Where do you keep your boat?

[Searush]

Well, that surprised me, 68 in marinas & 59 on moorings at the time of reading. That doesn't seem to reflect the number of boats round my neck of the woods, but I suppose the extremely high-density packing of marina berths will skew the apparent situation. 3-400 boats on swinging or trot moorings take up quite a lot of space, the same number would be easily fit in a small marina.

Once more I find myself in a minority. Thank goodness for that, I was worried I might have lost my touch.

 

[Skents]

You don't seem to have an option for "anchored". We live on board and anchor for 5 months of the year and go alongside a pontoon for the other seven. It isn't any use for absentee owners but works for us.

 

[DogWatch]

You don't seem to have an option for "anchored". We live on board and anchor for 5 months of the year and go alongside a pontoon for the other seven. It isn't any use for absentee owners but works for us.

Awww, did he not let you play on his poll?

Does it matter?

 

[Fat Freddie]

None of the above

Mine is on a riverbank with access from a landing stage. This is excellent as we get very little fouling and when returning from the sea coming up the river the engine gets flushed with fresh water, much less maintenance all round.

 

[snooks]

If you can differentiate between 'a mooring' and 'a drying mooring'
I can feel miffed that you didn't allow a choice of:
'Fore & Aft'
'Swinging'
'Harbour'
'Estuary'
'River'
Or are you just framing the question in such a way as to get the answer you want

If your miffed as to why I didn't include your options, maybe you should think about it a bit more...I was working under The KISS principle

I was curious, and the results won't be used for anything, so why would I need to frame the question?

I didn't ask whether is was a locked marina, a marina run by someone called Dave, Bob, Steve, Rita, Diane or Daisy, whether the marina was old or new whether it had cleats or rings to tie into, whether it was council run or privately owned

The drying part was to find out about whether users of this 'ere forum have 24hr access to the water

It was a poll to see where people keep their boat without going into details or making it too complicated...

 

[Kilter]

a marina run by a bloke

That's a sexist assumption if ever I heard one! Why should a woman not run a marina and why does your poll not reflect this? Harrumph

 

[Kelpie]

And mine lives in a garage! Can I have a poll option please?

Of course it only lives in the garage when it's not in the garden. And when it's not in the garden it's on a swing mooring, or sometimes a running mooring.

If nothing else this thread has made me think about how much time my boat has spent out of the water recently.... too much!

 

[charles_reed]

You don't seem to have an option for "anchored". We live on board and anchor for 5 months of the year and go alongside a pontoon for the other seven. It isn't any use for absentee owners but works for us.

I'd agree, it's an inadequate survey - I'm at anchor or tied to a port quay for about 6/12, in a marina for 4/12 and on a hard standing for 2/12.

In no way could I answer honestly.

 

[Lakesailor]

By "ashore" do you mean not in commission or dry-sailing?
I was intending to sail my new little boat from the back garden (trail/sail) but have just taken a lakeside plot to dry-sail her from. Much less hassle with stepping mast/strapping down/lighting board etc.
The plot is less than 1.5 miles from home so it's convenient as well.

Home

New Launch Site
Not my boat

 

[snooks]

That's a sexist assumption if ever I heard one! Why should a woman not run a marina and why does your poll not reflect this? Harrumph

Corrected that

 

[snooks]

By "ashore" do you mean not in commission or dry-sailing?

I meant if you keep you boat out of the water (in commission or not)

 

[Pete7]

Lakey, you will never get that horrible landrover Mobo to sail properly, it has rudders and keels at each corner for a start.

Pete

 

[Kilter]

Corrected that

I've still got the hump though!

 

[Lakesailor]

I went down there today and at the other side of the boathouse was a sorry sight.

 

[Searush]

Tied down too tight in the flood? Desperately sad.

 

[Lakesailor]

As far as I know all the sinkings were jetty-moored boats. In the marina although there were gangs of people going round re-doing moorings the water just came up too fast and 20 boats sank.
This boat was in a small bay at the South end of the lake with no-one to look after her.

 

[reginaldon]

Snooks, I think it might be of interest to find out what proportion of these various classifcations lift-out for the winter period or maybe for how long.

 

[LadyInBed]

It was a poll ...

You create a poll and I'll help to run a checkered flag up it

 

[snooks]

Snooks, I think it might be of interest to find out what proportion of these various classifcations lift-out for the winter period or maybe for how long.

If I could work out how to do a poll in a poll I would have....but I can't