My marina...

Marina Tollesbury
Annual cost £171+VAT (for 30 footer per month)
Electricity? Yes
Water? Yes
Access Varies (3m over sill springs, 1.8m neaps) (+/- HW for 1.5m draught)
Loo and shower rating 90% (percentage)
Good grub within staggering distance? Clubhouse bar, TSC, 2xCafe, Pub 1m
Workshop facilities? Yes
"Friendly" percentage rating 100%
Family/Kid Friendly rating 100%
Swimming Pool Yes
Tennis Courts Yes (Two)
Pool Table Yes
Chandlery Yes
Engine Service Yes
Laundry Yes
 
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Marina - Granary Yacht Harbour
Annual cost £126per month (for 30 footer per month)
Electricity? Yes
Water? Yes
Access 2 hours before, 1.5 hours after (+/- HW for 1.5m draught)
Loo and shower rating 25% (percentage)
Good grub within staggering distance? Gastro pub 200m away
Workshop facilities? Yes - boatyard rates
"Friendly" percentage rating 100%
Family/Kid Friendly rating 50%
Swimming Pool no
Chandlery Yes
Engine Service Yes
 
We pay over £140 per month for a swinging mooring at Felixstowe Ferry....not far from our house but little of no facilities....gonna start looking at marina alternatives...;)
 
We had considered moving coastal but will stick with inland at those prices :(

Marina - Burton Waters, Lincoln
Annual cost £92.50per month (for 25 footer per month)

Electricity? Yes

Water? Yes

Access - 24/7 (Flood gates occasionally shut if Fossdyke rises, maybe once every two years)

Loo and shower rating - 100% (newly refurbished to a very high standard)

Good grub within staggering distance? Take your pick. Chinese excellent, Bistro excellent, BOGOF pub grub not bad all on site

Workshop facilities? Yes - boatyard rates

"Friendly" percentage rating 100%

Family/Kid Friendly rating 50%

Swimming Pool no

Chandlery Yes

Engine Service Yes
 
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Jachthaven Noordschans
Annual cost 39 Euros per square metre per year
Electricity? Yes, only 6amps and not always on mid week, but you don't pay extra for it
Water? Yes
Access >1.5 meters unless there is a major drought. Entrance is not lit, so returning after dark is.... interesting
Loo and shower rating 30% (percentage)
Good grub within staggering distance? Pavilion does food and drinks. Shops about 3km away in Klundert.
Workshop facilities? Yes
"Friendly" percentage rating 60%
Family/Kid Friendly rating 20%
Swimming Pool in Klundert
Tennis Courts No
Pool Table No
Chandlery Yes
Engine Service Yes
 
Marina Bridgemarsh
Annual cost £56/foot inc vat
Electricity? Yes - but low voltage at end of pontoon
Water? Yes
Access no access +/- 2hrs Depth up to 1.7m OK for fin keel
Loo and shower rating 70% (percentage)
Good grub within staggering distance? Nearest Pub - Three Horshoes about 1.5m good grub and real ale
Workshop facilities? Yes, not all on site
"Friendly" percentage rating 100%
Family/Kid Friendly rating 50%
Chandlery No
Engine Service Yes, on request
 
Fambridge Yacht Station
"Marina" - swinging mooring (but see below*) £127 / m
(Marina berth £280 / m)
Electricity and water on pontoon
- short stay inc. in above
- overnight £10 additional charge
All tide access
Loos and showers 110% (have yet to find better anywhere, inc at home!)
Excellent pub on site
Workshop facilities at marina
100% friendly
Dunno about kids, mine are all grown up
Limited chandlery at marina
Marine engineers on site

* with the 120m river pontoon, a swinging mooring at FYS is the next best thing to, and a lot cheaper than, a pontoon berth in a marina. Apart from the minor hassle of moving the boat from the buoy to the pontoon and back again and the non-issue for us of not being able to leave her plugged in to the mains all the time we get pretty well all the benefits for half the cost!
 
Marina : Wisbech Yacht Harbour (River Nene)
Annual cost : £90 ish a month for 8.25 metres
Electricity : Yes, card meter, reasonable rates.
Water : Yes, plenty of taps, with marina supplied potable water hoses
Access : Outer channel inaccessible an hour or two either side of LW
Loo and shower rating 100%, not very old, spotless.
Good grub within staggering distance? Various venues in town (stab vests optional)
Workshop facilities : No
"Friendly" percentage rating : 100%
Family/Kid Friendly rating : No Kids.
Swimming Pool : One in town
Tennis Courts Yes : Erm.... we go for the boating, but there is a sports centre in town
Pool Table : Think we saw one float past last month, just before the TV
Chandlery : No
Engine Service : No

Slightly different venue to most of the above. Modern pontoons and all the facilities are new, within the last 4/5 years. Hard standing included in price, lifts extra of course. Friendly staff, fellow berth holders too, although there only seems to be a handful of boats in use. Not really anything to do in the "marina" itself, other than park the boat. Toilets, showers and laundry are adjacent, but outside the gated yacht harbour. 15nm to clear the channel into the Wash makes it slightly less than ideal for 5 knots sail boats, but for us it's relatively cheap and on our doorstep.
 
Marina - Fox`s Ipswich
2013 season £315.50 pa per m inc. vat ( up 4% this year & the first rise in 4 yrs) - less 5% if paid in full by 31/12 ( equates to £299.72 per m)
Berth holder special rates for haul,scrub
Electricity - yes 16amps metered (own socket no sharing)
water - yes ( supply own hose)
Access 24/7
Toilet block - tired we were promised a new large facility 8 yrs ago including disabled & laundry. (we are still waiting). showers good with plenty of pumped hot water.
FMYC on site - with a good social programme, very reasonably priced food.
& beer, main cost meal £5.50
Full workshop facilities with superb marina staff
Friendly rating 100%
Child friendly 100%
Swimming Pool none.
Chandlery, largest on the East coast but not necessarily the cheapest.
whole site cctv + barriers to car park & site
 
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