HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Nov 29, 6:04�am, Gene Kearns
wrote:
On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:57:46 GMT, penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|
|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.
|

Same here.

I wonder if the $350/mo minimum plus utilities had anything to do with
it?

I store within .5 mile of the ramp, but I won't pay $350+ for a hole
in the water..... �even though it isn't nearly as convenient.

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A 40-foot slip in the Seattle area will run *at least* $400 per month.
My covered moorage goes for $500, and there are newer and slightly
nicer places where I could pay substantially more.

Darned if you do, darned if you don't. Some of us don't have a
realistic option to trailer so we're going to pay moorage no matter
what it costs.
Others who can either rent a slip or trailer might want to consider
that if the facility renting slips offers any other essential
services, (fuel dock, repair station, etc) boycotting the slips will
merely hasten the day when the condo developers mow down the whole
affair and all of the other amenities disappear along with the slips.


There are many reasons NOT to slip a trailerable boat if the options are
available. There is no reason to bend over every single time a marina
operator wants access to your wallet.


When I finish using son of Yo Ho, I trailer the boat to the house, which
is only a few minutes away from the marina, empty the boat, wash it, let
it dry, put on the cover, and take it back to the marina parking lot.

Next time I want to use the boat, it is clean and ready to go.


That is the only way to do a trailer-able boat. It is less expensive,
the boat stays cleaner, and will bring more money at resale. Why don't
you find a place on your property to keep the boat?