Places one can anchor for free and places one has to pay to anchor?

Is anchoring here free or paid for?

  • Free

    Votes: 21 95.5%

  • Paid for

    Votes: 1 4.5%
  • Total voters
    22
Sjk1000 said:
Newtown Creek on the Isle of Wight involves a £5 "donation" to the National Trust to anchor.
Beaulieu river is £8, I think, and then a 1.5mile trip up the river in a tender to Buckler's Hard.
River Dart, Falmouth and Padstow also have a charge, and probably Salcombe though not sure.
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Anything below a tenner a night is below my pain threshold.
You get used to paying a couple of quid to park your car somewhere horrible for a couple of hours, a tenner to be actually using your boat instead of it festering on the mooring costing you an average of £5 a day is a bargain.

If anyone is paying more on anchoring fees than say antifouling or several of the other costs we face, they are getting very good use out of their boat, and I might be jealous.

I know these things stack up for people retired on a low budget doing their extended cruise, and I have a lot of respect for people who do their sailing on a tight budget. But most of us need to keep a perspective.
 
Tranona said:
All very well explained in the RYA leaflet on the subject in the legal section of the website.

Indeed it answers most of the questions raised by this thread.
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members only (hmmm note to self: membership seems to have expired)

Presumably "harbour dues" are a separate kettle of fish to anchoring fees although I don't recall ever being challenged for harbour dues except when anchoring (or otherwise mooring)
 
Thieving so and sos in the Carrick Roads. Falmouth £10 ++ to lie to your own anchor. The 'Port of Truro' which takes 17 people to run a hole in the mud charges £5, but not if you are a local. Vote with your keel and go elsewhere.
 
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Babylon said:
No it isn't. In a talking shop no exercises are pointless.
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This subject has been done to death, and there is nothing new. The RYA publication i referred to answers the question in your poll - and there is nothing new in recent years. There may however be changes in the future as management plans for some areas emerge, but that is more likely to be in terms of restrictions rather than charges.

Nothing wrong with a forum discussion on anchorages (or charges), but not sure what your poll will achieve as the information is freely available in the public domain.
 
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oldharry said:
errr, no. The List shows a 'Daily charge'. All main anchorages in the harbour are visited daily by HMs Ribs to collect dues from anchored visitors during the summer.
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That appears to be a charge for using the harbour, not for anchoring.

ALL VESSELS (INCLUDING TENDERS, KAYAKS, CANOES, SKIFFS, STAND-UP PADDLEBOARDS,
WINDSURFERS AND PERSONAL WATERCRAFT) USING THE HARBOUR HAVE A STATUTORY
OBLIGATION TO PAY HARBOUR DUES AND DISPLAY THEIR HARBOUR DUES PLAQUE​
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JumbleDuck said:
That appears to be a charge for using the harbour, not for anchoring.

ALL VESSELS (INCLUDING TENDERS, KAYAKS, CANOES, SKIFFS, STAND-UP PADDLEBOARDS,
WINDSURFERS AND PERSONAL WATERCRAFT) USING THE HARBOUR HAVE A STATUTORY
OBLIGATION TO PAY HARBOUR DUES AND DISPLAY THEIR HARBOUR DUES PLAQUE​
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Splitting hairs. They charge for anchoring. They do not charge if you are underway.
IMHO nowhere should charge for anchoring. Most places are providing nothing for the money.
 
mainsail1 said:
Splitting hairs. They charge for anchoring. They do not charge if you are underway.
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So they don't take seriously their own statement that "... TENDERS, KAYAKS, CANOES, SKIFFS, STAND-UP PADDLEBOARDS, WINDSURFERS AND PERSONAL WATERCRAFT ... USING THE HARBOUR HAVE A STATUTORY OBLIGATION TO PAY HARBOUR DUES"? Or do many TENDERS, KAYAKS, CANOES, SKIFFS, STAND-UP PADDLEBOARDS, WINDSURFERS AND PERSONAL WATERCRAFT anchor in Chchester harbour?

If you're there overnight, how many days do you pay for?
 
JumbleDuck said:
That appears to be a charge for using the harbour, not for anchoring.
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I refer you to my post #24 with chichester being the example I was thinking of.

I don't seem to be able to find details of anchoring charges for salcombe on the harbour authority website. If it's "harbour dues" again, I confess to being a little confused by their pricing structure and I'm pretty sure that they charged me considerably more than the £5.30 daily charge for a vessel with sub-40hp engine
 
Humm well if I read it correctly, Teignmouth Harbour state that anchoring is not allowed or permitted at all within their domain = mouth to end of navigation approximately
Oh their authority extends up to mean high tide only so apparently not above that tide level where I understand local councils rules apply = laying up , berthing, above mean high water is permissable ? So using an anchor should be allowable ?
 
michael_w said:
Thieving so and sos in the Carrick Roads. Falmouth £10 ++ to lie to your own anchor. The 'Port of Truro' which takes 17 people to run a hole in the mud charges £5, but not if you are a local. Vote with your keel and go elsewhere.
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I can vouch for that, was recently anchored below Trelissick and was circled by the Harbour Master, had to explain that although my boat has 'Dingle' on the stern I was local and actually lay up in the winter next to his Workshop!
 
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