LBRodders
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I would do that at a drop of a hat. It has got to be the future for sub 12m boats.
Moorings v Marinas
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I would do that at a drop of a hat. It has got to be the future for sub 12m boats.
Seastoke
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I can tell.To be honest, no I dont and maybe I should. The honest answer is I dont get to see my boat from a pontoon walkway and alongside other boats. When you're on the boat it's all white and the interior is clean. You dont notice the salt glazing and dont really mind it quite frankly. On a mooring it's not a competition and once a year she gets her cut and polish which brings here up all shiny and new. It's bird poo on the nice warm covers (being black) that really gets my goat. See above pic, also note unless you compare side by side on the water you cant really tell the difference. It's just in the head imo. Does the pic in the previous post look particularly dirty to you? Compared....
Seastoke
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In Conwy the berth holders vote members in , thats why Rodders and Brucek are on moorings . One has to keep standards you see old boy.
BruceK
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jointventureII
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Had a (small) boat on a swinging mooring for 10 years or so when I was a kid until about 21.
Jersey being extremely tidal, the biggest bonus was no bothers about tides. Looking back, it was great but only if you see getting to the boat as part of the fun. We had a mooring on the north east corner of the island so very close to Les Ecrehous and the Normandy coast.
Don't think I've seen it mentioned but maintaining a swinging mooring is not easy either. I used to do it myself on a big low tide as the depth dropped to 8-9ft, but the chain needed changing every 2-3 years (even though we used to drop it to the seabed during winter), as there is so much movement, the upper parts of the chain wear away.
Insurance became nigh on impossible, no company would survey or commission the moorings as it was too much hassle.
No fresh water was a bit of a pain but generally when I went to refuel at the nearest harbour, I'd give the boat a quick spray. Seagull s**t was also a complete pain, no matter what we did to stop them landing.
On the plus side, we paid about £14 / year for it (chain etc aside).
Jersey being extremely tidal, the biggest bonus was no bothers about tides. Looking back, it was great but only if you see getting to the boat as part of the fun. We had a mooring on the north east corner of the island so very close to Les Ecrehous and the Normandy coast.
Don't think I've seen it mentioned but maintaining a swinging mooring is not easy either. I used to do it myself on a big low tide as the depth dropped to 8-9ft, but the chain needed changing every 2-3 years (even though we used to drop it to the seabed during winter), as there is so much movement, the upper parts of the chain wear away.
Insurance became nigh on impossible, no company would survey or commission the moorings as it was too much hassle.
No fresh water was a bit of a pain but generally when I went to refuel at the nearest harbour, I'd give the boat a quick spray. Seagull s**t was also a complete pain, no matter what we did to stop them landing.
On the plus side, we paid about £14 / year for it (chain etc aside).
LBRodders
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LBRodders
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And yet you have been blackballed from the bowling greens for the last 20 years
I didn't know Stoke was sophisticated enough to have bowling greens..
Seastoke
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They have asked to stay another year.
Seastoke
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We have a great cricket team.
Bigplumbs
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I pay £105 a year for my swinging mooring and £18 a year to keep the tender in the Dingy Park..... I recon that is good value mind you the Seagulls do like to use my boat a s a toilet 
LBRodders
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I really like the look of this. Unlimited launches, boat waiting on the pontoon, a free night per launch in the marina if required.
What's the catch?
Drystack | The Marine Group
What's the catch?
Drystack | The Marine Group
Sticky Fingers
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Well, depends on the contract I guess. Visitor priveleges. Using your boat as a holiday apartment. Limit to size. No home berth.
LBRodders
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Yes, obviously wouldn't work for those who want to use their boats as 'not boats' or real bigguns..
But I winter store and have a summer mooring. By the time I pay for those and my lifts [plus antifoul!] its not a million miles away from the cost of this. Plus when I arrive, the boat is ready alongside and engine running. When I am fed up, hand it back over at the pontoon where they pull her out, wash down and then rack! Boom!
Has to be the future for smallish boats.
Bigplumbs
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BruceK
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The Catch is the muddy Bristol channel. I wouldnt want to go further in than Swansea. YMMV
LBRodders
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This particular location yes, but these things can be built anywhere really. Cheaper to build than a marina and easier to get past environ'mentalists
ABC do a trailer launch service, they just don't do the rack and stack bit. Its more feasible up our neck of the woods than another marina, and could possibly clear out the smaller boats from the marinas.
BruceK
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If they had a drystack in the Menai, I would be interested myself. The only thing that worries me about drystacking is frost. Last winter a little pool of rainwater collected on my swim platform. It turned to ice and left a nice circular hairline crack in the gelcoat. At first I thought someone had dropped a rock from the Castle onto it and was steaming. But no, it's water, just a cupful that didnt drain off. That doesnt happen easily on the water, gentle rocking clears all pooling, or the boat sits right. One or the other
tico
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Theres a drystack at Neyland operated by Dale Sailing, and yes it has taken quite a lot of the smaller boats from the marina
ashtead
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Dry stack operates in France for larger vessels which are left parked up in a farmers field . On the IoW they take the ribs to a local farmers shed I believe to store.
Sticky Fingers
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My Hamble Marina has a big drystack, it's a very slick operation. Book your launch slot in the App. Biggest boats are 11metres and about 5 tons I think.