Circumnavigation on a 26ft Catamaran

N 40° 50' W 08° 47'

Discrimination

14.06.2009

Discrimination
This is really a blog entry for multihull owners, especially small catamaran owners.
 
It’s a moan about the fact that many marinas charge 50% on top of the standard marina charges for multihulls.
 
I have a small catamaran which is not as wide as many monohulls but as a multihull I am being charged 50% on top of the standard charge, even though many monohulls are beamier than my boat.
 
I can fit a boat next to mine in a marina berth, so the marina is NOT losing money from my boat taking up too much space.
 
I am saying that there should not be any discrimination between a monohull or a multihull. If the boat in the marina berth is taking up two spaces then I can understand the extra charge but if the boat is not taking up two spaces why be charged extra?!
 
Marinas should work out their costs on length and beam regardless of the type of boat.
 
If you agree then feel free to contact me, maybe we can start a campaign. I expect monohull owners not to agree to paying extra but maybe they as beamier boats would agree that multihulls should not be penalised.
Vorheriger Eintrag

Kommentare

Schapera

Schapera 15.06.2009 um 11:32

What is the LOA of your cat? What is its beam? What would be the likely beam of a monohull of the same length? Its really that simple.

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