Winter storage in sweden
Posted by Icy_Camera_1346@reddit | sailing | View on Reddit | 14 comments
Ok So i’ve had the brains to buy a boat in sweden just when the season end came (smart ik) Anyways, the boat is currently moored in a sailing club, and since I’m not a member (can’t sign up cause I don’t have a Swedish citizenship ) I cant leave it there for winter storing, went to a few marinas nearby and they are either full, don’t take sailing boats, or just plain ignore me. So i’m looking for ideas where to put the boat, or where I can sail it to that will have better luck The boat is currently near marstrand P.s I don’t have a boating license, I don’t mind paying a captain (but i don’t actually know where to find one) and also I definitely don’t mind taking it out of sweden Thanks for the help
ozamia@reddit
If you get in touch with GREFAB, the municipal marina, they should be able to accommodate your boat on land for the winter. Their main site is about 10-12 nm from Marstrand.
But you have to take the rig down. They don't allow boats stored on land with the rig up. There are self-service cranes there, but you have to do it yourself before hauling out. No boating license required unless your boat is both longer than 12 m AND wider than 4 m.
Elder_sender@reddit
Europe is amazing.
Annie_does_things@reddit
That is just Sweden. I never heard of that anywhere else.
accatwork@reddit
Germany also has self service mast cranes
Elder_sender@reddit
After spending 3 months in France, England, Italy and Croatia I am enamored with the cultural difference in self regulation and the resulting impacts when compared to cities in the US. Things like river locks that boaters operate themselves and public trails that go through private lands. The expectation that adults can behave responsibly and that they will ensure that their children will as well.
Annie_does_things@reddit
That is totally true but cranes are a whole new level. I have not heard of that in Europe and I am european and lived here my whole life.
ozamia@reddit
Interesting. That's the norm here. There are places where you can pay for someone to do it, but that's rare unless you have a very large and heavy mast. reddit doesn't allow images to be posted, it seems, so I can't put an image in the post, but here's a link:
Link to an image of a typical mast crane
dah-vee-dee-oh@reddit
maybe there is confusion between self service mast cranes and self service cranes that can lift the whole boat.
Elder_sender@reddit
You’re right, I was thinking something more, but this still a great example of the pragmatism I noticed. What a cool rig!
Elder_sender@reddit
Cool 😎. Thanks for the pic.
RingedSeal33@reddit
Those are just superb. While I did pay today 20€ for lowering the mast while lifting the boat to the dry (that cost 120€, so 140 € in total), I have used the city operated cranes a couple of times (once for lifting me to snake the halyard back after letting it run in. Now more careful with the end knots)
Icy_Camera_1346@reddit (OP)
Alright, called them as soon as they opened, “we have large queue times, oh you don’t live here?, well I’m sorry no we can’t take your boat, have you tried other places?” This is pretty much any ideas? At this point im thinking about finding a random place to leave it in and hope for the best though i don’t really have high hopes
ozamia@reddit
Hmm, that's surprising. They've told me that there is no queue for storage on land. But not living in Sweden could be a problem, as many places require a personal number for customers/clients. Do you have any connections here? A relative, a friend?
Icy_Camera_1346@reddit (OP)
Nothing, I took the boat to someplace that told me they can take it, after I got there they told me I needed insurance, so far all the insurance companies I found require sweden social ID Looking for something that will work now😂