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We bought our first boat! It needs work which we are doing over the summer and then we are off to Rugby where we work and there looks to be a few marinas to choose from.  We hope to moor up permanently from September onward and we are slightly worried we may not find a mooring.  Are moorings hard to come by? Especially nearing winter?  

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2 minutes ago, katie_hannah said:

We bought our first boat! It needs work which we are doing over the summer and then we are off to Rugby where we work and there looks to be a few marinas to choose from.  We hope to moor up permanently from September onward and we are slightly worried we may not find a mooring.  Are moorings hard to come by? Especially nearing winter?  

They can be very difficult to find in 'hot-spots' as Winter moves closer,

 

There is nothing to stop you organising a berth now, and paying a deposit so it doesn't become a last minute problem, with everywhere booked and you end up in Northampton or Leicester because everyone else has booked ahead.

 

 

 

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Thank you everyone, I've started ringing around and it looks like finding a liveaboard mooring may be harder than I first thought ?

14 minutes ago, matty40s said:

Plenty of spare moorings last winter at Brinklow, Braunston, Dunchurch Pools, Welton Hythe/Haven.

Do you know whether Brinklow offer liveaboard moorings?

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You may well struggle to get official liveaboard moorings, but some places turn a blind-eye to 'excessive usage' on leisure moorings - but you are unlikely to be able to use the marina address for mail, insurance, voting etc etc.

You will need to set up a mailbox with a friend / work / or relative to receive your mail.

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Many people don't live on their boat.   But do "spend a lot of time on it".

 

It's fairly easy to tell if a marina has "liveaboards", just don't use the term.  And as Alan says, sort out your "address" details in advance.

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3 hours ago, nicknorman said:

You might try Fazeley Mill Marina, they don’t seem too worried whether you live aboard or not so just don’t mention the issue. Plenty of folk seem to be there permanently.

Thanks for the suggestion but I work in Rugby and that's a little too far 

3 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

You may well struggle to get official liveaboard moorings, but some places turn a blind-eye to 'excessive usage' on leisure moorings - but you are unlikely to be able to use the marina address for mail, insurance, voting etc etc.

You will need to set up a mailbox with a friend / work / or relative to receive your mail.

I see, one marina I spoke to said that as we work full time it would probably be fine, that makes sense now. 

1 hour ago, dor said:

Many people don't live on their boat.   But do "spend a lot of time on it".

 

It's fairly easy to tell if a marina has "liveaboards", just don't use the term.  And as Alan says, sort out your "address" details in advance.

Aah, this makes sense, I rang one marina who said that they didnt so liveaboards "as such" Haha! 

 

What do people do about car insurance in this case? My parents home is far away and I have a black box at the moment and they'll be able to see I'm not parked there ?

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1 minute ago, katie_hannah said:

What do people do about car insurance in this case? My parents home is far away and I have a black box at the moment and they'll be able to see I'm not parked there

Tell the truth and say you are living on a boat.

If you have any accident and they find you have not informed them of your change of address it could invalidate your insurance, Your insurance premium is based on your post code and where (drive / garage / road) the car is kept.

Tell them that your mailing address is your parents.

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I got caught out about 4 years ago, I called into Venetian marina to discuss a long term mooring, no problem the chap said and gave me a plan showing all the spaces they had, I said can I reserve one, no need he said, plenty of room.  I turned up in September, went into the office and said can I have a mooring please, the young lady said, one night or a week? No I said at least a year. The reply was sorry but we are full up. I could have got a space there the following April. 

A winter mooring in a marina as about the same price as a CRT winter towpath mooring and you have all the facilities.

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I don't liveaboard, but for the last two winters I have taken winter moorings from late October to Easter (with this year's being extended due to lockdown). In both cases I rang the boatyard two or three weeks beforehand and both replied along the lines of "I'm sure we can fit you in somewhere. Let's us know nearer the time when you are going to arrive and we will sort things out". And they did. Although with this year's mooring I had to leave the boat in a temporary spot while they shuffled some other boats around, and the next time I visited the boat had been moved.

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Other marina's in the area:

 

Wigram's, Crick, Cropredy & Ventnor, Castle Marina's. https://www.castlemarinas.co.uk/ Ventnor do not allow liveaboards.

