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At the end of my aborted cruise, I left my boat at Cortez Cove Marina
near Bradenton, FL. As my boat is a 28' S2 with a specified length of
8.5 meters which actually comes out to less than 28', I paid
$10/ft/month or $280/month. Now, the marina says THEY have measured it
to be 30' and want to charge me $300/month. Very strange. I wonder if
I leave it there longer will it continue to grow in length and value at
a faster rate than the increased slip fees.
I am halfway inclined to simply bring her back to N. Florida where I
get a slip for less than half that much and I do not have to put up
with such nonsense.

Your manufacturer probably measured length on deck but marinas measure
length overall including bowsprits/pulpits/anchor platforms.

--
Glenn Ashmore

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At the end of my aborted cruise, I left my boat at Cortez Cove Marina
near Bradenton, FL. As my boat is a 28' S2 with a specified length of
8.5 meters which actually comes out to less than 28', I paid
$10/ft/month or $280/month. Now, the marina says THEY have measured it
to be 30' and want to charge me $300/month. Very strange. I wonder if
I leave it there longer will it continue to grow in length and value at
a faster rate than the increased slip fees.
I am halfway inclined to simply bring her back to N. Florida where I
get a slip for less than half that much and I do not have to put up
with such nonsense.

I appreciate top posting. Works better for me, I know what I already read.

Gary L. Burnore wrote:
On Mon, 2 May 2005 21:43:53 -0400, "Glenn Ashmore"
top posted like a ****ing moron and wrote:


Your manufacturer probably measured length on deck but marinas measure
length overall including bowsprits/pulpits/anchor platforms.


Who's manufacture? What deck? What platform? What marina?

****ing dumbass top posters.

I also appreciate top posting as I already know what others have said
and want to get to the new stuff NOW.
Jim wrote:
I appreciate top posting. Works better for me, I know what I already
read.

Gary L. Burnore wrote:
On Mon, 2 May 2005 21:43:53 -0400, "Glenn Ashmore"

top posted like a ****ing moron and wrote:


Your manufacturer probably measured length on deck but marinas
measure
length overall including bowsprits/pulpits/anchor platforms.


Who's manufacture? What deck? What platform? What marina?

****ing dumbass top posters.

And plonk to another antisocial pottymouth ;-)

Good riddance!

Don W.

Gary L. Burnore wrote:
On Tue, 03 May 2005 02:14:52 GMT, Jim top posted
like a ****ing moron and wrote:


I appreciate top posting.


Most fools do.

On 2 May 2005 18:20:06 -0700, wrote:

At the end of my aborted cruise, I left my boat at Cortez Cove Marina
near Bradenton, FL. As my boat is a 28' S2 with a specified length of
8.5 meters which actually comes out to less than 28', I paid
$10/ft/month or $280/month. Now, the marina says THEY have measured it
to be 30' and want to charge me $300/month. Very strange. I wonder if
I leave it there longer will it continue to grow in length and value at
a faster rate than the increased slip fees.
I am halfway inclined to simply bring her back to N. Florida where I
get a slip for less than half that much and I do not have to put up
with such nonsense.

When I changed from a Yamaha 30 sailboat to a Zeta 26 power boat (twin
stern drive), I was surprised to find that the Zeta was a couple of
feet longer than the Yamaha - it wouldn't fit in my old berth!!

The "advertised" length of most boats is the hull length. For
sailboats, this is close to the actual overall length, but the overall
length of power boats can be considerably longer, when you count swim
grid, anchor platform, dinghy behind the swim grid, etc..., and the
marina usually wants to charge for overall length, not advertised
length.

In some locations around here, I have to moor stern-to, so my 28 ft
boat only takes up 11 ft of dock space - they still want to charge me
for the overall length. Even worse, if I have to raft to another 28
ft boat, the marina charges _each_ of us for 28 ft!!



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Peter Bennett wrote:

In some locations around here, I have to moor stern-to, so my 28 ft
boat only takes up 11 ft of dock space - they still want to charge me
for the overall length. Even worse, if I have to raft to another 28
ft boat, the marina charges _each_ of us for 28 ft!!

At Lynwood Marina in North Vancouver, they wanted to charge
me 50% extra for having a wide multihull.

I pointed out this was a dock with parallel parking i.e.
side ties for all the boats there and there was a monohull
just in front of my proposed spot that was nearly as wide
as I was. I was paying for each foot of dock that I took
up, not the water area but "that's our policy"

I found an alternative location :)

Evan Gatehouse

Top posting was always the SOP until Macrosquash made a mail program
that couldn't be set up to do the original way, so, you Macrosquash
nubies all thinks it is best because you believe in Bill.

If one has a good reader, one can read the posting or addition in the
preview window, if one is then interested in the note or thread - scroll
down the page.

That is why some of us that have been here for decades top post.

Matt Colie - at a keyboard four decades and on the web when it was Darpa
net.


Gary L. Burnore wrote:

On Tue, 03 May 2005 02:14:52 GMT, Jim top posted
like a ****ing moron and wrote:


I appreciate top posting.


Most fools do.