anmairnealach
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We are going to be moving to Ireland, and need to think about somewhere to keep the boat (30 foot sailing boat). We are looking for somewhere preferably in County Cork, but possibly Kerry or Waterford.
We've seen a few marinas, but we prefer to be somewhere quieter (and probably can't afford a marina anyway). We like swinging moorings, and our preference would probably be a sailing club with moorings, though just a "council" mooring would be ok. We've seen clumps of boats in places like Bantry, Crookhaven etc, though they only seem to be around in summer, and there is no sign of anything that looks like a club. I've spoken to someone in Lauragh who said he simply moored in the next bay, didn't cost him anything.
Does anyone know anything about this? I've trawled around the web a bit for sailing clubs in the area but many seem to only be dinghy sailing clubs. Maybe the sailing clubs don't have very good web sites, but maybe there aren't many. If there are any clubs with moorings that anyone can recommend, I'd be glad to hear about them.
I'd also like to know any general information about moorings, who (if anyone) gives permission to use them, and what the best over-wintering arrangemnts are. Our boat is wooden so we generally prefer to keep her in the water year-round, though some of the bays I've seen on the west coast of Ireland don't look like the sort of places you'd want to come adrift of the mooring in a winter gale!
Many thanks in anticipation.
We've seen a few marinas, but we prefer to be somewhere quieter (and probably can't afford a marina anyway). We like swinging moorings, and our preference would probably be a sailing club with moorings, though just a "council" mooring would be ok. We've seen clumps of boats in places like Bantry, Crookhaven etc, though they only seem to be around in summer, and there is no sign of anything that looks like a club. I've spoken to someone in Lauragh who said he simply moored in the next bay, didn't cost him anything.
Does anyone know anything about this? I've trawled around the web a bit for sailing clubs in the area but many seem to only be dinghy sailing clubs. Maybe the sailing clubs don't have very good web sites, but maybe there aren't many. If there are any clubs with moorings that anyone can recommend, I'd be glad to hear about them.
I'd also like to know any general information about moorings, who (if anyone) gives permission to use them, and what the best over-wintering arrangemnts are. Our boat is wooden so we generally prefer to keep her in the water year-round, though some of the bays I've seen on the west coast of Ireland don't look like the sort of places you'd want to come adrift of the mooring in a winter gale!
Many thanks in anticipation.
