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    Mooring for sale

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    Hi John, if you read my post again, you`ll notice i did`nt actually name any particular yard, but was generalising about several that i`ve either read or been told of, but that also included marinas not necessarily on the broads, which i should have mentioned :oops:

    Quite correct, Neil. :bow:bow:bow

    Mary-Jane has slapped my wrist on your behalf..... :cry:cry:cry

    Mooring for sale

    in Broads Chat

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    Let`s face it, if they had to "compete" as it were, in an independant very competative market (which it is`nt), then they would be bending over backwards to offer terms and conditions to suit the customer, and not to suit themselves only, as it is at the moment. I think the best way to do it is to offer moorings is the way Set Fair has mentioned above, and that is by calculating the cost monthly. that way, the customer pays for the time occupying the berth, which is what the the marina owners get payed for. The problem with most of the broads marinas is they`re mostly run by big buisness which trade on pure greed rather than value for money. As for Dans comment about buisness is`nt always about "the customer", if all the "customers" went elsewhere, they would`nt have anyone to be able to charge their exhorbitant rates to. The reason why they get away with it is because a lot of the Broads marina operators get together to set a price, knowing you`ll be hard pressed to find a mooring any cheaper. Maybe somebody should suggest a visit by the "Monopolies comission"?, i wonder how they would react to that.?

    Neil, Hi

    I don't think that's quite fair as we researched several marinas when we moved earlier this year. The prices varied by up to £400/year and we chose the WRC, which was the most expensive, because of the ambience and facilities available. James even threw in a month's free mooring and offered us the choice of two moorings as of last Friday. We chose the one which suited us better! :clap:clap:clap

    It is also of interest to read clause 10.1 of the Yacht Harbour Association's Code of practice:

    Clause 10.1:

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    This termination clause was drafted to comply with an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) requirement that berth holders who had paid in advance for annual contracts should be able to cancel their contracts on 16 weeks’ written notice and receive a refund of the fees already paid for the unspent part of the year.

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    This could have been abused by berth holders who could take unfair advantage of discounts which would not otherwise have been available to them for the period during which they stayed, or who could occupy the berth during the best months of the year, and then leave at the time when the berth would be difficult to re-let. This clause attempts to minimize the loss to the marina, whilst complying with the requirement of the OFT that contracts be terminable on 16 weeks’ notice.

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    Although a refund must be made, when calculating the sum that must be refunded, the marina is entitled to re-calculate the fee that would otherwise have been due for the period that the berth was occupied, taking into consideration the fact that the best months of the year are more expensive than the less popular months.

    I also can't agree that it's an " overpriced over developed blot on the riverside (as i`ve said before in other threads). Personally I like the place and find it much nicer now that those dratted geese have been "disappeared"! :naughty::naughty::naughty:

    Norfolk Boat Jumble

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    Seriously though, we lost my Mum at the start of last year (the day before her 80th birthday whiich she so desperately wanted to celebrate), and i`l always believe i never made enough time for something as simple as a phone call. We should ALWAYS appreciate Mums and Dads, especially when they`ve done so much for us, so it is`nt too much to ask to miss just one boat jumble.

    Neil.

    Well said, Neil.

    Mary-Jane's mother (87) broke her hip last week so we are spending lots of time with her...

    As you say, there's always another boat jumble.

    Norfolk Boat Jumble

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    But what numbty scheduled the date for MOTHER'S DAY, how many of us guys can get away on this day, we have to spoil,wine & dine and maybe cook lunch for our Ladies/mothers and rightly so, numbers are going to be down, someone should have checked their diary !!! :roll:

    Spot on, that lets us out, too... :cry

    Broads Tolls protest continues

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    Registering your dissatisfaction gives you the right to make that appeal, if enough of us do, preferably as one mass appeal, then they will have to explain themselves to The Secretary of State, something I am sure he/she can't be bothered with but will have to respond to.

    Just how do we go about doing that, please?

    Maypole Group Sold

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    We stayed in Lavenham (Suffolk) recently and spent drinking time in the Angel pub. They were also part of the Maypole group and the Manager/Chef told us that Marco was buying the group as an investment. NOT for him to cook in! (Sorry, Bill!)

    Still great news and good to know that we'll see Phil and Ness again in early May en-route Wroxham. :clap:clap:clap

    charging all three batteries together

    in Technical Questions and Answers

    Posted

    We've got two 12V batteries in series for 24V systems, a 12V Domestic and a 12V Starting battery. As David said, it's not a good idea to try to simultaneously charge different batteries, which in our case would not be possible.

    The starting and domestic batteries are totally different in characteristics and the 24V needs just that!

    So we bit the silver and bought 3 marine battery chargers whose leads are bolted (not with the crocodile clips!) directly to the batteries.

    The "Rolls Royce's" of battery chargers are Ctek, if you can afford them! However I would certainly buy a sealed unit type (similar to the Ctek in design) for permanent installation and screw/bolt it to a bulkhead.

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