River Ely

chrisbarrett

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Have been thinking about a berth at Cardiff/Cambrian Marina, a little concerned on how secure compared with Penarth Marina, anyone have any feed back on berthing on the river including the cbyc members.
 
it has 24 hour cctv and with mikes and loudspeakers once when weve been down we have heard somebody shout throught the loadspeakers at 4 in morn ..get off the pontooons the police have been called etc

Cambrian marina edited this on forgot before
 
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CBYC totally secure, you would be amazed at how many peeps are on board at night & cctv on the slip and some of the yachts like ours.
 
CBYC excellent we love it there good club and great yard rates.

Cardiff marina more expensive all round and i have heard that their is a lot of road noise from the bridge.
 
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Have been thinking about a berth at Cardiff/Cambrian Marina, a little concerned on how secure compared with Penarth Marina, anyone have any feed back on berthing on the river including the cbyc members.


have you gone for it there are offering good deals at the moment I am having a think about it to
 
Thanks for the comments, I think the club definitely offers a good level of security and value, it works out a lot less expensive that the marina's, would need a Gold berth which I'm told are the only berths with electric, a must for my boat. I have been told that these Gold berths having a waiting list to get on. Any forumites on a Gold ?
 
Have been thinking about a berth at Cardiff/Cambrian Marina, a little concerned on how secure compared with Penarth Marina, anyone have any feed back on berthing on the river including the cbyc members.

Its easy for thieves to approach any of the river marinas by boat and the further you get up the Ely the more vulnerable you are likely to be. But then there have been cases of thefts from boats in Penarth marina or so I am told.

Only problem we have had ( gold pontton at cbyc) was some fellow who swapped his old instrument covers for ours. It was so trivial I didnt even report it.
 
Chris...second cheeky post of the day!

Cardiff Marina has extremely sophisticated security system with 24 hour coverage and night vision etc. I would be happy to show you how this works to provide comfort. In two years we hve only had one theft with the system (and caught two thieves).
 
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