Winter Mooring / Lay-up Required

[Fire99]

Evening everyone.

A little help would be appreciated if you would.

My sailing club for reasons less than ideal, have decided to want a 'returnable' deposit (above fees) for winter storage which leaves some issues on returning the cash if boats aren't launched by a certain day, this year and so I think it's a good opportunity to find somewhere else to store my 23ft bilge keeler over winter.

Can anyone suggest some alternatives (obviously not at Stone Sailing Club ) from mid October until spring please..

Ideas would be greatly appreciated since I need to get things organised.

many thanks,

Nick

 

[MoodySabre]

Bradwell charges:

Lift out and preesure wash (not allowed to do your own) £6.80 per ft plus VAT
Storage £1.01 per ft per week incl VAT
Launch £4.50 per ft plus VAT

Extra £100 if you have use of a cradle.

I expect you can find cheaper. Do Marconi take non-club boats? Or Blackwater Marina.

Dauntless are doing a discount deal deal for upfront payment for all of the above but I don't know the rate.

 

[Fire99]

Many thanks for the Info. I'm not sure about Marconi. I'll drop them a line and see, since they're neighbours of the club that I'm currently at.

 

[FullCircle]

Carter & Ward at Rochford are VERY cheap, and good service too.

Full Circle was costing me £15 a week (35ft)


Nigel or Graham 01702 546147

 

[Fire99]

Carter & Ward at Rochford are VERY cheap, and good service too.

Full Circle was costing me £15 a week (35ft)


Nigel or Graham 01702 546147

Good man Jim,

many thanks!!

 

[FullCircle]

Nik,
if you decide to go for Rochford, I will pilot you up there, it's quite tricky first couple of times. You could pick me up from Paglesham Reach jetty.

If you join the Roach Sailing Association, they have a real team effort with shared work, and they also have a mast stepping day, which cost me £30 last time I dropped the mast. They are a grand bunch.

 

[Fire99]

Thanks again Jim,

Very decent of you...

A team effort does sound good. The cruiser mob are much like that at Stone. Just unfortunate that their merits don't seem to be appreciated by the current 'head honcho' of the club and this sailing lark is meant to be fun not Westminster..

 

[Tam Lin]

I think that you would have to be a member to keep your boat at Marconi. Might be worth considering for the future though! Another good lot of lads, I am having my mast taken down next week, cost - nothing. Got towed to the travel hoist to be taken out when the engine broke, cost - nothing. If you joined Marconi your new mooring would be nearly in Stone anyway and you could pretend you had never left!

 

[Fire99]

Haha... Thanks... Well I have no real allegiance to Stone other than the access to water for me is brilliant and the harbour master at the club has been incredibly gracious and helpful to me over 3 or 4 years I've been there. There are some great folk at the club but there certainly now appears more a push from the 'man at the top' to swat those pesky yacht members of the club and make it dinghies / cats only. Sad really. I'm a man who believes a boat is a floaty thing regardless of type, size or use. Anyway, I'm verging towards my soap-box. Many thanks for the info about Marconi.

 

[nortada]

Walton-on-the-Naze

In the water - The Walton & Frinton Trust Pond.

Ashore - Halls or Bedwells boat yards

 

[Fire99]

In the water - The Walton & Frinton Trust Pond.

Ashore - Halls or Bedwells boat yards

Many thanks but Walton / Frinton is a bit far north for laying up for me..

Thanks for the suggestions though.

 

[keithsboat]

How about here

http://www.brandyholemoorings.co.uk/index.html

Rates are on the pages, there are at least 2 of us their already

 

[FullCircle]

http://www.brandyholemoorings.co.uk/index.html

Rates are on the pages, there are at least 2 of us their already

I must say I liked the Brandy Hole laying up area.

 

[Fire99]

http://www.brandyholemoorings.co.uk/index.html

Rates are on the pages, there are at least 2 of us their already

I can't deny, that looks very excellent!!

 

[Marmalade]

We welcome new members at Marconi but as others have guessed - we don't do a commercial laying-up service. We have enough room ashore for the boats on club moorings and just enough volunteer manpower to launch and recover c.100 cruising yachts each spring and autumn. Anything more would stretch us too far. If you'd like to join - check out the club website where there are numbers to call for information and to discuss moorings.

 

[Fire99]

We welcome new members at Marconi but as others have guessed - we don't do a commercial laying-up service. We have enough room ashore for the boats on club moorings and just enough volunteer manpower to launch and recover c.100 cruising yachts each spring and autumn. Anything more would stretch us too far. If you'd like to join - check out the club website where there are numbers to call for information and to discuss moorings.

To be honest that's what I thought. I have in fact been in contact with Marconi earlier in the year (if I remember right) and haven't gone further yet. I do like the Blackwater and I feel a change may be on the cards. I'm getting a little tired with the 'anti brigade' at my current club..

Thanks for the reply, I'll get back in touch with the club regarding maybe next year.