If you use Dry Stack, what benefit package would you like?

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I'm after some help.

As a user of a popular dry stack on the south coast I have been asked by the marina what would be nice to have included in a Dry Stack package to make it an attractive alternative to mooring on a pontoon. This is due to me raising with the marina following this years price increase that most of the "benefits" listed in the glossy brochure are of little interest to many dry stack users.

Any suggestions
 
Free electric hook up inside the actual building (difficult for above ground levels I know), free internet, internet based web cams so you can view in real time your boat. Just ideas I would like to see in my drystack (maybe same drystack you are talking about)?
 
masonni said:
I'm after some help.

As a user of a popular dry stack on the south coast I have been asked by the marina what would be nice to have included in a Dry Stack package to make it an attractive alternative to mooring on a pontoon. This is due to me raising with the marina following this years price increase that most of the "benefits" listed in the glossy brochure are of little interest to many dry stack users.


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Totally agree as a Drystack customer myself, I have had the same discussion with the Marina Manager each year. 95% of the benefits offered in the glossy brochure are of no use to the dry stack customer

Devon805 said:
Free electric hook up inside the actual building (difficult for above ground levels I know), free internet, internet based web cams so you can view in real time your boat. Just ideas I would like to see in my drystack (maybe same drystack you are talking about)?
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We have electric hook up where ever the boat is in the rack. However I am on an outside drystack. But understand the insurance issues with indoor drystacks, Electric is off course charged by what is used

Garold said:
Free boat washing before the boat is put away.

Or maybe not free, but perhaps subsidised


Garold
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The boat always gets a jet wash of the hull and scrub with detergent by the marina staff

The ultimate drystack for me would be what a company called Rotadock were proposing a couple of years ago, Unfortunately I believe they failled to get the investemnt to build the project. A fuel berth would also be high on the list
http://rotadock.com/
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I am at the Trafalgar Wharf drystack. We have wifi, and boat is washed every time they stack it. Showers, tea room, and free Seastart too.
The only downside is that you don't get the 'free' days at their other marinas around the country that you get with some packages.
All in all I am very happy there.
 
The advantage of being in the water is the pontoon life and post cruising time. When I am not at the boat, I don't care if it is in the water or a stack. So,stack it when I don't use it, and give me a berth when I do. Not sure that is practical or cost effective, but if it was cheaper ... !
 
gjgm said:
The advantage of being in the water is the pontoon life and post cruising time. When I am not at the boat, I don't care if it is in the water or a stack. So,stack it when I don't use it, and give me a berth when I do. Not sure that is practical or cost effective, but if it was cheaper ... !
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Thats a really good idea, I for one would be very happy with that. I've often thought it would be great to finish up a day out etc and just chill alongside.
 
Barleycorn said:
I am at the Trafalgar Wharf drystack. We have wifi, and boat is washed every time they stack it. Showers, tea room, and free Seastart too.
The only downside is that you don't get the 'free' days at their other marinas around the country that you get with some packages.
All in all I am very happy there.
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Had a look around Trafalgar Wharf this year, was dissapointed to be honest, They advertise valet fuelling but I was told that fuel is not available at weekends . you have to go to Gosport, All electrics have to be completely turned off, Even automatic bilges , Price wise it was more expensive that Saxon Wharf. No Power to the boat,
 
Ian h said:
Had a look around Trafalgar Wharf this year, was dissapointed to be honest, They advertise valet fuelling but I was told that fuel is not available at weekends . you have to go to Gosport, All electrics have to be completely turned off, Even automatic bilges , Price wise it was more expensive that Saxon Wharf. No Power to the boat,
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Valet fuelling means the boat is fuelled when you are absent! So, phone up & she's ready to go: simples!!
Battery charging: phone up & get her put on a service rack. Yup, not as good as a pontoon supply but then out of the water & weather so you take your pick. I love not having to plan to or actually queue for fuel!
 
Gentlemanracer said:
Valet fuelling means the boat is fuelled when you are absent! So, phone up & she's ready to go: simples!!
Battery charging: phone up & get her put on a service rack. Yup, not as good as a pontoon supply but then out of the water & weather so you take your pick. I love not having to plan to or actually queue for fuel!
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So they refuel during week and put boat back on rack? That's not bad then . I assumed when you phoned up for a launch they fuelled at same time. Yes agree hate waiting for fuel. How often will they drop boat down and plug in for charging?
What about heating during winter? Or does the shed not get that cold ?
 
Fuelled up when you arrive would be fab. It has always struck me as slightly bizarre that they don't have a fuel pump actually on the dry side of the dock, all the boats go past on the lifting truck so it takes two minutes to stop and fuel it, much quicker that doing it all by water where you have to berth and un berth, then re berth to go back in the stack. the added bonus is they could fuel cars as well, if the price was competitive, it would be a good way to keep the petrol fresh. Many marinas abroad have the fuel direct from the fuel station that is on the road outside the marina and as they don't have red diesel, all the fuel turns over much quicker.
 
gjgm said:
The advantage of being in the water is the pontoon life and post cruising time. When I am not at the boat, I don't care if it is in the water or a stack. So,stack it when I don't use it, and give me a berth when I do. Not sure that is practical or cost effective, but if it was cheaper ... !
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This is a pretty good description of our MDL dry stack with freedom berthing. We often spend a week or two on a berth and not just at Hamble Point. Since November we have been to Cobbs Quay, Hythe & Ocean Village twice, I just wish there was an MDL marina on the IOW.
Hamble Point have also reduced their Dry Stack fees quite dramatically.
 
For me, it would be a big incentive if the dry stack operator offered a guaranteed minimum time to launch ahead of use (in hours not days!). The size of boats in dry stacks tends towards day boating use. So I would like to think that if I woke up on Saturday morning and it was unexpectedly nice I could mail the operator and be sure the boat would be in the water ready to go a couple of hours later without having to beg and expect to wait.
 
Chamaerops said:
This is a pretty good description of our MDL dry stack with freedom berthing. We often spend a week or two on a berth and not just at Hamble Point. Since November we have been to Cobbs Quay, Hythe & Ocean Village twice, I just wish there was an MDL marina on the IOW.
Hamble Point have also reduced their Dry Stack fees quite dramatically.
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That's interesting Cham because I had a quote late 2014 for Hamble Point drystack and it was roughly 50% more than at Swanwick, so I opted for Swanwick.

i wonder if I had my quote before or after the price reduction. I think it was about £6 to 6.5k for a boat the same size as yours.

Garold
 
Chamaerops said:
This is a pretty good description of our MDL dry stack with freedom berthing. We often spend a week or two on a berth and not just at Hamble Point. Since November we have been to Cobbs Quay, Hythe & Ocean Village twice, I just wish there was an MDL marina on the IOW.
Hamble Point have also reduced their Dry Stack fees quite dramatically.
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Ah, maybe it changed. Some time ago, I didn't think you got any berthing rights.
 
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