Boreades
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Good luck, whichever place you choose for a new home.
Living aboard in Plymouth
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john_q
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Sandyman
I have a friend (Australian Passport delivering a UK (SSR registered boat) from Guatemala to UK and then on to Portugal in June this year
He wants to have somewhere safe to leave the boat (on a budget) whilst he does some travelling, he does not like marinas where you have to raft up as they can move the boat whilst you are away and then bugger up the ropes etc.
Do you have any suggestions on Moorings, marinas in the Falmouth area?
I have a friend (Australian Passport delivering a UK (SSR registered boat) from Guatemala to UK and then on to Portugal in June this year
He wants to have somewhere safe to leave the boat (on a budget) whilst he does some travelling, he does not like marinas where you have to raft up as they can move the boat whilst you are away and then bugger up the ropes etc.
Do you have any suggestions on Moorings, marinas in the Falmouth area?
robertj
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No miss Falmouth not nice there, people wierd not that friendly, expensive at anchor or in the pubs. Pestered with pwc's and water skiers buzzing you all the time. Plymouth is far enough I feel
Anjo
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Try Southdown Marina at Millbrook! Just over the water from Plymouth. Plenty of liveaboards here and friendly too. Plenty of countryside yet the city is so close......
hlb
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Plymouth is a great place to berth a boat. There is just about every facility you could need. Yacht Haven certainly accepted live aboards. It's got to be beter since Bobby the witch left. You'd need a car from YH though.
Falmouth is a good alternative and I find it hard to understand what anyone has against the council YH, except that the live aboards that live up river the rest of the year, think they own the place for the winter.
Falmouth is a good alternative and I find it hard to understand what anyone has against the council YH, except that the live aboards that live up river the rest of the year, think they own the place for the winter.
Skents
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Beware Falmouth Yacht Haven in winter!
"Falmouth is a good alternative and I find it hard to understand what anyone has against the council YH, except that the live aboards that live up river the rest of the year, think they own the place for the winter."
As one of those liveaboards, you might be interested to know that the inhabitants are not quite the creek-crawling crew you seem to think.
A quick mental checklist of the last couple of years worth of winter berth holders presents - two past circumnavigators (one via Cape Horn), another of our alumni just rounded the Horn on the way back to UK on a one-stop via the Capes circumnavigation.
There are innumerable crews/boats who have completed Atlantic circuits and several hardy souls who have done a Round Britain in the last few years.
It is actually a very friendly liveaboard community where people help each other out and look out for each other's boats.
We do get visitors over the winter too and it is nice to see them come and go....it's only the ones who look down their nose at liveaboards that tend to get the cold shoulder.
"Falmouth is a good alternative and I find it hard to understand what anyone has against the council YH, except that the live aboards that live up river the rest of the year, think they own the place for the winter."
As one of those liveaboards, you might be interested to know that the inhabitants are not quite the creek-crawling crew you seem to think.
A quick mental checklist of the last couple of years worth of winter berth holders presents - two past circumnavigators (one via Cape Horn), another of our alumni just rounded the Horn on the way back to UK on a one-stop via the Capes circumnavigation.
There are innumerable crews/boats who have completed Atlantic circuits and several hardy souls who have done a Round Britain in the last few years.
It is actually a very friendly liveaboard community where people help each other out and look out for each other's boats.
We do get visitors over the winter too and it is nice to see them come and go....it's only the ones who look down their nose at liveaboards that tend to get the cold shoulder.
Sandyman
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Andy
Is a yacht called Midnight Runner still in the YH ? If I remember she is a Fisher 34.
Is a yacht called Midnight Runner still in the YH ? If I remember she is a Fisher 34.
Skents
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No, Maureen and Joe are now winter dirt dwellers
Sandyman
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Tks for that. Maybe we will bump into them in the summer.
Ellie you found a new home yet ??
Ellie you found a new home yet ??
robertj
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its not a fisher 34 but a colvic 31 i made that mistake and the old trout told me off quickly. Found him a prickly character but maureen is nice.
yes they are ashore now and hating it, scooter good too!!
joe has had eye problems too but now on the mend
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robertj
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dont know why they would look down their noses at you skents what a lovely looking craft you have!
Sandyman
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its not a fisher 34 but a colvic 31 i made that mistake and the old trout told me off quickly. Found him a prickly character but maureen is nice.
Prickly is a good description but I could find more choice words.
Best say no more. Mums the word.
Prickly is a good description but I could find more choice words.
Best say no more. Mums the word.
Marea
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We lived at Yacht Haven when we first moved to Plymouth. The outside pontoons take a real battering when the wind gets up and it's a long, long walk to shore on a rainy day.
The biggest problem and the reason we left is the fact that they increase the mooring fees annually by 10%. We realised at that rate we could soon rent a flat in Plymouth for the same money.
We crossed the Tamar to Torpoint Yacht Harbour and It was more than a 3rd cheaper, with good facilities and you are in Cornwall with the beaches of Whitsand Bay just up the road.
The biggest problem and the reason we left is the fact that they increase the mooring fees annually by 10%. We realised at that rate we could soon rent a flat in Plymouth for the same money.
We crossed the Tamar to Torpoint Yacht Harbour and It was more than a 3rd cheaper, with good facilities and you are in Cornwall with the beaches of Whitsand Bay just up the road.
jellyellie
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Late reply, but staying in Brighton for now.
Just taken out an annual berth (gulp, I hate commitment) so will probably be here for a year - lots of work opportunities around as Brighton is great for the digital media stuff I love.
We've made so many friends in and around the marina, and keep finding new bits of countryside to explore even after living here for six months, so it's got a lot going for it right now. And it's cheaper than the Solent!