Staying aboard Ashore !

[AIDY]

does your boat yard let you stay aboard your boat while she is ashore and blocked off ? Some do and some don't due to insurance issues.

 

[Cloven]

Mine does

 

[sailorman]

me 2

we have live aboards ashore

 

[NealB]

We've just been relaunched after a week ashore, staying aboard. They weren't keen on it, and I suspect that a longer stay might not have been granted.

 

[roger]

My boatyard did - and I was in a heated shed. However last summer thay decided to stop me doing so on safety grounds and I could hardly blame them. Firstly it was a long way out; down the ladder, across the fllor to one door only. In case of fire we would have died. They were probably concerned in case we had a fire and burned other boats. in fact we only used a kettle for that reason. However they will let us live on board when the boat is out in the yard. this by the way is in Sweden.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Me to although only done it for the odd weekend, strange how the boat doesnt seem as comfortable as on the water though.

 

[Bejasus]

we did for months here in the US, but moved off whilst the boat was being repainted. Very uncomfortable climbing up and down a 13ft ladder all the time.

 

[catmandoo]

Important question When on the hard do you pee over the side or carry it in a bucket down the ladder . Have you ever fallen holding the bucket when going down the ladder

The thought makes me think that one of those boilogical thingummys with a peat starter producing harmless compost would be good for a live aboard but you have to sit down for a pee or carry the bottle away down the ladder again . I RIGGED UP A HOSE WITH A FUNNEL AT THE END AND TIED IT TO THE PULPIT AND THEN LED IT AWAY TO THE WATERS EDGE- less noise and splatter - BEAT THAT FOR INGENUITY

 

[P4Paul]

We use the marina toilet facilities - beat that for ingenuity /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[jsl]

Check your insurance. Mine does not allow overnight stays during the period when the boat is laid up.

 

[bendyone]

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Important question When on the hard do you pee over the side or carry it in a bucket down the ladder . Have you ever fallen holding the bucket when going down the ladder

The thought makes me think that one of those boilogical thingummys with a peat starter producing harmless compost would be good for a live aboard but you have to sit down for a pee or carry the bottle away down the ladder again . I RIGGED UP A HOSE WITH A FUNNEL AT THE END AND TIED IT TO THE PULPIT AND THEN LED IT AWAY TO THE WATERS EDGE- less noise and splatter - BEAT THAT FOR INGENUITY

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No problem in Calais, the french pee everywhere /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Elessar]

long stick for number 2s? Or something more ingenious?

 

[Scotty_Tradewind]

Mine does ...Wicormarine boat yard, Portchester, Portsmouth. BUT... the boatyards insurance and your insurance are the really important things to check.
There's full live aboard and there's living aboard for a few nights.
My insurance cover definatly differentiates between the two and allows 4 nights at a time when on land.