Lifting out in Chichester

[LeonF]

Am considering buying a boat from Chichester marina and they charge £205+ Vat for a lift out and hold in slings for an hour for the survey. This is considerably more than they charge even in Hamble and all for a 26footer. Anyone know anywhere cheaper that one can get to easily?

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[VicMallows]

Emsworth Yacht Harbour is certainly not that much. Give them a call. There is a cill with access about +/- 2hrs for most boats ... but check for your depth,

Vic

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[Talbot]

Try Dell Quay just up the river from Chichester, If they are willing for just a haul out and sling it will be a lot cheaper, If you are a bilgekeeler, you may be able to sit on their slipway between tides, accomplish what you want and not have to spend all that hard earned gilt.

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[BigLes]

You can use the hard standing at Bosham Quay. If you're bilge keel she'll just sit on the concrete, if you're fin you can lash up to the quay - and wait for the tide to go out. Otherwise I believe there are piles you can lash up to at Itchenor - but again you'll have to wait for the tide to go out. The advantage of Bosham is you can still get access to the boat from the Quay when the tide is out, at Itchenor you'll neeed to take a ladder!

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[Dirk]

How about next door at Birdham pool? Lovely marina too!

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[wooslehunter]

Try Hayling Yacht Co.

Thornham Marina may do a good price although access is a problem. My bilge keeled Centaur is there for the winter & I just about made it in at the top of a 4.3m tide.

Dave

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[Mhvoiceuk]

For your survey scrubbing piles are available at Itchenor and Emsworth. These should be booked through the Harbour Office, Itchenor. If it is a bilge keeler you could also get it parked on the beach by Northney Marina, Hayling Island and wait for the tide This is what I did and saved myself the money. Lift outs are expensive in Chichester Harbour. If you do buy the boat, probably the cheapest way to lift out and store is to join a local sailing club like Langstone SC, although a lot of clubs lift out in October and put you back in April and it is very hard to get the boat moved at another time.

Lots of information at:

http://www.conservancy.co.uk

http://www.conservancy.co.uk/water/facilities_for_sailors.htm

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[LORDNELSON]

Have you checked how long the Surveyor wants the boat out for survey? Quite a number used to ask for three to five days! A club is probably the best bet. I doubt if you can get her round to the Sussex Yacht Club at Shoreham but if you can they will do a lift out and re-launch over a 60 hour period for £108 (non-members)

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[VicMallows]

Please comment why a surveyor could possibly want 3 days? If to do with hull water content it couldn't conceivably change significantly in that time. Maybe he just wanted to fit the survey in when it suited him...............

Apart from that, if drying out between tides is acceptable to the surveyor, the King Street hard at Emsworth is another possibility. Depending where he(she)'s coming from it could be a lot closer. Free. Do my anti-fouling there: it's perfectly safe sound and sheltered, if a little muddy.

Vic

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[bob26]

If the boat is at Chichester Marina, the most convenient place to dry out is the public hard at Dell Quay if you can take the ground. There are even rings in the ground to secure to. Examine the ground at LW first to ensure you know how to end up on the hard and not the mud.

But such suggestions are a bit pie in the sky. Realistically if you don't own the boat you have to take the options offered where she is unless the owner (and the surveyor) is prepared to be particularly accommodating. I have known surveyors refuse to do hull sureys between tides - perhaps some would like to comment why.

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[LORDNELSON]

The reason I was given, about three years ago was that the surveyor wanted the skin (ie antifouling/paint properly) to dry off so that his readings of hull moisture content were not erroneous. I am not a surveyor , perhaps one would like to comment?

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[jhr]

Depends on how long the surveyor needs her out of the water. I'd reckon that for a 26 footer - assuming nothing seriously out of the ordinary shows up once she's lifted - an hour ought to be enough as your post implies. In which case, can you get the cost down by asking them to lift her out just before the yard's lunch hour and putting her back just after? The point being that this is wasted time when they won't be using the hoist anyway.

The reason it's so expensive to hold in the slings is because, in theory, you're taking up valuable time that could be spent lifting other boats - though I concede that they're unlikely to have too many boats to attend to in January /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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[snowleopard]

have you asked northney? i know they're mdl but they sometimes do a special offer that's worth having.

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[Jon_Eads]

Northney Marina have a 10 week winter package which offers good value for money. And yes, I have an interest! Give Colin James, the Marina Supervisor a call...

02392 466321

Jon

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[ChrisL]

We've found that wilsons boatyard, mengham rhthe, just up from sparkes is cheaper than the big chains.

It is tidal though.

Chris

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[Chris_Robb]

I think the owner may not want to take the boat anywhere else, Certainly the brokers would not want to move her, so you will probably have to have it out there. You may be able to get the owner to store ashore for the rest of the winter, and if you buy her, you will be able to antifoul her.

What are you looking at??

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