news on marinas

[captbuddy]

I guess $298.00 a month all year round for our 42' LRC is an outstanding deal. I thought it was high. I guess I'll quit complaining!
captbuddy

 

[Capten]

Annual slip fee for a 50' slip here on the Chesapeake Bay (Kent Island) is over $6K + electric. You get floating docks and a very nice facility for that money but they do kick you out of your slip (and usually out of the marina altogether) for 10 days during the spring boat show. BTW, there's a waiting list so you have to pay for the whole year even though you may not be there for 4-6 months.

Add to that the seasonal slip in Ocean City - another $6K for 6 months + electric. That doesn't include the nearly $2K they hit you with for the one week in August during the White Marlin Open Tournament (that's right, $2,000.00 for 7 days - and that's for a 'small' boat). Plus, the transient slips at other marinas while traveling to fish other tournaments.

Gee, somebody tell me again why we don't just charter a boat to go fishing?

 

[Docs Holiday]

Despite Hurricaine Rita damage-I guess we have it good in Beaumont, Texas
Covered slip for my 57 footer $220/month. $2.27/gal. for diesel fuel as club member-$2.47 for transients. A little out of the way though-20 miles up the Neches River from the Gulf of Mexico.

 

[Pascal]

$15 to $20 a ft/mo is the average here in so fl. actually, probably closer to $20 nowadays. i heard that most marinas dont' even accept names on wait lists... i'm currently paying $900 a month incl water and power which isn't bad for 55' liveaboard slip. that's a municipal marina which gives a discount to city residents which i was before moving aboard.

 

[labrador]

Walter P, Where is your YC and do they have any room? I'm going to the Molly Pitcher marina this year for 140.00 per ft however on the T pier the min is for a 45 and I'm only 40 so effectively I'm paying 157.50 per ft plus electric. Guess its time to move south however stop before Fla. As an aside my brother in law lives in Augusta Ga and during the masters rents out his house to the tune of netting 20,000.00 for the week. No I didn't make a mistake with the zero's, Its twenty grand and its tax free because its less than 2 weeks. Guess there is something more expensive than boating afterall.
Skip

 

[SeaEric]

Paul, For $6K you could rent a 60' covered shed slip here at Piney Narrows and keep her under cover for winter. Its an easy sub-let for the summer months to get half your money back when you're in OC. Just a thought.

 

[Walter P]

Skip, We are presently full and in fact have a waiting list for membership. One of my friends (with a 43 DC) put his name on the waiting list in 2003 and will probably become a member in a few months. The bad news is he probably will not have a slip for a while.

Our focus is on socializing with and on our boats. Memberships are for the family. Not a great place for an avid fisherman since we are over 30 min. from the Sandy Hook bay because of no wake zones. The facility and our fellow members all make for a wonderful environment.

Call me on my cell (732) 991-5665 and we can discuss further.... Thanks..

Walt

 

[Beckytek]

Skip, If you want to move a little bit south to Forked River we have empty slips at my marina for $3500 for the summer. Ron

 

[labrador]

Thank Ron and Walt, when I said move south I meant more like N.C. than south Jersey. Would love to see that happen and hope it soon just might. In the meantime I'll be at the Molly in Red bank this summer. Feel free to stop in for a cold one or to use the pool. I complain about the price however its probably the nicest in the area with brand new floating docks and use of the hotel pool. My cell is 908 670 1180
Skip

 

[Angela]

$15 to $20 a ft/mo is the average here in so fl. actually, probably closer to $20 nowadays. i heard that most marinas dont' even accept names on wait lists... i'm currently paying $900 a month incl water and power which isn't bad for 55' liveaboard slip. that's a municipal marina which gives a discount to city residents which i was before moving aboard.

Pascal,

I looked at your marina's website and am considering that marina for my place to land if they have a slip. I understand there is a discount for City residents. If I am to be a liveaboard, will that give me "residency" for purposes of getting the better rate? I am assuming that the marina is located within the City limits since there is a perk for City residents - correct me if I'm wrong, and that would then answer my question, too.

