Liverpool Marina

[ean_p]

To those who use or have used Liverpool Marina, what is it like? Are there good facilities? What's the social crack like etc etc?
PM if you don't want to go public!

cheers

 

[[3889]]

Pretty poor in general. Very limited access to river through lock then fierce tides which dictate your course, slightly too far to walk back from city centre at night, bar is wetherspoonish, nothing of any real interest nearby unless you're looking for a 2nd hand car. Maybe as a liveaboard working in town or over winter for Sunday racing tound the cans but if you want to sail in a pleasant setting think Conwy/Deganwy.

 

[dankilb]

+1 above - and our boat is due to move there semi-permanently this winter (we live minutes away)

What I would advocate is the novelty value of sailing into (well, past!) the city. You can also have some fun (a morning’s worth!) taking the dinghy through into the Albert Dock etc.

 

[savageseadog]

Careful everybody, negative comments might result in a ban.

 

[savageseadog]

Careful everybody, negative comments might result in a ban.

On the positive side, it does offer good shelter. Only in the most extreme weather do you have to put extra lines and fenders on.

 

[V1701]

See this thread from less than a year ago, less than positive...

 

[ean_p]

Thanks for the replies guys.......it tends to confirm most of what I have been led to understand about the place!

 

[johnsilver2]

Pretty poor in general. Very limited access to river through lock then fierce tides which dictate your course, slightly too far to walk back from city centre at night, bar is wetherspoonish, nothing of any real interest nearby unless you're looking for a 2nd hand car. Maybe as a liveaboard working in town or over winter for Sunday racing tound the cans but if you want to sail in a pleasant setting think Conwy/Deganwy.

or Holyhead (swinging moorings but excellent launch service)

 

[claymore]

Well it sounds as though Glasson isn't an option for a while. Trouble wi't locks Mr Arkwright

 

[ridgy]

Was glasson ever an option for anything other than liveaboard or winter storage?

 

[claymore]

Was glasson ever an option for anything other than liveaboard or winter storage?

There's worse places to be and its only a short shuffle out to Heysham lake and then the world is your lobster.

 

[Skylark]

or Holyhead (swinging moorings but excellent launch service)

Sorry for drift ?

Any news about rebuilding the marina? I’ve not heard anything for a while and recent emails have yet to receive a response.