On board in yard

[Petertheking1982]

Boat yards I have worked in stopped it due to health and safety. Reasons include falling off lader / deck in dark and boats falling over in strong winds.

 

[Praxinoscope]

Another plus for Vance at East Llanion, it’s what a boatyard should be like, lots of boats being worked on and a ’hands on’ owner (when he’s not off playing golf)

 

[KevO]

When I asked for a winter stay quote in October they were totally clear that staying on boats overnight is not allowed.

Glad I’m not in there anymore then. Shame, used to be a nice yard with very helpful staff.

 

[Beneteau381]

Waking up in the middle of the night needing a pee brings certain challenges......

Bruces Yard Faro, We plug hoses in to the outlets which go in to 20 ltr bidons to be emptied when the sun is shining! ???

 

[Pete7]

It seems odd in a boatyard if they have moorings of any sort attached. The one that’s locked around here is just maintenance, nobody moors or lands there.

There is only a small pontoon that dries, thankfully outside the yard area so we can stop on it for a few days whilst enjoying the upper Dart and Totnes.

Pete

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Just what not to do, surely. If they have the least worry that it isn't a good thing to let owners be on board in the yard overnight, you would have been told...so if you haven't been, it's reasonable to assume that isn't their attitude.

On the other hand, if you introduce a question which they haven't given serious consideration, you more likely prompt a negative response than a positive one - because you seemed to think it required permission.

If you aren't breaking a written rule, you're okay. If they haven't said you shouldn't, why shouldn't you?

This embodies what a barrister once told me when coaching me for a session in the box, I never ask a question I don't know the answer to or one that I don't want to know the answer to.

 

[Rafiki]

Im buying a boat base on the River Dart in Devon which needs some work. Im hoping to haul out locally and would like to spend the odd night on board to save a long drrive to and fro. I dont want to ask the yards directly as I tink Ill getvan anser I dont want. Does anyone know of a yard locally which will turn a blind eye to an ocassional overnight stay?

I must admit my boat is a bit of a mess down below in the winter and I don't like staying on board on the hard so last spring I decided to reduce the number of day trips by staying overnight in a nearby Premier Inn. Much more comfortable and cost about the same as the fuel from home and back, but you must carefully choose your nights as prices vary hugely. I found that Sunday night was invariably the cheapest.

 

[Greenheart]

Just don't pay extra for the Premier Inn "unlimited" breakfast. Extremely disappointing. Nothing fresh about it - looked and tasted as if it had been cooked the previous night.

 

[Sandy]

Just don't pay extra for the Premier Inn "unlimited" breakfast. Extremely disappointing. Nothing fresh about it - looked and tasted as if it had been cooked the previous night.

You are going to the wrong Premier Inns. Bearsden is the best.

 

[Greenheart]

I admit, my foul breakfast was at Stansted, late 2019, and may not be representative, but it was shockingly disappointing.

I understand the principle of preparing large quantities of the elements of a cooked breakfast as quickly as possible and shoving them under heat-lamps for the convenience of the diners...but it's an extremely long way from "cooked to order", so I won't be trusting Premier Inn to serve up a satisfactory breakfast, again.

"Unlimited" sounds generous, but my impression was that the company had discovered there was no need to limit consumption, because nobody went back for a second helping.

Compared with that, fresh coffee which I've made myself, with eggs and smoked salmon in a small pan over a camping stove under peeling headlining in the ropey old cabin of a yacht undergoing winter work, is sheer luxury.

 

[Dukester52]

The Premier Inns I use (Dover Eastern Ferry Terminal and Port Glasgow) do cook a very good breakfast to order. They may revert to buffet style if they're very busy.