Has anyone managed to cruise the UK (East Coast)?

[syPhilos]

So here we are ... fully vaccinated, tests & forms all sorted etc, 3 months free from work to cross the pond (we're Dutch) and cruise the UK East Coast and maybe Scotland. Yay us, right?

The UK Covid rules state we must quarantine on arrival, and spend a couple of hundred punds on mandatory Covid tests before we're allowed off the boat. Fine, those are the rules, vaccinated or not, and we're more than willing to follow the rules and read a bunch of books while staying in a marina.

Sadly, we haven't been able to find a single marina willing or able to rent us a berth for the mandatory period (6-11 days). They're either at capacity or not accepting non-UK vessels.

Obviously we started asking around earlier, but were advised to contact them when we had an ETA to reserve a slip. Now have that, and they're all sorry but no room / no foreign boats

We did read about vaccinated people no longer needing to quarantine this summer, but no date or other information is available so we're very doubtful it's happening any day soon.

Has anyone with a non-UK vessel been able to enter and cruise the UK recently? And if so, are there marinas to stay at every now and again?

Any tips, advise and information much appreciated!

[syPhilos]

Never mind - we've decided to go to Denmark instead.

Not sure what the deal is with the UK, but we got the message