 

Calcutt: http://www.calcuttboats.com/moorings.html

 

Napton: https://napton-marina.co.uk/moorings/index.php

 

Braunston: https://braunstonmarina.co.uk/Moorings-and-Services/

 

Yelvertoft: http://yelvertoft-marina.com/index.html

 

Best to contact them regarding livaboard / residential status.

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You probably should have sorted these things out before you bought the boat but it's too late now.  The reality is that most marinas have a few liveaboards unofficially, but if you as a stranger ring a marina and immediately start asking about residential moorings, then they're gonna get suspicious and tell you no.  What most people do is work on a basis of "don't ask, don't tell".  You're after a mooring, that's all.  If they don't ask if you're a liveaboard, that's up to them.  When you take up your mooring, just keep your head down.  Go out cruising regularly too so you're not there all the time.  The absolute worst that will happen is that you're asked to leave, and you have to find another mooring.  But that's unlikely if you don't cause any bother to the marina owner.  I'm not condoning any of this, it's just the way it's done.

 

Your other options for a mooring, would be a CRT mooring, where nobody really checks up on who's living there.  There's moorings available at Hillmorton just outside Rugby right now.

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1 hour ago, nickhindle said:

Barby marina is close to Rugby. It's a nice marina, nice owners, people live aboard there, and it looks like they're offering 25% off mooring fees at the moment.

 

http://www.barbymoorings.co.uk/

Is it running ok now?  There were many problems in the early days and many disgruntled customers.  It looks like the website hasn't been updated since 2013!!!

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16 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

Tell the truth and say you are living on a boat.

If you have any accident and they find you have not informed them of your change of address it could invalidate your insurance, Your insurance premium is based on your post code and where (drive / garage / road) the car is kept.

Tell them that your mailing address is your parents.

Will do, thanks for your help!

16 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

I got caught out about 4 years ago, I called into Venetian marina to discuss a long term mooring, no problem the chap said and gave me a plan showing all the spaces they had, I said can I reserve one, no need he said, plenty of room.  I turned up in September, went into the office and said can I have a mooring please, the young lady said, one night or a week? No I said at least a year. The reply was sorry but we are full up. I could have got a space there the following April. 

A winter mooring in a marina as about the same price as a CRT winter towpath mooring and you have all the facilities.

I'll be sure to book something in the next week I think!

11 hours ago, Ray T said:

Other marina's in the area:

 

Wigram's, Crick, Cropredy & Ventnor, Castle Marina's. https://www.castlemarinas.co.uk/ Ventnor do not allow liveaboards.

 

Calcutt: http://www.calcuttboats.com/moorings.html

 

Napton: https://napton-marina.co.uk/moorings/index.php

 

Braunston: https://braunstonmarina.co.uk/Moorings-and-Services/

 

Yelvertoft: http://yelvertoft-marina.com/index.html

 

Best to contact them regarding livaboard / residential status.

Thats really helpful, thanks!

4 hours ago, doratheexplorer said:

You probably should have sorted these things out before you bought the boat but it's too late now.  The reality is that most marinas have a few liveaboards unofficially, but if you as a stranger ring a marina and immediately start asking about residential moorings, then they're gonna get suspicious and tell you no.  What most people do is work on a basis of "don't ask, don't tell".  You're after a mooring, that's all.  If they don't ask if you're a liveaboard, that's up to them.  When you take up your mooring, just keep your head down.  Go out cruising regularly too so you're not there all the time.  The absolute worst that will happen is that you're asked to leave, and you have to find another mooring.  But that's unlikely if you don't cause any bother to the marina owner.  I'm not condoning any of this, it's just the way it's done.

 

Your other options for a mooring, would be a CRT mooring, where nobody really checks up on who's living there.  There's moorings available at Hillmorton just outside Rugby right now.

Yeah, I realise that now ? had a little panic yesterday but a couple of marinas have said they have space so I'm going to have a look next week.  That's good to know, I'll check out Hillmorton too, thank you! 

3 hours ago, nickhindle said:

Barby marina is close to Rugby. It's a nice marina, nice owners, people live aboard there, and it looks like they're offering 25% off mooring fees at the moment.

 

http://www.barbymoorings.co.uk/

I'll give them a ring, looks like it's in a good location for me 

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