Location for Cardiff Bay

[Ru88ell]

First time poster - so no harshness please!

I'll have a 19' trailer sailer for next season, and as I live in the West Mids I've sort of decided that Cardiff is going to be an ideal location for the boat for a fair bit of it. I need a cost effective solution.

I anticipate having the boat on the water for the odd month at a time, or even out of the water sat on the trailer, just droping it in and out as and when needed. It would be nice if I could leave the mast stepped throughout.

I'm interested to hear what people think I should consider, taking into account CYC, CBYC and Cardiff Marina charges for short stay. If there is anywhere else I should look please let me know.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Freshbreeze]

CYC offer a very cheap way of keeping a boat, and the club is very friendly and helpful.

Cardiff Marina is more expensive, but there is electric and diesel on-site. On the plus side they do not appear to require masts to be unstepped - I have seen plenty of trailer sailers stored ashore with there masts stepped!

Hope this helps!

 

[Ru88ell]

Cheers Freshbreeze. Neither CYC or CBYC can offer what I need and weren't that helpful on the phone. The marina people were more accommodating; I could use a mixture of the marina and the dry stack. The latter requires me to drop the mast to navigate under the bridges though.

 

[Csail]

You could be cheeky and find a house really close to a slipway and offer to pay them to store the boat?

 

[Freshbreeze]

You could also try and contact Oscar. He has the pontoons just up river from Cardiff Marina.

Try searching for Cardiff Commercial Boat Operators.

Personally I do not know how to get in contact with Oscar.

Regards