Price Hike

[claymore]

Kilmelford have written saying they are increasing prices for 2005. I think £10 a week for a mooring is absolutely scandalous and £8 is quite enough. I would like to create a protest group and would ask that you all write letters of protest to them in support of my protest.
Please Help.

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[sailorman]

Thats really awfull & discusting.
i have a mooring on the East Coast & get ripped-off £1.73 a week
my thought r with u @ this time
rgds
roger

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[Robin]

Absolutely scandalous

They should pay you at least double that to freeze your barnacles up there! /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[Roy]

Actually very cheap compared with many. although its always a shock when they bang the prices up I agree. Roy

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[DavidofMersea]

If you have an annual contract for mooring, when that year is up, that is it and you start again for the next year. The owner of the mooring will offer you his mooring for whatever her thinks fit, and you can accept it, or reject it.

Are there any vacant moorings there? if not, he is charging below the market rate.

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[Riggy]

Does that mean, for your 30ft boat you pay a total of £520 per annum, berthing fees??

<hr width=100% size=1>Scheme me up Botty..........there's no intelligent life down here!!!!!!!!

 

[ccscott49]

Absolutely outrageous! Thats a 25% increase, have the swines flogged and burn down the town hall!

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[webcraft]

Town Hall?

In Kilmelford?

- Nick

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[BlueSkyNick]

Do you have to keep moaning about marina fees and stuff? Why can't you start a thread about colregs, or ensigns for example? /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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[longjohnsadler]

Suggest you vote with your keel and move to Ardfern.
Anyway how long a lead do you need at Kilmelford to plug in that hot air heater?

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[claymore]

about 2 feet, i think

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[bob_tyler]

Where's Kimmelford? Never 'erd of it!

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[claymore]

Its in the land where fancy is free, where the sky meets the sea and where the cares of tomorrow must wait until this day is done.
How are you Bob?

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[Mudplugger]

Obviously the impact of the new parliament building is filtering down to those most able to pay! mind you a tenner a week is a tad exorbitant by east coast standards, I'd offer to pay £ 2.50, that would seem to be a fairly generous contribution.

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[nicho]

It's somewhere near the Russian Steppes I think.

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[nicho]

Re: Absolutely scandalous

It's a lot of money for only 4 months sailing a year. The rest of the time it's frozen over.........

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[Robin]

Re: Absolutely scandalous

It would take me that long to find it on the map and drive there! Met some lovely Norwegians once who lived and kept their boat above the arctic circle, showed us lovely pics of sailing in the snow (May) and of the midnight sun a month later. We met them as they were waiting to cross Biscay on their way south.

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[bob_tyler]

Thank you for enquiring, Claymore. Much better now that I have a temporary artificial eye. The previous "keeper" kept falling out so sailing wasn't a good idea. I could pick it up if it fell on the ground but not over the side!

Looking forward to getting my permanent, hand painted, made in Blackpool NHS eye in the New Year. Won't help me to see any better to port, my nose gets in the way, but my starboard vision is fine so I will be relying on vessels approaching from port to give way - that's right isn't it?

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[claymore]

Glad to hear from you Bob
Trying to resist some throwaway line like If you are in Blackpool I'll keep an eye out for you! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif