Mooring in Bristol Area

[Essex Land Lubbers]

We are looking for a residental mooring in the Bristol City Area - the nearer the centre the better can any one recommend one ?

[Kentboycamper2]

We are looking for a residental mooring in the Bristol City Area - the nearer the centre the better can any one recommend one ?

 

Essex,

Not a chance on the Bristol Harbour Docks - they have a waiting list a mile long and most people only get a mooring by buying a boat that is in situ.

 

Alternatives - move out of Bristol and you have Portavon and Saltford Marina. Both have occasional vacancies for residential moorings,

Andy

[cotswoldsman]

Essex,

Not a chance on the Bristol Harbour Docks - they have a waiting list a mile long and most people only get a mooring by buying a boat that is in situ.

 

Alternatives - move out of Bristol and you have Portavon and Saltford Marina. Both have occasional vacancies for residential moorings,

Andy

 

Just out of interest are there visitor moorings I am coming down the Bristol Channel early September to go up the K&A

[grunders]

Just out of interest are there visitor moorings I am coming down the Bristol Channel early September to go up the K&A

 

There are quite a lot of visitor moorings in the docks - I think it can be quite expensive though with the harbour dues. There are some pontoons down near the SS Great Britain (opposite it, almost) and there are others near the Arnolfini Gallery.

 

Ben

[deletedaccount]

We are looking for a residental mooring in the Bristol City Area - the nearer the centre the better can any one recommend one ?

 

Like kentboys says, they're like hens teeth.

 

There's sometimes riverside moorings available up the river a bit in keynsham and possibly hannam. Saltford marina often has space, as long you don't have kids. They hate kids there.

[FrigateCaptain]

Like kentboys says, they're like hens teeth.

 

There's sometimes riverside moorings available up the river a bit in keynsham and possibly hannam. Saltford marina often has space, as long you don't have kids. They hate kids there.

 

 

 

 

Would NOT moor in hanham, when that floods your swimming up shite creek. NO floating pontoons you see

[sueb]

There are quite a lot of visitor moorings in the docks - I think it can be quite expensive though with the harbour dues. There are some pontoons down near the SS Great Britain (opposite it, almost) and there are others near the Arnolfini Gallery.

 

Ben

 

It can get very noisy near the gallery at weekends. The noise seems to go on for ever. But Bristol is a lovely place to stop with plenty to do.

Sue

[chudleighval]

Fabulous mooring right in the middle of the floating harbour, between bars !!! Great for people watching !! We LOVE it there Friday or Saturday night. Im not a drinker but I love being in the thick of things and its so close to the market etc. It cost use a couple of weeks ago £25 to come through the lock which then included 24hrs mooring in the harbour.

Have a lovely stay

Val

[chudleighval]

Fabulous mooring right in the middle of the floating harbour, between bars !!! Great for people watching !! We LOVE it there Friday or Saturday night. Im not a drinker but I love being in the thick of things and its so close to the market etc. It cost use a couple of weeks ago £25 to come through the lock which then included 24hrs mooring in the harbour.

Have a lovely stay

Val

[FrigateCaptain]

It can get very noisy near the gallery at weekends. The noise seems to go on for ever. But Bristol is a lovely place to stop with plenty to do.

Sue

 

 

 

 

But alas, you have to travel down the K&A

[real_vibes]

Would NOT moor in hanham, when that floods your swimming up shite creek. NO floating pontoons you see

 

 

How bad does the flooding get? There is a large field with some boats moored near to the weir and pubs, does that entire field flood?

[FrigateCaptain]

How bad does the flooding get? There is a large field with some boats moored near to the weir and pubs, does that entire field flood?

 

 

 

Yes, badly

[Bat & Frog]

I think that fields called a flood plain, so they must be planning housing there !

[Naughty Cal]

Would NOT moor in hanham, when that floods your swimming up shite creek. NO floating pontoons you see

 

Not all river moorings are floating pontoons. A little bit of common sense and mooring shouldnt be a problem even in flood conditions.

[FrigateCaptain]

Not all river moorings are floating pontoons. A little bit of common sense and mooring shouldnt be a problem even in flood conditions.

 

 

 

Not what i was saying, unless you have some big scaf poles, you dont stand a chance there.

There is floating visitor moorings tho.

I used to live in Hanham and got use to seeing stranded boats, some lernt there lesson

[Naughty Cal]

Not what i was saying, unless you have some big scaf poles, you dont stand a chance there.

There is floating visitor moorings tho.

