PLEASE HELP - Swing Mooring / Marina / Beaching Legs ???

[ianat182]

Here on the Hamble there are two mooring contractors who may have moorings(fore and aft) and possibly short term if you ask them;Derek Munday of Tucker and Munday on 02380453124 and Mike of the Warsash/Hamble Ferry,(also fore and aft),usually answers on 07720 438402 as they run the River Taxi also.
Neither will be cheap.
Also try the Hamble Harbourmaster for a sub let mooring for a limited period depending on whose it is. Phone 01489 576387
Warsash Sailing Club do have some Club moorings ,allocated on seniority basis to members until their name comes up on the Harbourmasters list - which can be a looooong time, not all are deep draught moorings.01489 583575

In Southampton Water, Netley Sailing Club have moorings there, as also Southampton Sailing Club, which I think are laid with the assistance of or by members; both sets are in quite exposed water of Southampton Water so insurance may be more expensive here.
These will be swinging mooring in the main. Both clubs bring yachts ashore for the winter storage using their own tractors /cradles which may be a consideration.
A dinghy of course will be needed for these.
Both the latter clubs have websites for their telephone numbers etc for contact.

Hope this helps

ianat182

 

[Wandering Star]

Hi, I keep my boat at the top of Southampton Water. It's a Cracknore Hard Sailing Club mooring near to Marchwood and opposite the ferry port but none the worse for that. The moorings are laid and maintained professionally and cost (I think) £50 membership fee to join the CHSC plus £25 each year membership. The moorings cost +/- £300 a year for 12 months though you have to move during a 2 week period in Feb March for the moorings to be maintained.

Friendly club with a small amount of room for dinghy storage. I'm fairly sure they've moorings available. The downside is 2 hours either side of LW means trudging beyond the end of the slipway in order to get the dinghy afloat, messy business but could be worse, you could be based on the East Coast! The link is www.cracknore-hard-sailing-club.co.uk.

As an aside, I'm rewiring my boat ashore in Lymington so my mooring is available for 4 or 6 weeks if that was of any use?

Cheers, Brian.

 

[Boo2]

That's just a shade under thirteen hundred quid for a twenty seven footer. That's my budget for buying a mooring plus running costs for ten years!

Sorry, but where on earth can you buy a mooring for £1300 ?

Boo2

 

[alahol2]

Sorry, but where on earth can you buy a mooring for £1300 ?

Boo2

Mine cost me about £250. Portsmouth harbour.

 

[Ubergeekian]

Sorry, but where on earth can you buy a mooring for £1300 ?

I didn't buy a mooring for £1,300. I bought a mooring for rather a lot less than that - £1,300 should cover the next ten years' maintenance and idle parasite charges as well.

The Clyde, since you ask, a ferry ride away from the mainland.

 

[Scotty_Tradewind]

Blinking expensive, though - their cheapest deepwater moorings are £48/foot for the season. That's just a shade under thirteen hundred quid for a twenty seven footer. That's my budget for buying a mooring plus running costs for ten years!

Great though Castle Douglas may be it's a bit of a way to go for a day sail though???
£1300 is relatively cheap I'm afraid for the mid south coast.
I travel around 80 milesfrom South Oxfordshire to the Wicor' yard, which takes me about an hour and a half usually. It's a 'clean yard', well organised and I can dinghy out to my 'swinger' in a few minutes. There are pontoons for larger boats but you do pay more/metre.
It doesn't have the luxuries of a top marina, but you get a fair deal for what you pay for, being in the region it is.

 

[Boo2]

Mine cost me about £250. Portsmouth harbour./QUOTE]

Are they still available at that price ? Or anything like ? I still haven't got a boat, but the mooring I'm on a waiting list for is drying and I'd much prefer the freedom of (boat) choice given by a d.w. mooring. Portsmouth or Chichester is not too far for me to travel so...

Boo2

 

[Ubergeekian]

Great though Castle Douglas may be it's a bit of a way to go for a day sail though???

It works for me!

£1300 is relatively cheap I'm afraid for the mid south coast.
I travel around 80 milesfrom South Oxfordshire to the Wicor' yard, which takes me about an hour and a half usually. It's a 'clean yard', well organised and I can dinghy out to my 'swinger' in a few minutes. There are pontoons for larger boats but you do pay more/metre.
It doesn't have the luxuries of a top marina, but you get a fair deal for what you pay for, being in the region it is.

