Mooring fees

[Master_under_Dog]

Moorings Burnham

This is a bit off topic but I heard yesterday that Burnham Yacht Harbour are no longer going to offer swinging moorings. Explanation was that insurance costs were prohibitive.

So Jessie will be looking for a new mooring for next season.

Michael

 

[wingdiver]

Well you didn't expect anyone with rags and sticks to understand VAT, surely ?

Oi Mr Mobo!! That's, erm, raggist?!
(and anyhooo, some of us do!)

 

[PaulGooch]

Oi Mr Mobo!! That's, erm, raggist?!
(and anyhooo, some of us do!)

Looks like you need to explain it to SYH then

 

[pyrojames]

This is a bit off topic but I heard yesterday that Burnham Yacht Harbour are no longer going to offer swinging moorings. Explanation was that insurance costs were prohibitive.

So Jessie will be looking for a new mooring for next season.

Michael

If they are passing them back to whoever "owns" the river, you may be able to lease them direct, at a fraction of the cost. Works for me on the Orwell.

 

[FullCircle]

This is a bit off topic but I heard yesterday that Burnham Yacht Harbour are no longer going to offer swinging moorings. Explanation was that insurance costs were prohibitive.

So Jessie will be looking for a new mooring for next season.

Michael

Probably will be sold off to Priors. They will still exist, of that you can be sure.

 

[Lucky Duck]

This is a bit off topic but I heard yesterday that Burnham Yacht Harbour are no longer going to offer swinging moorings. Explanation was that insurance costs were prohibitive.

So Jessie will be looking for a new mooring for next season.

Michael

On a, sort of, related subject I would like to know why the pontoon fingers at BYH are so ridiculously short. In East Coast terms it is a newcomer and there is plenty of distance between the pontoons and more than adeqaute space for boats with a wider beam.

 

[Lucky Duck]

Spoke too soon

Fees for a berth just downstream of MDL at Woolverstone have been 178/m (no VAT) for a couple of years now, hopefully it will be something similar this year

Berthing renewal form arrived yesterday evening - £185/m. The cup of happiness is not exactly overflowing right now.

 

[PaulGooch]

Berthing renewal form arrived yesterday evening - £185/m. The cup of happiness is not exactly overflowing right now.

I'll swap you. Next door is £340/m

 

[Lucky Duck]

I'll swap you. Next door is £340/m

But with that crowd you expect them to never knowingly undercharge

Maybe I have unrealistic expectations, but if a club activity is generating a surplus (assuming I have read the accounts correctly) then I would not have expected increased charges for half of thier users. The logical thing to expect would have been a decrease, no?

 

[PaulGooch]

But with that crowd you expect them to never knowingly undercharge

Maybe I have unrealistic expectations, but if a club activity is generating a surplus (assuming I have read the accounts correctly) then I would not have expected increased charges for half of thier users. The logical thing to expect would have been a decrease, no?

Yes, if there is a year on year surplus, with no impending big expenditures, you probably would expect it to at least remain the same.

 

[Slow_boat]

Not much of a club if it's run for profit.

Ours is a 'DIY' club, threee work parties a year and as much work as possible carried out by members, including building and ground maintainance, upkeep of club gear, launch and recovery etc. That's how costs are kept down, members working together and that's the point of a club, isn't it?

 

[Wunja]

Mine aren't due until March, but I expect it to be around 39 Euros/square metre, Water and leccy included.

Duck and runs for cover.....

 

[Leighb]

Yes, if there is a year on year surplus, with no impending big expenditures, you probably would expect it to at least remain the same.

I think the para I have underlined may be relevant?

 

[Lucky Duck]

I think the para I have underlined may be relevant?

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