Membership of Lega Navale Italiana

[wingdiver]

Hi

First time poster - /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

I understand that, if you become a member of the LNI, you can use all of their marinas around Italy, Sicily and Sardinia at reduced rates (or even for free for short stays).

Does anyone have any experience of this and know about joining, costs etc.

I have looked at the website and tried to call the contact numbers but no luck.

Thanks in anticipation.

 

[trouville]

i bought a boat specialy fitting their moorings!Mostly they are day boats found behind breakwaters with a max depth of 1.5m

I dident join but i mix with them!When theres a place!The average boat is 6/7mx50cms(depth)To join its quite easy,just wander along to a club(working fishing NOT yacht)and ask!

By now there really arnt many places to be found but if your not to big you will find a place for a day or to.

Italians are really wonderful people(98% of them)Providing your boat is compatable you wont be turned away.A new j24 may be turned away but a weatherd folkboat wont!

 

[gfbalduc]

Normally one is supposed to join a local LNI branch, but it is also allowed to join directly with the central HQ, in which case the fare is lower (forms are on the web site):
- 30€ for membership
- 20€ to register the boat (required to use port facilities)
- out of courtesy, you might also buy a burgee via the web-site... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

As pointed out by Trouville, they are very much oriented towards making sailing a popular sport, and their port facilities mostly cater for day-boats and small yachts; they are not commercial-class marinas by any means!

Availability of visitor's moorings during the high season is far from granted, of course there are a lot of members on the move, a preliminary contact by phone may be advisable.

 

[wingdiver]

OK so a cruising yacht is unlikely to find space in one of their marinas? /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

I thought that it was worth a shot as we are off on a trip around the Italian Coast soon and there seemed to be precious few places on the East Coast of use.

Thanks /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[gfbalduc]

Didn't mean to sound too negative, after all 50€ can be recovered by just one free overnight mooring... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

You mention sailing along the (italian?) east coast: be aware that most of it (north of the Tremiti islands) is not particularly charming, just low-lying coastline and beaches full of bikini's (well, there may be some value here /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif .....).

I will do the same next summer, and I plan to follow the Croatian coast, which is supposed to be much more enjoyable (and with over 1000 islands, who needs a marina, anyway?)

 

[trouville]

I wish you luck!Indeed the Croatian side is amazing,as with all wonderful places there are drawbacks.One is its jugoslavia in all but name and the bora bora which just the name is to be feared!

He must meen the west coat of Italy? Anyway on the west coast there is so much to do see eat and drink hell never make it past salerno!(which is a great place to base yourself to see Naples and suroundings.(and a good place to do antifouling or work if you need to be craned out)

I will add that there are still "transit" places which are free in some ports but you must ask the miltary capitain or the capitaneie depending on the port private of public how long you can stay. in a port such as portoferrio where there are hundreds of paid places there are only 10? transit

 

[gfbalduc]

Unfortunately, in that area there is such a gap between availability and demand that no port can resist the temptation to hire out all the places they have available! Quite often, the only places available for transit are those temporarily vacated by the residents.

The case of Portoferraio is particularly infuriating: until few years ago, it was possible to anchor (normally rafted-up two or three-deep) in this attractive small basin, paying a nominal fee; now the municipality has handed over the port to a private company for exploitation, and the result is that places have decreased, prices have become extortionate and they assign moorings only to large boats (which pay an higher fare) and systematically reject the others!!

I've sworn to myself to never go there again, but they're not the only case in the area.