Originally Posted by Paul45c
Made some calls for you, St.BERNARDBIRD. Your best (and perhaps only) bet over here would be Sands Harbor Hotel & Marina in Pompano Beach at Atlantic Blvd. Actually a pretty cool spot. It's a small marina, as far as they go, but in a nice little spot with walking distance to lots of good pubs & restaurants. Hotel has a pool, hot tub, nice outdoor patio bars, etc.
Your big problem here, even at marinas, is liveaboard. I called 3 places, and only Sands allows it. Their deal for your 58 would be $1653/mth, including water, elec & cable & phone.
Not cheap, I know, but everybody's telling me the next closest marinas that would allow liveaboards are Bahia Mar & Pier 66, and I gotta think they'd hurt you worse. You don't want to locate far from a decent inlet. Pier 66 and Bahia Mar have mammoth Port Everglades, of course, Sands is proximate to Hillsborough Inlet.
You can find MUCH cheaper facilities with people renting private docks, but liveaboards are strictly forbidden by all the towns. So, you'd have to add housing costs on top of whatever you pay for your slip.
You'd have to jump pretty quickly. The guy on the phone said by early Nov. they'll be booked up. Again, pretty small place.