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Hi Larry
Is there an empty slip next to yours? You make it sound so inviting that I thought I would come up and visit you. JR Gilbreath Larry W4CSC wrote: "just me" wrote in news ![]() Are you saying that SC charges property tax on boats that stay there? Is it an annual tax? Do many states on the east coast do that? Do you have to be in their waters for a certain period of time for the tax to be levied? Only resident boats are taxed. I know transients that have been here for years... Personal Property Tax is very steep, here, on NEW boats/cars/planes/and anything else that moves with an engine that has a license attached to it. However, taxes are very cheap on OLD boats/cars/etc. that are beyond the blue books. My nice 1983 Mercedes is $13/yr. You'll find a lot of older cars/boats/etc. lovingly restored and maintained here. A NEW Mercedes will cost you thousands per year. I don't want one. 6.5% sales tax, except 8.5% on bars/restaurants/accomodations. 7% income tax is also imposed. Gasoline tax is 34.3c/gal. Diesel is 39.3c/gal. Diesel at the marina isn't taxed, but I think gas is...?? It still costs more because of the marina ripoffs. Gas is $1.74 for regular this morning in Charleston. Diesel for my truck is $1.89/gal including the awful taxes because the Damned Yankees are still heating their houses with it this time of year. What's fuel cost at your gas stations? Diesel at Ashley Marina was about $2/gal last time I looked. I'm going out to C&W Buffet for lunch about 2ish. $4.99 will buy you 1 American food hotbar, 2 Chinese food hotbars, 1 fruit bar, 1 dessert bar, one soft ice cream machine but you have to buy your drinks separately. They stamp your card each time you eat there. When you get 6 stamps, your 7th meal is free, a nice rebate to us "Frequent Fryers"...(c; The food is delicious, even at this price. With all the chandeliers, mirrored walls, mirrored ceiling tiles and fancy furniture, the place first looks like a Las Vegas Whorehouse...(c; A pretty, young Vietnamese girl will hold my hand while she takes me to my table. I already got my $5 worth by the time we get there...hee hee. If you don't see the sushi you like, they'll make it for you, fresh. Noone goes home hungry. A teapot of Chinese tea made the way it's supposed to be is about $1.25 extra. It's still pretty cheap to live in Charleston. You can buy a nice home here for lots less than Florida. Check it out: http://www.sciway.net/reloc/chasres.html |
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JR Gilbreath wrote in
: Hi Larry Is there an empty slip next to yours? You make it sound so inviting that I thought I would come up and visit you. JR Gilbreath Plenty of empty slips near us in Charleston City Marina, just beyond CG Base Charleston where you turn south off the Ashley River into Wappoo Cut to go down the ditch. This morning the huge expedition ship on the face dock set sail. There's room for your 170'er out there, now! Sure looked big from the 12' Folda-Bote...(c; Come on up/down! City (or Ashley Marina for that matter) have hourly vans to downtown attractions or you can simply walk across the peninsula past houses that listened to Confederate guns on The Battery, which ends at the CG Base, shelling Ft Sumter during The Unpleasantness in 1861. BTW, Charleston was, again, voted #1 in manners and hospitality in the USA. If you drag your feet a few weeks, the restaurant/cafe/lounge that was Pusser's in the Old Rice Mill building right in the middle of the City Marina will be open as a new one, again. The J-dock gang anxiously awaits its re-opening....(c; Our J-dock tiki bar won't be open for a few more weeks while the palm fronds for the thatched roof are collected. If you're fed up with waterfront fish houses, we can drive the 35 miles up to Ridgeville, SC, for the best SC open-pit BBQ on Thurs-Sat. Friendliest Rednecks in the South. I took some French and French-Canadian sailors up there, once. I don't think rural Rednecks ever heard French spoken, first hand, before...hee hee. My guests seemed to like it. They all ate 3 or 4 plates in the all-you-can-eat elegant atmosphere on picnic tables and old kitchen furniture inside the former car repair shop...(c; You'll get used to the $5/person price.. It's the most cholesterol you can get for your buck... I'm easily plied with drinks and snacks..... |
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Hey Larry
I might well see you up there. We are usually on the way to the Bahamas by now but are going to have to stay closer this year due to some medical problems of a couple members of my family. I don't have a 170' footer but do have a 40 with a raymarine radar that hasn't given any problem in three years and I bet Brunswick gets as hot and steamy as Charleston. If I get up it will be later on in the year, it is cold as hell out on the water, especially at night. Also I never get tired of seafood (or drinks if it is cold beer). Cheers JR Larry W4CSC wrote: JR Gilbreath wrote in : Hi Larry Is there an empty slip next to yours? You make it sound so inviting that I thought I would come up and visit you. JR Gilbreath Plenty of empty slips near us in Charleston City Marina, just beyond CG Base Charleston where you turn south off the Ashley River into Wappoo Cut to go down the ditch. This morning the huge expedition ship on the face dock set sail. There's room for your 170'er out there, now! Sure looked big from the 12' Folda-Bote...(c; Come on up/down! City (or Ashley Marina for that matter) have hourly vans to downtown attractions or you can simply walk across the peninsula past houses that listened to Confederate guns on The Battery, which ends at the CG Base, shelling Ft Sumter during The Unpleasantness in 1861. BTW, Charleston was, again, voted #1 in manners and hospitality in the USA. If you drag your feet a few weeks, the restaurant/cafe/lounge that was Pusser's in the Old Rice Mill building right in the middle of the City Marina will be open as a new one, again. The J-dock gang anxiously awaits its re-opening....(c; Our J-dock tiki bar won't be open for a few more weeks while the palm fronds for the thatched roof are collected. If you're fed up with waterfront fish houses, we can drive the 35 miles up to Ridgeville, SC, for the best SC open-pit BBQ on Thurs-Sat. Friendliest Rednecks in the South. I took some French and French-Canadian sailors up there, once. I don't think rural Rednecks ever heard French spoken, first hand, before...hee hee. My guests seemed to like it. They all ate 3 or 4 plates in the all-you-can-eat elegant atmosphere on picnic tables and old kitchen furniture inside the former car repair shop...(c; You'll get used to the $5/person price.. It's the most cholesterol you can get for your buck... I'm easily plied with drinks and snacks..... |
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JR Gilbreath wrote in
: If I get up it will be later on in the year, it is cold as hell out on the water, especially at night. Also I never get tired of seafood (or drinks if it is cold beer). Cheers JR Let me know on here when you're coming and I'll get you my cell number. City Marina's is 843-723-5098 to reserve your slip. |
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