Oban North Pier Pontoons

[marisca]

Argyll and Bute Cooncil do it again! What was going to be a benefit for yachties and the town is turning into a cash cow. £3.70 per metre per night,£14.75 for 4 hours, or £5.50 for less than an hour. TOP has complaints of payment with no promised bog code emails and only an answering machine to complain to.
Welcome to Oban!

[BlowingOldBoots]

Absolutely not surprised. The mantra now is cash starved councils, max out revenue streams, cut losses elsewhere.
It will probably be scrapped after a big wind trashes it.

[stevepick]

I seem to remember the price being pretty high last year for an overnight stay, but there was a staff member on hand in reception, the showers were very good ( as were other facilities ). I guess one reason for the high pricing is because they want to maintain the "transit" marina operation and stop people parking there for a week. Pontoon berths are getting expensive now £3.60 p/m in Lochaline for example, they say its the cost of electricity that is one factor.

[BlowingOldBoots]

That’s a good point on maintaining the transit status.

[Aja]

I seem to remember the price being pretty high last year for an overnight stay, but there was a staff member on hand in reception, the showers were very good ( as were other facilities ). I guess one reason for the high pricing is because they want to maintain the "transit" marina operation and stop people parking there for a week. Pontoon berths are getting expensive now £3.60 p/m in Lochaline for example, they say its the cost of electricity that is one factor.

I never understand or agree why I should be subsidising other boats electricity usage.

I don't have 240v on board, so why should I subsidise? A more equitable arrangement is you should be able to buy cards where you can add credit which is useable across (say) Argyll & Bute marinas.

[stevepick]

I never understand or agree why I should be subsidising other boats electricity usage.

I don't have 240v on board, so why should I subsidise? A more equitable arrangement is you should be able to buy cards where you can add credit which is useable across (say) Argyll & Bute marinas.

I think the setup for that would make it even more expensive, you may not be popular I also think the main power cost is not the pontoon power, but the lighting, heating and hot water costs in the shower/toilet blocks.

[BlowingOldBoots]

I think we will see sharp increases in prices at many places this year. I do hope service providers can cover costs otherwise we can expect closure and, or deteriorating facilities. The cost of living tension is not limited to consumers.

Maybe there will be more anchoring and dinghy work, like it was in the past.

[aquaplane]

Maybe there will be more anchoring and dinghy work, like it was in the past.

Have anchoring and dinghy places been lost?

Probably curtailed certainly.

[BlowingOldBoots]

Maybe there will be more anchoring and dinghy work, like it was in the past.

Have anchoring and dinghy places been lost?

Probably curtailed certainly.

Yachts used to anchor between the North Pier and Corran Ledge, a poor anchorage, but useful for shopping and crew changes when the North Pier could not be used. Anchoring there has now been banned.


https://www.obanharbour.scot/port-infor ... nchorages/

Please note anchoring is no longer permitted between North Pier and the Corran Ledge moorings, or, on the designated ferry approach routes.