Rip off Burnham

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We have been visiting Burnham for some ten years. We call down for a drink in the Swallowtale and a curry with friends. It is not exactly the most difficult bit of navigation but it makes a pleasant evening.

But not any more. Today we got stung £45 for one night. It was about £28 when we first visited. That's a 50% increase in charges over ten years when inflation has been running at 3%. Boating is discressionary spend. At times of economic difficulty people stop boating and the are a lot of empty berths in the marina. No more visits to Burnham and they can have 100% of nothing from us in future.
 
Prices per metre (10m yacht), per day, inc VAT :

Burnham £2.80
Shotley £2.80
SYH £2.82
Foxs £2.68
Titchmarsh £2.00
Bradwell £2.38
Fambridge £2.70

Doesn't seem to far out to me.
 
Gladys said:
...which is "standard" uplift for catamarans? Mind you, the other thing to include is electricity... Some of the rates Paul Rainbow quoted include electricity, some don't. Burnham doesn't and £3 a night is a bit much...
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I didn't think of electric Larry, i don't plug in when i visit, the solar keeps up. I do agree, £3 a night is a bit much.
 
Little Grebe said:
I can review my power consumption via the web for my home berth and the typical cost of being plugged in for the night is less than 10 pence.
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You wouldn't expect to use a lot on the boat if you're not onboard :)

You'd be hard pressed to use £3 in a day though, unless you have one of the 240v gin palaces.
 
To put in absolute terms comparison, Gladys (10.44m) at Burnham was £30.80 per night with no power, and in Bradwell was £21.30... Mind you, it's £20 for the pontoons in Britllesea, plus your fares to go ashore and return!
 
Seems fair to me, you are effectively taking the space of two boats so they are discounting if anything. What do you do for a living, do you work for half pay ?
Sometimes it is an idea to stand in the other persons shoe's.
 
PaulRainbow said:
You wouldn't expect to use a lot on the boat if you're not onboard :)

You'd be hard pressed to use £3 in a day though, unless you have one of the 240v gin palaces.
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That is when we are onboard! So fridge, battery charger, device charging, etc. (Unless the humidifier is running I prefer to unplug the shore power when leaving the boat.)

I suppose if we used the immersion heater or had 240v kettle and/or toaster on board it might be a bit more
 
Little Grebe said:
That is when we are onboard! So fridge, battery charger, device charging, etc. (Unless the humidifier is running I prefer to unplug the shore power when leaving the boat.)

I suppose if we used the immersion heater or had 240v kettle and/or toaster on board it might be a bit more
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I usually use a 240v kettle when i'm on the home berth, plus a toaster once in a blue moon and the very odd sheet of printing, but when i'm away i use gas for the kettle. For the two summer quarters last year total shore power use was £15 :)
 
rubberduck said:
Seems fair to me, you are effectively taking the space of two boats so they are discounting if anything. What do you do for a living, do you work for half pay ?
Sometimes it is an idea to stand in the other persons shoe's.
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I would expect to pay double if I was occupying two finger berths. Except we were on the end of F pontoon where there is not enough room to raft up two monohuls. So that does not apply. And we would only visit if there is such a berth available.
 
PaulRainbow said:
You wouldn't expect to use a lot on the boat if you're not onboard :)

You'd be hard pressed to use £3 in a day though, unless you have one of the 240v gin palaces.
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Should visitors not pay part of the facility cost? At Shotley I think the price is in part to pay for the plug in leads that don't get returned.
 
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