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My boat is expanding
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. |
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Your manufacturer probably measured length on deck but marinas measure
length overall including bowsprits/pulpits/anchor platforms. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com wrote in message oups.com... 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. |
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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 |
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