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Jul 12, 2023 19:28:59 GMT
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Been in Looe for almost a week now and have noticed these, now someone must be paying mooring fees but these don't look to have cast off in sometime. Are these the same as those forgotten cars in barns just in plain view? Mods please delete if this doesn't fit the Retro Ride MO.    |
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Jul 12, 2023 21:30:18 GMT
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I've not been involved with smaller boats for years but back then it was a bit like trying to shift an abandoned car without the owners permission. The harbour had to get legal permission to shift it if owner was not found. It was easier to let them sink and then it could be removed as it was a hazard to other boats. Bindura was my dad's last boat, retro qualifier - she was built in the 70's, we had some great adventures in it, lots of "don't tell your mum this has happened" near catastrophes and silly happenings.  spot the retros on the quey side, ours was a Rover 214 (not sure if that is the right number)  |
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75swb
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Boat "barnfinds"75swb
@75swb
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Jul 12, 2023 22:45:54 GMT
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Moorings (at least out here in NZ, and not in a marina) are generally
cheap to buy or lease, and have low ongoing costs (think £5k to buy, and £100 a year fees to council). Add to that a yacht thats crossed the atlantic can be had for £15k and a little yacht like in the pictures can be had for £2-3k in decent nick, and you have all the set up for a nice little boat to go for summer cruising round the coast for not a lot of money (even less if the moorings were bought years ago like many). Owning a boat is an entirely different prospect however! Dragging it out to be antifouled every year or 2 can cost half the price of the boat, upkeep on batteries, sails, uv breakdown of coatings, constant sea air attacking electronics, paint, rigging etc, bilge pumps have to be powered and servicable at all times and the costs soon mount. A few trips out in summer, come back in spring to check on it and suddenly somethings broken and a weeks worth of work is needed to clean inside and out and actually the £100 a year mooring cost is the only thing getting paid. Boat becomes unusable and worthless, and eventually sinks on the mooring or breaks loose in a storm and best case, runs aground. Flip the same story to someone who sees it as a cheap place to live, maybe to get back on their feet or something, and don't have the means to do the maintenance and you get the same result. Seen it a hundred times sadly
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