Mobilvetta
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There is only one reason why Largs Yacht Haven have offered to pay for the barrier to be erected on the council's carpark, that is presently free for motorhomes to use. It's because they hope that motorhomes will now pay £30.00 a night to park in the Aire that the marina setup. It's unfortunate that the councillors have accepted this offer.
Having kept a motorboat in the Marina there for 6 years, it was all about extracting as much money from you as they could, it was the most expensive marina on the Clyde at the time and probably still is.
As soon as my motorboat arrived on the low loader out they came with the tape measure to measure it's overhaul length, they allocated me a berth that wasn't wide enough, unless you had a few crew who were handy with fenders.
After two weeks of asking for a wider berth and getting no where I hired there marina professional skipper to come and drive my boat, even he said the berth was totally unsuitable for the beam of my boat, it was only then that they reluctantly gave me a wider berth.
In my boating experience many marinas even down on the south coast offered benifits to berth holders, cheaper fuel, discounted Cranage fees etc, when I approached Caroline the manager of the marina, asking if Largs would consider doing this for berth holders she didn't want to know. It was at a time when fuel had gone up overnight from being 40p a litre to 95p a litre, but that was down to the EU saying leisure boats are not allowed to use discounted red diesel for propulsion purposes.
They did offer to rent out your berth though if you were away for a few weeks and you would get half the fees they charged back, but me and my friends up there never received anything, despite the marina been full.
I actually hope motorhomes now boycott staying at Largs Yacht Haven due to this latest move by them. Not actually seen the Aire there, but I imagine it will be were they used to put your boats when you brought them out for maintenance, it was not a tarmac area, but one large area with just crusher run aggregate on the ground. It's a shame they have taken the option away of a free stay away as Largs is a lovely little town to spend your money and Scott's restaurant is a lovely restaurant on the marina who would probably have no doubt gained more customers from the motorhome community had they have had a free stay.
Having kept a motorboat in the Marina there for 6 years, it was all about extracting as much money from you as they could, it was the most expensive marina on the Clyde at the time and probably still is.
As soon as my motorboat arrived on the low loader out they came with the tape measure to measure it's overhaul length, they allocated me a berth that wasn't wide enough, unless you had a few crew who were handy with fenders.
After two weeks of asking for a wider berth and getting no where I hired there marina professional skipper to come and drive my boat, even he said the berth was totally unsuitable for the beam of my boat, it was only then that they reluctantly gave me a wider berth.
In my boating experience many marinas even down on the south coast offered benifits to berth holders, cheaper fuel, discounted Cranage fees etc, when I approached Caroline the manager of the marina, asking if Largs would consider doing this for berth holders she didn't want to know. It was at a time when fuel had gone up overnight from being 40p a litre to 95p a litre, but that was down to the EU saying leisure boats are not allowed to use discounted red diesel for propulsion purposes.
They did offer to rent out your berth though if you were away for a few weeks and you would get half the fees they charged back, but me and my friends up there never received anything, despite the marina been full.
I actually hope motorhomes now boycott staying at Largs Yacht Haven due to this latest move by them. Not actually seen the Aire there, but I imagine it will be were they used to put your boats when you brought them out for maintenance, it was not a tarmac area, but one large area with just crusher run aggregate on the ground. It's a shame they have taken the option away of a free stay away as Largs is a lovely little town to spend your money and Scott's restaurant is a lovely restaurant on the marina who would probably have no doubt gained more customers from the motorhome community had they have had a free stay.
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