Your is a clean, reasonably well-run commercial marina. Luxury it
ain't.


A comercial marina means the facility is owned by management. You
don't seem to realize that the slips have nothing to do with the
service dept. or even the parking lot. The slips are privately owned,
75% by the boaters here. They are Island residents and some get their
mail here. It's just a world higher-end than your place.
Dave, do you mean, by any wild stretch of imagination, that you
actually think a mooring is more luxurious? You have GOT to be kidding.
Sure, I can save by joining a club like yours, but it would just make
use of the boat a drag...and really tough on some family members who'd
have a hard time on a launch. It's just not worth it to save a few
bucks...not that I pay anyway!
Face the basic physics here. The slip is simply nicer. Easier to use
the boat. Easier to care for the boat. Easier to do just about
everything. When we had a big crew last week, we could hang on the boat
while everyone got to us. No meeting points ashore and multiple launch
trips. Short daysails are also far easier. Longer sails are a snap
because we can load the boat in a snap. Most mooring dwellers think a
slip is luxurious. Then when they hear how we are treated to more than
they get at thier clubs.....well, let's just say we have more and more
sailboats each year and we turned some away for next season already.
It's pretty funny that you though our AC had to be stowed!
Also: How do you know it's a well run facility?


RB
35s5
NY

Berret
and Phillipe Stark


Who are they?



Google them for details. Berret is a leading yacht designer. Most
people have heard of him...at least most sailors. Starck is ultra
famous and I knew his work long before I knew he had any association
with sailboat design.
The 35s5 is handsigned by Starck/Berret and the boat was also featured
everywhere from the NY Times to the Museum of Modern Art quarterly. In
spite of it's high price at the time they still managed to sell more
than 200 of them here in under 5 years. They are quite unlike most
other Beneteau boats having a far higher build quality than the Oceanus
series or the newer First series. My boat is even nicer having the
custom teak interior and better fabrics...it was an expensive option
just like the R&P steering option.

http://www.artandculture.com/cgi-bin...a/artist?id=98


RB
35s5
NY

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
My boat is even nicer having the
custom teak interior

Woooo... just caught this glaring little error! You mean the custom fake
teak plastic veneer and miniscule real teak accents....

On a positive note.... the 35s5 is globally renown for their spacious head.
I understand you can swing a cat in there!

CM-

Woooo... just caught this glaring little error! You mean the custom
fake
teak plastic veneer and miniscule real teak accents...


Kinda hard to put real teak over honeycomb matererial, but the veneer
is real. The only plastic is the sliding storage covers. Her interior
is far far nicer than any Nordica 30, certainly better built and out of
far more expensive materials to save weight.


On a positive note.... the 35s5 is globally renown for their
spacious head.
I understand you can swing a cat in there!


True, she has a large head big enough for a real shower or folks with
long legs. I don't like cats, so they're not permitted on aboard.



RB
35s5
NY