The cake!

[robp]

On my desk I now have invoices for; the Yacht Club, the Harbour Conservancy, the Owners' Association, The Marina License renewal, RNLI just done & RYA just coming. Soon maybe Trinity House? All that's before essential "Repairs and Renewals" such as Lift Out, A/F Paint and the rest. OK, some are non essential, (I guess three in my case as at now)! But isn't funny how we manage over the years to expand our own cake that everyone has a slice of? Would owning, say a 75K Ferrari, attract all this? Have I missed any? Oh yes, Radio License in July!

I'm not even going to average out the annual percentage increase. I just know it's going to be well more than inflation. (Or income).

<hr width=100% size=1>

 

[TheBoatman]

My thoughts exactly! Apart from a few people, owning a boat of any description means your poor NOT rich.

<hr width=100% size=1>

 

[steve_cronin]

I think you'll find that £75K won't get you much of a Ferrari! Take a look this sunday in the T o S Motoring section.

You are right though. My first coastal mooring cost me £25 a year and that was on a pontoon up the river at Yarmouth IoW. The hull for that boat I bought new at £440 and self fitted it as I had it's predecessor - I had a lot more spare time in those days and that is another commodity that varies but in inverse proportion.

Steve Cronin



<hr width=100% size=1>The above is, like any other post here, only a personal opinion

 

[Evadne]

A boat is a hole in the water...

... into which you pour money. That much hasn't changed.
I find I get by, by reducing things: Yacht club(£0 if you don't join one) Marina (swinging mooring & lift-out is £2k p.a. in Chichester harbour) and RYA (£0: can't race - don't race - don't join). Our owners association is a hellish £5 per annum. I may be old-fashioned but I still reckon RNLI membership is money well spent, even if I don't use their services it's worth it for the smug factor.
In a good sailing year my biggest outlay after moorings and "goodies" is for overnight stays in marinas when we go sailing. At £10-£30 a night that comes to something less than £750 on average. Maybe we should buy shares in MDL?


<hr width=100% size=1>

 

[robp]

Re: A boat is a hole in the water...

Yes, you've whittled down the three things I said I probably could manage without, to £5! RNLI, we just should. Now, if not shares in MDL, howabout that co-operative that Sybarite and others mentioned a few times. What ARE they doing with that NE corner of Langstone Harbour? How much was that Spinnaker Tower? A nice municipal project there wouldn't have gone amiss.

<hr width=100% size=1>

 

[Evadne]

Re: Developing Langston harbour

Well the PC way of doing things these days is to get a private developer in on the project. Now he's less busy, maybe that nice Mr Hoogstraten could be persuaded to take an interest? I'm sure he'd be more straightforward to deal with than most marina companies.
Or maybe the Associated Jockland Development company (props. C. Laymore & Co.) already have plans?

<hr width=100% size=1>

 

[sailorman]

my mooring in 1975 cost £2.20 yes ( two pounds twenty pence) P/Annum for a 19 footer. its now £ 90.00 for 37 ft.
our present marina berth is another matter

<hr width=100% size=1>