Important Information Regarding Yacht Stations

ranworthbreeze · July 2, 2020

Good afternoon all,

This message is being sent to our Notices to Mariners and boatyards mailing lists (please also feel free to forward to any of your commercial Broads contacts who have not directly received this message).

Important information for hire yards

From 4 July, the Broads Authority's Yacht Stations at Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Reedham will be open and staffed by Quay Assistants. Our usual mooring fees will apply.

Double mooring where permitted and where social distancing can be achieved is still allowed on Broads Authority 24 hour moorings, however it will not be permitted at Yacht Stations in order to facilitate social distancing between Broads Authority Quay Assistants and visitors who wish to moor.

As a result of this, spaces at Yacht Stations will be limited. We therefore urge hirers to plan their journey ahead and arrive in good time before dusk, particularly at Great Yarmouth where the nearest 24 hour mooring is a considerable distance away. Hirers are encouraged to contact our Yacht Stations in advance if they are planning to arrive late on in the day to receive advice and check for availability of spaces.

Toilet and shower facilities will be open at Yacht Stations with increased hygiene measures in place. Water and electric points will also be available and will be sanitised during/after each day. Visitors should also take their own personal hygiene measures, such as using hand sanitiser, when accessing our facilities.

A limited number of people will be permitted to enter our Yacht Station offices at a given time. Quay Assistants will be able to take card payments for mooring fees, tide tables, short visit tolls and other saleable goods that are usually available.

Finally, we encourage visitors to our Yacht Stations and 24 hour moorings to please respect social distancing guidelines at all times and be considerate of others, including fellow visitors and Broads Authority staff. Please note that stern-on mooring is now permitted in locations where it was temporarily restricted (e.g. Ranworth and Loddon), but visitors must continue to ensure they properly social distance from those outside of their household(s)/support bubble.

Please make your hirers aware of any relevant information above.

Finally, if you know of any boating businesses who would like to be added to our lists to receive boating news, notices to mariners and other navigation-related information please let them know that they can email Tom.Waterfall@broads-authority.gov.uk and we will add them to the mailing list.

Wishing you all the best for this weekend,

Tom

Tom Waterfall

Senior Communications Officer

Broads Authority

01603 756034

Broads Authority, Yare House, 62-64 Thorpe Road. Norwich NR1 1RY
01603 610734

vanessan · July 2, 2020

That’s going to make things interesting at GYYS, single mooring only with boat bookings going through the roof! I wonder how many hirers will contact the YS for guidance.

Cal · July 2, 2020

If they are allowing stern mooring at their sites again then I am not sure why they are not allowing double mooring. The boats will be the same distance apart.

TheQ · July 2, 2020

Double mooring the outer boats crew walk over the inner boats deck and may use their handrails..

Cal · July 2, 2020

They may touch your ropes when stern mooring and sharing mooring posts.

They may touch your boat if a mooring goes slightly wrong.

They may touch your rope if they help you moor up.

There are many times someone not onboard your boat may touch it. You can't avoid that.

Avoiding double mooring just seems daft especially at Yarmouth when there are very few alternatives within reasonable distance for hire boats.

BroadsAuthority · July 2, 2020

10 minutes ago, TheQ said:

Double mooring the outer boats crew walk over the inner boats deck and may use their handrails..

This hits the nail on the head. Double mooring will be allowed in locations where it is usually permitted as long as social distancing is followed. For example you might have a household or support bubble split over multiple vessels who wish to moor alongside each other, or you might have someone who wishes to moor alongside another vessel but not access the bank.

We've decided to not allow it at Yacht Stations as our Quay Assistants would have to climb over vessels containing two groups of people and would be in close proximity to them to help with mooring up. This isn't really feasible or sensible with the current social distancing guidelines.

Best,

Tom