Length of your boat?

[incognito]

Today rec'd letter from marina management. My boat is quoted in manuf. data as being 35'4" so that is what I declared it as. However, the management have been over it with a tape measure, and found it to be 37' including the windvane.

How are others' boats charged? As the book, or as the actual?

Pls post how it is for you.

 

[nicho]

I think you will find most marinas will charge for the actual overall length of the boat, including any such protusions as windvanes, davits, anchors etc. It's no good trying to get away with the boats hull length as quoted in their brochures, they'll eventually catch up with you. Whether it's fair or not is a different issue.

 

[Guest]

I\'ve got a long one too

I thought they all changed length regularly.

Has your marina measured it first thing in the morning?

Geoff W

 

[halcyon]

Our Halcyon 27 with it's windvane is 29 ft 6 ins.

Fortunatly we pay a flat £130 per annum.

Brian

 

[DanTribe]

Why are marinas so pedantic about exact length, you still take up one space if your boat is 35.4 or 37'.The parking warden doesn't come and check the length of my car when I park it.

 

[Guest]

Er where?

 

[janie]

Scandinavia

Very impressed with the two marinas we visited in Sweden, where a flat rate (100 krone) was charged. Since we were sailing on our friends' 40foot, very narrow skerry cruiser, and taking up virtually no space (especially compared to the motor boats), this seemed very fair.

 

[tcm]

130 quid sounds not bad for plonking it in a field for a year!

 

[webcraft]

I've found in the past that it's sometimes possible to shave a couple of feet off the length of a less common boat for an overnight visit in most marinas, or for a canal transit. I suppose that it's harder to get away with in a permanent berth. I've only done it in times of extreme poverty though . . .

Quite agree that the length - and beam - are irrelevant if you are taking up precisely one pontoon berth and have not had to be moved to the next size up.

These marinas must all be run by people who haven't heard that size doesn't matter.

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[halcyon]

Mylor, Falmouth, deep water swinging mooring, overlooks Carrick Roads.


Brian

 

[cgull]

My Jaguar 24 comes classed as under 7,5metres in my marina

 

[snowleopard]

Cuts both ways...

Hunter's Pilot 27 is actually 25ft. plus rudder. Didn't figure this out at first & wondered why it seemed so cramped for its size.

 

[snowleopard]

Portugal...

A lot of marinas charge on length x beam at so much per square metre. Hate the b*****s as my beam is 7m!

 

[hillyarder]

Hillyard 9 tonner. Lloyds register of shipping 32foot LOA. I told the marina 10 meters to be on the safe side. so they charge me two and a half thousand pounds. then they measure it and it turns out my rails stick out 4 inches each end making it 10.25m. they want to charge me an extra 800 quid. its a lot of money for 8 inches (if you know what i mean!).

 

[halcyon]

Think your marina is trying to con you, 32 ft plus 8 ins is only 9.96 meters,
10.25 meters is 33 ft 8 ins.

Probably swelled being in the water.

Brian

 

[jwatson]

Where do you draw the lines? When no-one can move in the marina?
It is not sensible to have a free for all, or a system that is not clear, not least from Health & Safety angle.
Regards,
John

 

[Spacewaist]

Mercury measured my HR42 and claimed it was 14.1 metres. The spec says 13.2 which is in fact 42.9 feet. I sent them a copy of the spec and they now charge me for 42 ft?

 

[tcm]

drawing the line

i think uk marinas have it about right. In the med, the berths are fixd price, so we all try and cram in a massive boat for the lower money.