Marina berths contract what is included

[Seastoke]

John Cleese would agree there.

It was to put off BP

 

[Boathook]

Perhaps he was after an insurance claim lol

Insurers take a dim view of boats sinking at a mooring !

 

[Seastoke]

Great views though, especially from some of the hotels

I was doing press ups , just because her off the yacht next berth was in my way is not my problem .

 

[Bouba]

This was the Situation. Happened slowly apparently but Only what I have been told. Not sure how you could miss that if it did happen slowly. Twas a lovely boat and might be again

Imagine if someone here bought it

 

[Seastoke]

It's good to know that, despite the vagaries of written communication on the internet, my tone in this post was successfully conveyed! I'm not sure what startled plums out of his slumber this week but he's got multiple threads on varying topics - and I suspect we are once again being played to at least stoke his ego, if not his youtube profits.

Please don’t bring Stoke into this .

 

[DougOut]

You sure on the berth fees increase? MDL Chatham is flat, this year to last. May vary across the estate of course.

Regarding the checking of boats: I’ve variously been in Woolverstone, Cobbs Quay and Chatham since the 90’s. Found all 3 MDL locations attentive to lines, fenders ‘popped’ onto the pontoon, part unfurled sails etc. With pontoon walks the norm, shortly after the shift change, morning & night. On one occasion followed by appearance of the high capacity pump.

Hi John,
Yep, I know how much I paid 2 years ago, last year it went up 9% and I've just received the renewal notice which is another increase of 9%. This was at two of their marinas on the Thames. As far as the checking of boats go I've simply reported my own experiences.

 

[rafiki_]

This is often where those who spend more time on their boats can be invaluable. Create a WhatsApp group with your fellow pontoon licencees and they will often tell you of any issue and rendered short term solution in advance of any reporting by marina staff who as said at Haslar do inspections,gritting pontoons if icy or such like. Such often in regular occupation owners (I resist the temptation to call them liveabords as clearly they are not) will be useful craftsfolk in doing simple jobs as well and perhaps have more units of time on hands to keep an eye open for that worn cable or warp or popped up fender /lose cockpit cover type item.

I reported a very nice boat, but with an open side window on C pontoon at Haslar. The marina crew dealt with it swiftly. I guess they called the owner who gave them permission to enter the boat and close the window? I have called the marina crew to remove the transom shower head during the cold snap last month. They said they had done this. When I got down to the boat a couple of weeks ago, the shower head was still attached. There must be another boat on the pontoon missing its shower head

 

[aerobat]

I can only speak for germany :

While the stuff of a marina may or may not look for owners boats its the full responsibility of the owner to keep the boat in a floatable condition and proper mooring .
No marina is liable if your boat sinks or breaks loose or catches fire . The owner is responsible for every damage and/or pollution your boat creates to the marina infrastructure or other boats .

Many marinas ask you for an insurance confirmation when you dock.

That said a good harbour master with a sober look should be standard and of course sound the alarm or even take action if your boat lists and sits low in the water - but do not rely on it .

I have two stories and both are true confirmed by my own "eyes"

1) a bigger and old steel yacht overnight slipped a loose clamp of the main fuel tank hose with the result several hundret liters diesel started flowing into the bilge until the auto bilge pump kicked in and pumped it into the harbour . You can imagine next morning ... police , firefighing units , pollution control and much more . Thankfully the owner was insured since the oil removal costs and water pollution would ruin him . Nobody sounded the alarm .

2) a wife cheated with a stranger on her boyfriends boat such severly that the harbour had wave action on a calm evening . The harbour master saw the foreign guy and called the boat owner . Everybody expected a murder to happen ...

 

[Lucky Duck]

I reported a very nice boat, but with an open side window on C pontoon at Haslar. The marina crew dealt with it swiftly. I guess they called the owner who gave them permission to enter the boat and close the window? I have called the marina crew to remove the transom shower head during the cold snap last month. They said they had done this. When I got down to the boat a couple of weeks ago, the shower head was still attached. There must be another boat on the pontoon missing its shower head

In contrast I called them because my neighbour’s bow line was about to chafe through and the owner said he couldn’t make it down until a couple of days later

A member of staff turned up, claimed they didn’t have any spare lines they could temporarily attach and wondered off

 

[John_Silver]

Hi John,
Yep, I know how much I paid 2 years ago, last year it went up 9% and I've just received the renewal notice which is another increase of 9%. This was at two of their marinas on the Thames. As far as the checking of boats go I've simply reported my own experiences.

Sounds as if life is better below the Thames Barrier in both respects!

 

[Irish Rover]

I don't put anyone on ignore

Of course not. Otherwise you might miss an opportunity to impress bore us all with your unparalleled knowledge of everything and anything, and have another crack at the world record for multi quotes.