haslar/ lightship

[Carl]

£8.00 for a short stay,that must be the most expensive in the solent, and they wonder why the lightship struggles

[Hightower]

Ruddy Hell! Used to be less than half this amount.

Is a short stay less than 4 hours?

[Carl]

yep,and another thing which pi$$ed me off was that they dont even ask the size of your boat,the 30FT ish sailing boat behind me paid the same,although they werent happy either

[C2 RIBS]

I guess you were jumped on as you arrived by a student working the weekend for the marina, We probably need to talk to the guys who run the lightship as they have an interest in keeping us coming over for snacks and drinks as well as food. At those charges which dont take boat length as a starter or a lesser price for a half hour drink stop the marina will also loose out. Jimbo operates from Haslar so perhaps he can spread some light of these charges for us.

[Carl]

i did say i was only staying an hour,but didnt make any difference,although they prob know that as on old trick

[Nos4r2]

Originally Posted by Carl

i did say i was only staying an hour,but didnt make any difference,although they prob know that as on old trick

I think I'd have left rather than pay that. It's taking the micky.

[Carl]

if it was better weather i think i would have and gone over to the iow,but we also had some little ones with us which were hungry. dont think ill be back for a while now though,its the principal off it

[Hightower]

Might well be worth phoning the marina and asking them outright. Could be that the person collecting the dues was pocketing the difference!

[Hightower]

I've just checked their website. What a bunch of rip off merchents!

http://www.haslarmarina.co.uk/products.htm

[Carl]

how can you have the same price for anything up tp 14 mtrs