On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:26:12 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:57:46 GMT, wrote:
|
|On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:47:22 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote:
|
|
|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.
|
|That is clearly not what is happening around here, Bill. Up until this
|year, the "trailer sized" slips were all occupied, and there were
|waiting lists. Those smaller slips were mostly vacant this year. It
|was a huge and abrupt change.
|
|They still insisting that you buy 25' of space for 20' boats?
|
|That seems to be the norm around the Mystic area and northwards.

It used to be 28 feet, now it is 35 feet.....

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