Mooring expectations

[Muller]

If you pay for a 32ft mooring should you expect the mooring to be 32ft. I am moored on a mooring with 3other boats. The 3 other boats are all on the mooring to there length except one which has about 6ft to stern behind it and refuses to move. My bow overhangs the pontoon by about 6/7ft so therefore no access to clean effectively. I was moored on the sea before and this would not happen in any marina I went to. I have been "told" you can expect this on the thames but I do not think this is right. Any advise please this is really starting to annoy me and we do not go to our boat because of it.

 

[bumperdump]

where are you moored, ask who you pay the fees to, to get the other boat to shift back if possible.
Plenty on the thames don't use their boats, so youre not alone, you could chop your boat in for a 26 foot boat problem solved should bring the annoyance level down.

 

[prof pat pending]

I'm not sure I completely understand the question, but if I do you're referring to the length of the finger pontoon you are moored against. If so, it's quite rare for the finger pontoon to be a long as the boat.

Google earth some of the marina's on the thames and you'll see that most boats are longer than the pontoon they are moored against. I either turn my boat around to do the bow, or find a suitable section of bankside while I'm out on the river

 

[Muller]

Hi guys thanks for taking time to reply, I think before I posted I probably knew the answer. I think I will have to endure the situation but it does annoy me slightly because you cannot get rid of the feeling that because someone point blank refuses to move the 6ft rubber dingy floating about behind there boat that you are subsidising there mooring.
Cheers

Muller

 

[Actionmat]

That stinks. I thought that a boat needed to shove up a bit, but if they've got a smaller boat effectively in your space then I'd say you had every right to get the pontoon owner to demand it's removal.

 

[abraxus]

It would also depend on whether the marina were charging the other guy for the extra 6 ft his dinghy takes up. It's quite possible, as if you so much as have a fender off the back they'll measure that and include it in overall length. If not then you have every right to get him to move and/or complain, but if he's paying for it then fair enough.

 

[oldgit]

Down here you are charged for your total length over all.If that happens to encompass a big hideous protrusion at the front hiding the anchor and a pair of davits from which dangles a long deflated manky dinghy,tough,you pay for every last inch.

 

[Chill]

Ask the marina to mark on the pontoon each boats space to which you need to keep inside of!

 

[boatone]

If you pay for a 32ft mooring should you expect the mooring to be 32ft. I am moored on a mooring with 3other boats. The 3 other boats are all on the mooring to there length except one which has about 6ft to stern behind it and refuses to move.

Do I assume you are all moored in line astern on a single mooring run (bankside or pontoon)? If so you should expect a clear marking of your allotted mooring which would normally include a bit in front and behind.

My bow overhangs the pontoon by about 6/7ft so therefore no access to clean effectively.

Moor other side to when you need to clean the front bit - simples! Most marina moorings on fingers the boat overhangs the finger by a few feet.

I was moored on the sea before and this would not happen in any marina I went to. I have been "told" you can expect this on the thames but I do not think this is right. Any advise please this is really starting to annoy me and we do not go to our boat because of it.

Without knowing your precise location and mooring arrangements its difficult to comment further but no point letting it ruin your enjoyment. Try and sort it with the management (you should have a mooring agreement to refer to?) or, in the last resort, look for a more amenable mooring.

 

[Muller]

Hi
You have answered my expectations. This is not a finger pontoon it is moored along side on a pontoon with four boats in tandem. I was told where my mooring was from and to but obviously this is not the reality when you are told these things and do not have it in writing,hence my request for advise. With all things in life you weigh up the situation and ask for things to be put right when the answer comes back" go away I am not moving " you are left with the situation of asking the marina owner to sort it. They don't seem to want to get involved or can't be bothered and seem to come back with the answer "oh this is the thames you have to expect this sort of thing". I seem to be in a situation where I go to war over this or except the situation. I certainly will not be taken again if I decide to stay on the thames next season I will make sure it is in writing clearly marked as with any letting situation.
Again thank you guys for listening to my gripes it's a shame this has happened the thames and where I am moored is stunningly beautiful and 99.9percent of the people we have met are so friendly but the 6/7ft is hard to dismiss and because of 0.1 percent of people our first experience of the thames is marred.

 

[teddington_lock]

As you should do.

If the boat is 37 feet but you have 5 feet of bits and bobs hanging off the front and back why wouldn't you be expecting to pay for 42 feet ? Or should the marina operators just charge you for waterline length and 'swallow' the difference ? Lol

 

[Alan ashore]

I think in general the inconvenience of overhanging the pontoon by a few feet is something that you should be prepared to accept as part of the "luck of the draw" by which your berth is at the end of the run. (As pointed out, in a finger berth situation it would be norm).

There are however circumstances where it could be a more serious issue. Depending on the site of the pontoon, your boat might be a) overhanging some 3rd party's property, probably in contravention of covenants or accommodation licence terms, or b) causing an obstruction or potential obstruction to some river user, or c) in increased danger of taking damage from passing craft or, in strong flow conditions, floating debris.

If any of those or similar material issues seem to apply then you should definitely take it up with the mooring provider.

A.

 

[Alan ashore]

Moor other side to when you need to clean the front bit - simples!

Tony, there's possibly a slight flaw in that logic - think about it

 

[boatone]

Tony, there's possibly a slight flaw in that logic - think about it

Sounds like a one sided argument to me !?