Marinas moving boats question...

[Boo2]

Hi,

I will be on a swinging mooring this year rather than a marina so this is a curiosity call only, but when people speak of marinas moving their boats occasionally do they have a key and move them round on the engine or is it all done by warps ?

Boo2

 

[Deleted member 36384]

At Largs Yachthaven the boats were moved by a small workboat along side. The marina staff would also move the yacht under power with the owners permission.

 

[johnalison]

My marina is capable of moving my boat to the lift-out and back without my presence, though I am around when possible. They do this with a small launch to tow my boat and don't need access to the interior, though they have my spare keys. Normally, they don't need to move boats around within the marina unless a pontoon is being taken out of service for some reason such as dredging. I have not heard of anyone suffering damage from their practice, maybe because they always suspend activity when it is windy. Have a word with your yard if you are worried.

 

[cliff]

At Largs Yachthaven the boats were moved by a small workboat along side. The marina staff would also move the yacht under power with the owners permission.

Same at Troon Yacht ?HAven though they normally use their work boat rather than open a customer's boat - spare keys are held but only for emergencies. By the time they find battery switches, stop cocks etc they can have the boat moved with the work boat.

 

[PhillM]

Same at Troon Yacht ?HAven though they normally use their work boat rather than open a customer's boat - spare keys are held but only for emergencies. By the time they find battery switches, stop cocks etc they can have the boat moved with the work boat.

Seems to be the same at Swanwick. Either they move my boat with the work boat, or I turn up and move her myself.

 

[Alpha22]

Same at Troon Yacht ?HAven though they normally use their work boat rather than open a customer's boat - spare keys are held but only for emergencies. By the time they find battery switches, stop cocks etc they can have the boat moved with the work boat.

+1 Same

 

[stevebrassett]

My yard use a work boat - they don't have the keys. I leave the cockpit locker unlocked so that they can get warps and fenders out.

 

[Tomahawk]

At two Yacht Haven places I have been in, gney always use a workboat to move your yacht..

No risk of anything evergoing wrong with the motor and consequent arguments..

 

[prv]

Never heard of mine moving boats around for absent owners. They don't have keys.

Pete

 

[jwilson]

Hi,

I will be on a swinging mooring this year rather than a marina so this is a curiosity call only, but when people speak of marinas moving their boats occasionally do they have a key and move them round on the engine or is it all done by warps ?

Boo2

Marinas really dislike using yachts own engines: too much chance of a problem, either with the engine itself or of owners complaints about dirty paw-marks on the upholstery while they were rummaging to find the seacocks and battery switches. Easier to use a launch towing alongside.

 

[Fantasie 19]

At Largs Yachthaven the boats were moved by a small workboat along side. The marina staff would also move the yacht under power with the owners permission.

+1

Same at Emsworth Yacht Harbour when I've been there...

 

[Martin999]

Hamble Point have spare keys and will move the boat using the engine - but only with owners written permission

 

[Angele]

Hamble Point have spare keys and will move the boat using the engine - but only with owners written permission

.... but they will use their small RIB if not. They will not, however, do this if it is windy, as happened to me back in December - engine already winterised and engine starter (and domestic) batteries 100 miles away at home. I had taken the day off work to be there for the lift out and the weather was exactly as predicted.

Very similar with Hamble Yacht Services at Port Hamble (but their RIB is a bit more beefy and it is more sheltered there).

 

[Moonshining]

Chichester use a workboat to shunt things around.

I'm not sure what they do with the big gin palaces though. I guess there must be a maximum size that it's practical to move like that.

 

[Twister_Ken]

Mercury uses its workboat, usually attached to the aft quarter of the shifted vessel that is away from the pontoon. And very good at it they are.

 

[JumbleDuck]

I think they use a crane and a lowloader in Lancashire, don't they?

On a more serious note, it's a workboat in my friendly local marina. My boat stays on a swinging mooring but goes into the marina to be lifted out for the winter. I asked last year if I could winterise the engine before she went under the crane and they said yes, no problem, they never move boats with their own engines.

 

[richardbrennan]

Both Haslar and Gosport Marinas use a rib/dory. Gosport Boat Yard use a more traditional workboat and tow yachts with it from the nearby marinas and moorings. However, when I had to leave my boat in Darthaven Marina last summer due to unforeseen circumstances, they used the boats engine to move it to a different berth.

 

[elton]

Ours use a really ratty looking little launch tied to the side, but they appear quite competent at it.

 

[BlueSkyNick]

Standard practice is for the Boat Movers to use a launch, they are doing several a day and know the wind and tide like the back of their hand. It would actually be a lot more hassle to move them under their own power, by the time they have mucked about with hatches, battery switches and seacocks if required.

At Berthon, I have a lot more confidence in the BM's than many of the owners driving the boat themselves !!

 

[stranded]

At Berthon, I have a lot more confidence in the BM's than many of the owners driving the boat themselves !![/QUOTE]


Oi!!!

Actually so do I (speaking personally)!