Is this on?

[blackdogsailing]

I love having people rafted along side, you meet such a variety of people and you never know what the next lot will be like.

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We were in Yarmouth a few weekends ago and were directed alongside a mobo. A great bunch on board and very generous with the vino ! Then a 44 foot westerly rafted alongside us and they turned out to be great fun as well. and he was flying a blue ensign ! All this and Sharps Doom Bar ashore. Love it !

chris

 

[mollyoxford]

the other problem with Yarmouth is for the expensive mooring charges

£8 for us in the week. £18 @ weekends - seems par for the Solent. Shepards in Cowes is about the same and showers extra too (same tokens BTW, as Yarmouth, but 10p cheaper!)

 

[Vid]

How well publicised are these local Yarmouth rules? I'm an occasional visitor, usually crew on someone else's boat and I don't recall them - are they new? Are they in the Pilot book or Reeds, or on a sign at the harbour entrance? Can it be possible that this mystery visitor was unaware of the local rules?

Might it be the case that the visitor was from elsewhere - perhaps on passage - and it didn't occur to them that there was anything wrong with stopping for a night in a useful harbour, being quiet about it, then leaving?

Ignorance of the law is no defence, but where are these rules actually stated?