I used to live in Hanham and got use to seeing stranded boats, some lernt there lesson

 

And moored up in a better fashion.

 

People manage on a daily basis without the aid of floating pontoons or scafolding poles to moor on tidal or coastal waters and in times of extreme weather manage to moor on flooding rivers, much the same as they have done for the many years before floating pontoons became popular.

 

Yes there are the unlucky few who get caught out but they are very much in the minority.

[magpie patrick]

And moored up in a better fashion.

 

People manage on a daily basis without the aid of floating pontoons or scafolding poles to moor on tidal or coastal waters and in times of extreme weather manage to moor on flooding rivers, much the same as they have done for the many years before floating pontoons became popular.

 

Yes there are the unlucky few who get caught out but they are very much in the minority.

 

 

understand what you are saying Phylis, but the Avon floods to the point where you can take short cuts across the fields. Some use scaffolding poles but by far and away the most common is large circular tubes reaching about fifteen foot above the river bank, with the ropes sliding up and down them. The weight and flat bottom on a NB makes it much more serious if it lands partially or wholly on the bank as the water comes down.

[FrigateCaptain]

And moored up in a better fashion.

 

People manage on a daily basis without the aid of floating pontoons or scafolding poles to moor on tidal or coastal waters and in times of extreme weather manage to moor on flooding rivers, much the same as they have done for the many years before floating pontoons became popular.

 

Yes there are the unlucky few who get caught out but they are very much in the minority.

 

 

 

The moorings are quite cheap there too, we were told around a £100 a month for our boat but our insurance went up with it. Stu did say that Gary(?) was thinking about putting better moorings in to handle this but of course the price will go up and you'll still have a 200m + paddle/swim/row to you boat when it floods.

 

 

We went down to Bristol to load up the boat when we bought her last november and got cought up in a spring tide and couldnt lock at netham lock and could come about to return to Hanham so had to swing on the anc for 2 hours 70m off the wier, not fun.

The best bit mind is when the weather warning goes out and you see shite loads of boats hoof it up to BFH for refuge (free of charge too)

[Naughty Cal]

The moorings are quite cheap there too, we were told around a £100 a month for our boat but our insurance went up with it. Stu did say that Gary(?) was thinking about putting better moorings in to handle this but of course the price will go up and you'll still have a 200m + paddle/swim/row to you boat when it floods.

 

 

We went down to Bristol to load up the boat when we bought her last november and got cought up in a spring tide and couldnt lock at netham lock and could come about to return to Hanham so had to swing on the anc for 2 hours 70m off the wier, not fun.

The best bit mind is when the weather warning goes out and you see shite loads of boats hoof it up to BFH for refuge (free of charge too)

 

Anyone in their right mind would be doing a 200m paddle/swim/row across a flooded river/field to their boat. They would have roped it properly and left it to its own devices.

 

A spring tide is hardly a flood and proper planning of your journey would have avoided the need to anchor for a couple of hours. Just as an aside some of us do like swinging around an anchor for fun, it neednt just be for emergency use.

 

Lots of people moor hassle free on very flood prone rivers. Ask anyone mooring on the Yorkshire Ouse how they get on, and no they dont all have floating pontoons and some of them have very large boats including a few very big dutch barges. They adapt their mooring habits to suit.

[999tucker]

Anyone have any leads for moorings on the river close to hanham? 

Edited March 12, 2018 by 999tucker

[Laurie Booth]

On 6/8/2010 at 13:47, deletedaccount said:

 

Like kentboys says, they're like hens teeth.

 

There's sometimes riverside moorings available up the river a bit in keynsham and possibly hannam. Saltford marina often has space, as long you don't have kids. They hate kids there.

Saltford people hate people.

[Sir Nibble]

7 hours ago, Laurie.Booth said:

Saltford people hate people.

My favourite lock though. Grab a pint to drink whilst working through.

[Mike Hurley]

9 hours ago, Laurie.Booth said:

Saltford people hate people.

I used to have a mooring in Saltford marina, poncy, snobby people mostly, all in their little clicky groups. Portavon marina just down river was much better, real people there.

[999tucker]

I don't hold out much/any hope for a mooring In the harbour. Anyone know who I should enquire with about river moorings? Hanham would be great but anywhere really.

[Laurie Booth]

14 hours ago, Mike Hurley said:

I used to have a mooring in Saltford marina, poncy, snobby people mostly, all in their little clicky groups. Portavon marina just down river was much better, real people there.

Just as bad living in a house in Saltford