What you get depends on the harbor. Most harbors have public docks. If
you choose to join a yacht club or boat club in order to get launch
service, you should get use the club's facilities as part of the deal.

About the mooring, some harbors require certain levels of mooring
maintaince. Generally speaking, a boat that breaks free of its mooring
is as likely to damage other boats as itself.

In Marblehead, MA, if I don't use a recognized mooring company, I must
present to the harbormaster, adequate proof that I have inspected and
replaced where appropriate, the various chains and connectors in the
mooring system. I pay a mooring fee to the town, which gives me the
right to use that part of the harbor and place a mooring, and a mooring
maintaince fee to the mooring servicing company. I also pay for a yacht
club to get launch service.
Good Luck.

Stu and Marilyn Wright wrote:
I'm leaning towards purchasing a mooring since I won't be able to find
anywhere else to keep my multihull in the Newport Harbor area. Can
anyone tell me what additional fees go along with owning one? I realize
I will need to use my dingy to go back and forth to get to and from but
do you get docking access to pickup guests, supplies, etc?

Stu