"John H." wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:58:57 -0500, HK wrote:

Calif Bill wrote:


Some marinas are responding by removing the smaller slips and
replacing them with new accomodations for larger boats.

Lots of the trailer size crowd also store their boats near a ramp. When
you
look at the cost of leaving a boat in a slip, it is large. More bottom
paint and cleaning as well as the cost of the slip. Marina Del Rey, has
boat storage about 200 yards from the ramp. So someone can easily dump
the
boat in the water for a couple hours fishing. Lots of ramp areas do the
same thing, nearby storage.




The marina where I keep son of Yo Ho has about 120 slips, which rent for
about $2000 to $3000 for the April 1 through 30 November season, and
includes water and "reasonable" electric. All the slips usually are
filled, and sometimes there is a waiting list. Aside from larger charter
fishing boats, most of the slips have boats 30' or less in them, and
while I haven't counted noses, I would guess most of the slipped boats
are 22' to 27' long.

There's also trailerboat parking on the site for I'd guess 400 to 500
boats. The fee will be $600 a season, and includes unlimited use of two
nicely maintained concrete boat ramps. Winter storage from 1 December to
31 March is $250. For non-storage customers, the ramp fee is now $10 a
pop.

It's a pretty laid-back place.

I considered slipping the original Yo Ho there, because I thought the
convenience would outweigh the cost, but I ended up not doing so. I made
the right decision, because most slipped boats suffer much more wear and
tear than trailered boats. When I sold Yo Ho, she brought only a couple
of thousand less than I paid for her.

Plus, the convenience wouldn't have mattered much as you didn't use the
boat much. Don't know if you ever ran into the owner of the Linda J, but
he
kept his in a slip about eight slips up from the ramp. He was out about
three times a week though, and he had a 27' Judge with a little Honda 90
on
it.
--
John H

Lots of the slipped boats never move. When I was down in Alamitos Bay
Marina for a week this year, asked a guy on a sailboat with maybe 5 tons of
growth on the bottom, how often he sailed the boat. He said last moved 23
years ago. Probably a cost effective weekend home, or even a primary
residence where houses sell for $700k and up. Million dollar house will
cost $20k in property taxes plus any district assessment.