Thats me chuffed

[Bigplumbs]

I have just learnt today that I have been granted a fairways mooring. So once I have got the weight etc in place that is my mooring sorted for £90 per year

Pleased me no end

Dennis

[Ianfs]

Gosh that's a bargain. Is that on a swinging mooring?

[Bigplumbs]

Yes swing mooring that does not dry out. I think once you have one you have it for life unless you want to give it up. There are a few simple rules (like you must actually use it) and you have to pay the annual fee of in this case £90 most of which goes to the Queen. Not a bad little earner for Madge if you consider how many there are around the country.

Dennis

[sprocker]

That is very cheap mooring!
Swing moorings are something that I have thought about investigating as a cheaper option to our current Marina berth, much less handy I know but the cost difference may be worth it.

Do you have to be seen to use it all year round and do you have to do the maintenance on it?

Also, does it have much effect on your insurance premium?

[Bigplumbs]

That is very cheap mooring!
Swing moorings are something that I have thought about investigating as a cheaper option to our current Marina berth, much less handy I know but the cost difference may be worth it.

Do you have to be seen to use it all year round and do you have to do the maintenance on it?

Also, does it have much effect on your insurance premium?

Where mine is you just need to be seen to be using it so a boat on it for the best part of the season will be fine.
Yes you have to maintain it but that is just a lift up by the big work boat from the marina at a cost of about £80 a year. Mine is a new site so I have to provide the concrete weight, buoy and chain (I will pay the boat yard to do that). With it being new kit I suspect it will be fine for many years. Many other sites are those given up so the kit is already there and just needs the test done.

The nice thing about it is it is so cheap you don't need to fret about how much your boat is costing you when you might not be using it. Yes not as convient as a berth (in our area about £3500 a year) but one heck of a lot Cheaper.

My insurance adds about £40 a year for the boat being on the mooring

Dennis

[shibbs]

A good deal by the sounds of it!

[betty boop]

That is very cheap mooring!
Swing moorings are something that I have thought about investigating as a cheaper option to our current Marina berth, much less handy I know but the cost difference may be worth it.

Do you have to be seen to use it all year round and do you have to do the maintenance on it?

Also, does it have much effect on your insurance premium?

Where mine is you just need to be seen to be using it so a boat on it for the best part of the season will be fine.
Yes you have to maintain it but that is just a lift up by the big work boat from the marina at a cost of about £80 a year. Mine is a new site so I have to provide the concrete weight, buoy and chain (I will pay the boat yard to do that). With it being new kit I suspect it will be fine for many years. Many other sites are those given up so the kit is already there and just needs the test done.

The nice thing about it is it is so cheap you don't need to fret about how much your boat is costing you when you might not be using it. Yes not as convient as a berth (in our area about £3500 a year) but one heck of a lot Cheaper.

My insurance adds about £40 a year for the boat being on the mooring

Dennis

Well done sounds great, FYI on the PBO mag article recently that highlighted that some boat yards were dropping the weights with steel shackles on gavl chain and it wasnt working out too well when the shackle fell apart under load for the moored boat swinging. Hopefully they are an OK outfit but just an FYI in case .

[Bigplumbs]

That is very cheap mooring!
Swing moorings are something that I have thought about investigating as a cheaper option to our current Marina berth, much less handy I know but the cost difference may be worth it.

Do you have to be seen to use it all year round and do you have to do the maintenance on it?

Also, does it have much effect on your insurance premium?

Where mine is you just need to be seen to be using it so a boat on it for the best part of the season will be fine.
Yes you have to maintain it but that is just a lift up by the big work boat from the marina at a cost of about £80 a year. Mine is a new site so I have to provide the concrete weight, buoy and chain (I will pay the boat yard to do that). With it being new kit I suspect it will be fine for many years. Many other sites are those given up so the kit is already there and just needs the test done.

The nice thing about it is it is so cheap you don't need to fret about how much your boat is costing you when you might not be using it. Yes not as convient as a berth (in our area about £3500 a year) but one heck of a lot Cheaper.

My insurance adds about £40 a year for the boat being on the mooring

Dennis

Well done sounds great, FYI on the PBO mag article recently that highlighted that some boat yards were dropping the weights with steel shackles on gavl chain and it wasnt working out too well when the shackle fell apart under load for the moored boat swinging. Hopefully they are an OK outfit but just an FYI in case .

Thanks for the heads up. The boatyard in question has been there for years and have dropped loads of these weights/tackle so hopefully should be ok

Dennis