Thanks. I've seen them get a lot of recommendations here, which is a good sign. I'm still amazed, though, at what a markup people are prepared, or forced, to put up with dahn sarf. My sympathies.

Still, there's a suggestion that my pontoon berth at Kirkcudbright might go up to £80 per metre per year soon, so I share the pain.

 

[Ubergeekian]

Great though Castle Douglas may be it's a bit of a way to go for a day sail though???

It works for me!

£1300 is relatively cheap I'm afraid for the mid south coast.
I travel around 80 milesfrom South Oxfordshire to the Wicor' yard, which takes me about an hour and a half usually. It's a 'clean yard', well organised and I can dinghy out to my 'swinger' in a few minutes. There are pontoons for larger boats but you do pay more/metre.
It doesn't have the luxuries of a top marina, but you get a fair deal for what you pay for, being in the region it is.

Thanks. I've seen them get a lot of recommendations here, which is a good sign. I'm still amazed, though, at what a markup people are prepared, or forced, to put up with dahn sarf. My sympathies.

 

[alahol2]

Mine cost me about £250. Portsmouth harbour./QUOTE]

Are they still available at that price ? Or anything like ? I still haven't got a boat, but the mooring I'm on a waiting list for is drying and I'd much prefer the freedom of (boat) choice given by a d.w. mooring. Portsmouth or Chichester is not too far for me to travel so...

Boo2

Hi Boo
I belong to Portchester Sailing Club (and have done for 20+ years), the mooring area is administered by them. Club members lay their own (or pay to have laid) moorings, maintain them, maybe sell them on. We pay a fairly low 'ground rent' (<£200) per year for the mooring spot. There is occasionally a waiting list but often there are spaces available in the not-so-desirable areas (eg half tide or distant from club). Many of the Portsmouth clubs administer their moorings in a similar way. Many of the clubs have member vacancies but, I suspect, wouldn't look upon the wish for a cheap mooring as the correct basis for choosing new members. I can only suggest you speak to some of the clubs but only ask about moorings in a circumspect manner.
Good luck

 

[prv]

I'm still amazed, though, at what a markup people are prepared, or forced, to put up with dahn sarf. My sympathies.

Forced. Definitely forced.

I blame London. Put a checkpoint on the M3 and we might see prices drop

Pete

 

[Theshipscat]

It is s bit of a myth that prices are higher in the Solent than anywhere else. The YM marina price guide proved that a couple of months ago. Yes Scotland, some bits of wales and Ireland are cheaper but if (and most Solent users do) you live in the bottom East quarter or bottom middle of England it is a hell of a travel for a day sail or weekend.
The Solent is busy but I don't mind seeing other boats on the water infact it gives one something to spar with. The options for mooring are second to none in such a small area. We have an Island to visit or sail around (Yes I know Scotlands got lots see above). We can cross the Channel, visit France or the Channel Islands for a weekend (lets see you do that from Scotland). The Solent itself offers some beautiful harbours, marinas and achorages. The services here are good too.
Then just outside we have Poole, Christchurch, Studland, to name but a few.
As mentioned you can get cheap moorings here too. I pay only £130 for a 3/4 mud mooring in Chichester harbour. While 300 yards away people are paying £4500 for the same size boat in Northney Marina (which I have to agree is extortionate) it's horses for courses. This year I have berthed my boat in Chichester Marina (£3k) because I wanted to get easy access for maintainence and cabin restoration. In comparrison to my mud berth it's a lot but not when compared with marinas around the Country.
I'd love to sail in Scotish waters but it's warmer here the season is longer and you don't get eaten to death by mozzis. So I just keep my boat here thanks and maybe visit the rest of the uk now and again.

 

[Ubergeekian]

It is s bit of a myth that prices are higher in the Solent than anywhere else. The YM marina price guide proved that a couple of months ago.

I don't think the variation in marinas is particularly huge once you knock out outliers like that place in Poole Harbour charging a grand per metre per year and Kirkcudbright at a twelfth of that. However, I suspect that a very much higher proportion of boats on the Solent stay in marinas, and that's what makes it look expensive.

Then there are knock on effects: more expensive car parking, longer distances to moorings an hence expensive water taxis and so on.