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Emily Parrish
Newbie Joined: 07 Apr 20 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2 |
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Topic: Paid anchorages Posted: 07 Apr 20 at 11:36am |
Hello everyone
I was wondering at what point can someone charge you for anchoring in paid anchorage? I was anchoring in a undisclosed protected anchorage in Croatia, there must have been over 30 other sailboats. We went in found our spot, set our anchor and went on to make our lunch. Ten minutes later, out of nowhere, three huge dudes (sorry for my wacky description) come speeding on dinghy catch onto the side of our catamaran, no hello, no how are you today or any of that......they just ask if we want to stay in this anchorage. I said yes, but when they said the price my jaw dropped. 800 Croatian kuna= around 105 euros. That's the price for a fully equipped marina in that area. I said that we can't afford to pay that and even if we could, we would rather spend it on marina. That's when all hell broke loose. One of those dudes stepped on board - unauthorized, (mind you im 162cm and 60kg, he was at least double my weight), scared the sh*t out of me, and demanded that we must pay, since we already anchored. I said that we're leaving and locked myself inside until he went back into the dinghy. Someone from neighbouring sailboat heard our arguing and went to check if I'm ok. He also testified that I was in the anchorage just under 15 minutes. We picked our anchor and went as far away from there as possible. Sorry for the ridiculously long post, but Im still mad about all of it. Anyway the short answer is : once we set our anchor, can they charge us right away? Or should we have an option to leave immediately? |
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423zero
Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3406 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Apr 20 at 11:44am |
Google local Harbour regulations/local authorities, should give you relevant information, you can get it converted to English.
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Robert
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Sam.Spoons
Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3398 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Apr 20 at 2:42pm |
Sounds to me like a scam. Bloody scary for you though
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423zero
Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3406 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Apr 20 at 3:13pm |
Did they have any Id?
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Robert
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Emily Parrish
Newbie Joined: 07 Apr 20 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Apr 20 at 5:06pm |
I was so shocked that I forgot to ask for id. It's possible that they were just some scammers. Especially considering how quickly they disappeared once the other sailor got involved.
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423zero
Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3406 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 07 Apr 20 at 5:35pm |
No easy answer to this, Americans would probably suggest a gun of some description, I would have my phone on me all the time I was anchored, if someone dodgy came over, tell them you are talking to harbour master.
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Robert
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OlKeat
Newbie Joined: 03 Dec 19 Location: Europe Online Status: Offline Posts: 4 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Apr 20 at 12:02pm |
Indeed, it is very similar to scammers counting on quick fear, so that the victim does not have time to realize or understand anything.
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snowleopard
Groupie Joined: 02 Oct 17 Location: Cornwall Online Status: Offline Posts: 66 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 05 May 20 at 4:58pm |
Sounds like Salcombe to me.
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