems fair.
I know of no where else on Atlantic coast on either side of Atlantic which charges for anchoring alone.
Ile des Saintes (Caribbean again, sorry!) have recently laid visitor moorings which cost 9 euros a night for 34 ft and reduces for longer stays. Local businesses prosper from this. You also get bread croissants etc delivered to your boat at cost!
We shall all be protesting against the charges for use of fundus which should be given up as feu duty was in Scotland 35 or so years ago. If a small separate charge element then remains to pay for facilities - dinghy dock, nav marks etc that would be reasonable.
The problem with circulating costs in various places is that it gives places charging less an excuse or opportunity to match prices ie put them up.
 
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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I was up there last night actually, the guy came along, must have recognised the boat and disappeared again..... I wasn't staying anyway. Paying to anchor is ridiculous anywhere but at least Truro are sensible about it.
 
Castlebay, Barra the nice lady came out to the mooring in her wee RIB.
'That'll be £4.75 please.'
'We'll be here for Barrafest so can we pay for 3 nights?'
'Thats for the whole week'
Now that is a bargain after looking at some of the horror stories in this thread.
 
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