Daydream believer
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I was in Ostend years ago when I ended up letting my Stella drift away from the pontoon to avoid some damage. I then went with my sleeping bag & pillow & slept on the dock wall at the end of the RNSYC whilst other owners spent the night trying to prevent their boats crashing together. I have been in Peterhead where I have had to tie between 2 pontoons so that my boat touched neither in bad conditions. I checked with the HM that this was Ok and there were spare berths. Several boats did this. I am told that Ramsgate & Lowestoft can be difficult, although I have been in Ramsgate sheltering from gales & personally found it OK.I can think of very few places we have stayed where significant boat movement occurred even in bad weather,
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