I was shocked at some of the rates in southeast Florida! I could head north to find less expensive dockage, but that's in the opposite direction of where I need to be going.....and I'm not sure the savings would really be worth it to me.

Ang

 

[Pascal]

angela, yes the resident thing is a little fuzzy.. if you live aboard, well, you are a resident! i never asked, i guess it's a discounted rate they give to resident who are paying so much taxes to the city! but then now that i liveaboard.. i don't! go figure...

afaik the marina is full, last thing i heard is that they didn't even have a wait list. give them a call though.. you migh be lucky. in sept 03 when I bought the 53 I called and they jsut had an opening eventhough 2 or 3 other marinas had long waits.

 

[Passages]

Its not a solveable problem here in terms of dredging. The bay is simply not the place where you can do what needs to be done.... it would also be hideously expensive - and an annual event.

I've looked into it, and its just not practical.... I wish it was.....

C'mon Karl,
There are plenty of contractors who would be happy to dredge you a channel. These guys are cheap too!

 

[Genesis]

ROFL!

The sad thing is I could dredge it out - all it takes is a suitable pump and some time. Actually doing it is not difficult at all. Getting caught - now that's another matter..... they fly planes around here to detect this sort of thing, as there are seagrass beds in some areas, and they get very upset if you trash those. Its REAL obvious from the air if you do some underwater trenching......

 

[mgernes]

If you wanted to rent a 55 foot covered slip up here in Minnesota it will run you about $7,000-$8,000 for the summer.(You could prabably negotiate ice fishing options in the slip for the winter but that would be very sad to see). The DNR has all but made it illegal to build new marinas or add additional slips.

Many of our slips are covered and it has become more popular to own your slip. Ten years ago you could buy a 55 foot covered slip for less than $100,000. That same slip today is selling for $210,000, and there are none for sale.

Boating is definately coming with a premium attached. With the cost of fuel and the cost of maintenance you really have to make a committment to a boaters way of life to make it worth the investment.

Beachhouse

 

[Pascal]

what's the excuse up there for banning construction of marinas and slips? here in florida it's manattees, aka sea cows, but i don't think you have that...

why can't they understand that we, humans, have rights too!

 

[mgernes]

Because all of the boating here is done on the rivers, the DNR feels like if they make more slips available that then there will be more boat traffic, which will lead to a more errosion of the shorelines where people have their houses. This is not only affecting the people that want to have a slip on the St. Croix but also the people that want to have houses on the St. Croix. You can no longer build a new structure directly on the river, so people are buying old fishing shacks and cabins and by reinforcing their foundations are rebuilding executive mansions.

Over the past few years the DNR has also instituted no-wake zones in many of the more common traffic areas. One of the challenges to the St. Croix river is that since it is within 20 miles of Mpls/St.Paul it attracts not only the people who live on the St. Croix but people come from all over the Metropolitan area to us the waterway. With my 53MY I can hardly run much more than 7-10 knots without getting nasty calls on radio to pull back on the wake.

It is truley a beatiful waterway, and our summers are outstanding, but I can see a day when much of the St. Croix waterway will be a no-wake zone, and the cost for slips will make it impossible for the average boater to afford.

Consider the fact that at one time Bayport Marina, where I keep Beachhouse, was filled mostly with houseboats(average cost was $35-$50,000). There is not a single houseboat in our marina and I would guess the average boat price in well over $250,000. It is unfortionate that the average boater is priced right out of the marinas. And the boats are getting bigger and bigger.

 

[MikeP]

If the tyrannosaurs were magically still around (of course it would have to be magic because if they were, we wouldn't be), some group would be screaming to protect them even as they and their theropod cousins snapped up a few of us each day as appetizers.

If "THEM" was remade today, we'd have to save the ants!