BLUEMOMENT

So... are there any moorings free and should I sail clockwise or anti-clockwise to get there? Shouldn't take much more than a couple of weeks if I don't spend too much time in the pub.

Ooh they're cheaper than that in this part of the world - tho there may not be too many 'official' facilities!

FullCircle wrote:I belong to Royal Corinthian YC at Burnham On Crouch on the East Coast (England of course)

I have just had the bill in for mooring this year, swinging in the River Crouch, with a boat taxi service throughout the season.

Membership for family £400/annum (very nice facilities and great for kids)

Boat mooring for 9 months, February November end £660 for an 11m boat.

Dinghy stowage in Park, £24

Not bad all in as the club is a welcoming place too.

still expensive for a mooring in a mudhole

And talking of mudholes

If you happen to live near the coast

And there happens to be a nice bit of sheltered water nearby

And you happen to have a heavy weight and a length of chain

Is there any reason why you can't lay your own mooring and park your boat for free.

You can (and people do) in many places in Eire

In the UK you have to seek the permission of (and pay rent to) Her Maj - strictly speaking!

"In the UK you have to seek the permission of (and pay rent to) Her Maj - strictly speaking!"

Doe you happen to know the limits on this.

Is it 3 miles, or intertidal or some other thing dating back to Henry 8

Also is there some intermediary, or do I just drop a note to Buck Hse, perhaps with a tenner tucked in the fold?

I don't know the strict definition (if there is one) but suspect that you wouldn't want to lay a mooring anywhere that wasn't included!

It is The Crown Estate which owns virtually the entire seabed out to the 12 nautical mile territorial limit

The Crown Estate.

Anywhere you have to read the depth in feet is definitely suffering from thin water IMO.

FullCircle wrote:

jim.r wrote:

FullCircle wrote:
still expensive for a mooring in a mudhole

Not a mudhole though Jim, at LW springs I have 22ft under the keel.
Other mudholelike facilities are available at considerably reduced cost.

OK a deep mudhole then

Silkie wrote:Anywhere you have to read the depth in feet is definitely suffering from thin water IMO.

Feet! We work in Millimeters round our way.

£581.63 including VAT for 8 meter boat for 12 months in Peterhead.

This includes Electrickery and showers etc.

I'm not at all certain who should have control of the seabed, but I suppose that the Crown Commissioners must be as good as any, although I'm not at all certain to whom, and how, they are accountable.

The idea of laying one's own mooring is very attractive, but there's always the danger that badly sited moorings reduce the available area for anchoring. This is already an issue in some areas I understand, as also has been the proliferation of fish firms, and the abandonment of their chains and cables when the farms fall into disuse.

Troon Cruising club - £122 family with berth. £540 -wall mooring 12 months. Variable (dep on length ) on island pontoon about £1K. Clubhouse, own hoist tractors etc. , workshop with weld/drill/lathe/cut, dinghy cages carpark in locked compound.