Hey all,
Just after some opinions/advice on marinas around Brisbane. I'll be moving up to Brisbane for a couple of years, work related, so I'm looking for a marina (I won't be living on board). Not sure where exactly we'll be living but hoping somewhere within about 10km radius of the CBD. Any advise pro's and con's between the marinas below would be appreciated. I'm sure they're are all good but interested what locals think of them.

- RQYS Manly
- Rivergate Marina
- QCYC Shorncliffe
- Scarborough Marina

Any others I should take into the picture?

Manly and Shorncliffe appear to be to most accessible in terms of getting to it and getting out on the bay.
Yacht: 43 foot mono

Also, if you got any really bad comments/experiences please PM me, no need to have them on here. Services improve, the thread stays.

What draft

Raby bay west is deepest outside the river at 3.0 m
manly entrance is about 2.0 m lat but berths inside down to 1.0m lat
shorncliffe is about 1.5 lat
shorncliffe and raby vay are very close to train line

Haven't considered Raby Bay, I thought that was just houses with a berth in the backyard and no marina.

G'day Jev,
My boat was repeatedly vandalised over a period of one month at RQYS at Manly. I reported it to a Flag Officer of the club and was informed that it happens and no action was ever taken.
I moved the boat to East Coast Marine at Manly and the vandalism ceased. Final repair bill was just north of $5K, so not the best experience.
Am now at Scarborough. couldn't be happier with MBBC, sames as East Coast, lovely people. Rivergate customer service is first class, but its a good 6nm to get out of the river to the bay.
All the best in your hunt mate.
SB

I have a 9m berth at Wynnum Manly Yacht Club since August last year and a trailer-sailer spot for several years previously. Currently 1.5m draft, no problems to date.

Let's see boat vandalised, high end security systems with video and audio
but nobody saw anything and the video will not be released.
Hmmmmmmmmmm
Seems rather odd!
Shaggy, all respect you sure you are not making it up!

lydia said..
Let's see boat vandalised, high end security systems with video and audio
but nobody saw anything and the video will not be released.
Hmmmmmmmmmm
Seems rather odd!
Shaggy, all respect you sure you are not making it up!

I had damage done to my boat at a Marina with High end security cameras and what do you know they checked the cameras for me and saw nothing , the damage just magically appeared , the yard staff that were working beside my boat at the time also said they didn t see what happened either , I wasn t allowed to view the footage . The repair bill was several thousand dollars , and my boat will never be at that marina again .

i keep my boat at qcyc shorncliffe very happy with that but i live on the creek here so perfect. if you want easy access to the bay islands Manly would be my pick probably wmyc

Thanks everyone, much appreciated.