Hi Angela,
As a yacht club our membership, mooring and lay up rates are very competitive especially compared to commercial enterprises on the south coast. As a member of the management committee we work very hard to find ways to generate extra income without coming back to the membership. To this end we try to 'sell' our facilities to those who need them outside of the time when the majority of the members would need them.
A club member wanted to have his vessel (the MTB) lifted and renovated as her hull planks had been replaced but the restorer had used steel screws and these needed replacement, or so I understand. The project was scheduled early in the summer and should have been finished late in the autumn, freeing up the boat park space for the members.
The MTB was to have been craned out but this proved to be far too exspensive. The next idea was to float her onto a lorry trailer that had been converted. Whilst this waited for conversion the MTB was moved to a newly created mooring (river bed shaping and levelling paid by the owner). The boat was moved with the owner's knowledge and agreement. Unfortunately the hull was not as sound as was supposed and she failed to rise on the second tide as the prop shafts had been pushed up through the hull. (She had been sitting on the mud proir to this but it must have been softer). A great deal of effort by club members and staff managed to get her to the West Slip in the middle of the night.
The prop shafts and brackets were removed and a temporay patch affixed to the hull. She was moved alongside Speedwell as a tempoary measure, (with the owners permission), as the West Slip had been booked by another club member for his craft.
As of today (23rd) a purpose built MTB trailer has been found and will be brought to the club this week for the MTB to be removed to the boat park for attention ASAP.
Unfortunately, in the effort to keep membership etc costs down we have just got to see this project through now...........It's important to remember that the club has many sections and facets and we all have to mix together and sometimes it needs a bit of compromise for the good of the club.
As a yacht club our membership, mooring and lay up rates are very competitive especially compared to commercial enterprises on the south coast. As a member of the management committee we work very hard to find ways to generate extra income without coming back to the membership. To this end we try to 'sell' our facilities to those who need them outside of the time when the majority of the members would need them.
A club member wanted to have his vessel (the MTB) lifted and renovated as her hull planks had been replaced but the restorer had used steel screws and these needed replacement, or so I understand. The project was scheduled early in the summer and should have been finished late in the autumn, freeing up the boat park space for the members.
The MTB was to have been craned out but this proved to be far too exspensive. The next idea was to float her onto a lorry trailer that had been converted. Whilst this waited for conversion the MTB was moved to a newly created mooring (river bed shaping and levelling paid by the owner). The boat was moved with the owner's knowledge and agreement. Unfortunately the hull was not as sound as was supposed and she failed to rise on the second tide as the prop shafts had been pushed up through the hull. (She had been sitting on the mud proir to this but it must have been softer). A great deal of effort by club members and staff managed to get her to the West Slip in the middle of the night.
The prop shafts and brackets were removed and a temporay patch affixed to the hull. She was moved alongside Speedwell as a tempoary measure, (with the owners permission), as the West Slip had been booked by another club member for his craft.
As of today (23rd) a purpose built MTB trailer has been found and will be brought to the club this week for the MTB to be removed to the boat park for attention ASAP.
Unfortunately, in the effort to keep membership etc costs down we have just got to see this project through now...........It's important to remember that the club has many sections and facets and we all have to mix together and sometimes it needs a bit of compromise for the good of the club.