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Marinas and minimum boat lengths?
I am about to embark on a new boat adventure. I heard that many clubs
and such have minimum lengths for boats too. For instance, my friend has to have a boat with a minimum length of 20 feet or 21 I don't remember, to have a slip at his marina. The reason I ask is I am trying to decide on what size to get. Most of my boating will be trailer boating, and I had been looking between 18-20 feet. However, if in the future I decide (read "can afford") to have my boat in a marina, I don't want to lose out over a foot or two. Do your marinas have minimum limits and what are they? Thanks, Scotty Are you confusing the minimum size boat required to join a yacht club -often in the low 20's- some "yacht" :-) with a some requirement that a boat kept in a particular slip must be at least a certain size? May be different back East, but out our way you pay for the length of the slip at so many dollars per foot per month. Nobody seems to care if you don't use the entire slip. If you want a 60-foot slip for a 9-foot dinghy, no problem since you'll be paying for all 60 feet. (In a really crowded marina, I could see somebody asking the guy with the dinghy to take a more appropriately sized slip to reduce the waiting list for 60-footers). Usually, the problem runs the other way. A guy buys a "4055" Pileknocker and asks the harbormaster for a "40 -foot" slip. By the time you add a 4 foot bow pulpit and a six foot swimstep, the boat actually measures out about 51 feet. Everybody walking down the central float has to dodge the anchor hanging into the walkway, and the boat sticks well out into the fairway aft. Cheapskate ought to rent a 50-foot slip instead of a 40 and get something that actually fits his boat. :-) |
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Marinas and minimum boat lengths?
That is what I was trying to ask. My question is, is there typically a
minimum size requirement for a vessel in order to join a club, or is it just my friends club? Scotty Yes, there is usually a minimum size vessel required in order to join a yacht club. While the stereotypical image of a yacht club is a group of white pants, blue blazer, brass buttoned old coots passing grey poupon from mega-yacht to mega-yacht- many clubs do specify a minimum size limit that doesn't require a relatively huge investment in a boat. Many of the minimums are at or around the 20-foot mark. Best explanation I ever heard for the minimum size requirement was "We want our members to own a boat capable of partiipating in club cruises and events." |
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Marinas and minimum boat lengths?
That is what I was trying to ask. My question is, is there typically a
minimum size requirement for a vessel in order to join a club, or is it just my friends club? Scotty Yes, there is usually a minimum size vessel required in order to join a yacht club. While the stereotypical image of a yacht club is a group of white pants, blue blazer, brass buttoned old coots passing grey poupon from mega-yacht to mega-yacht- many clubs do specify a minimum size limit that doesn't require a relatively huge investment in a boat. Many of the minimums are at or around the 20-foot mark. Best explanation I ever heard for the minimum size requirement was "We want our members to own a boat capable of partiipating in club cruises and events." |
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The local yacht club here, Shelton WA , doesn't have a size limitation but
does require that prospective members have a boat large enough to have sleeping accomodations aboard and prospective members must first participate in a number of club cruises and activities afloat and ashore. Once you are a member, it doesn't seem to matter if you keep your boat anylonger.. I wish some would get rid of there Marina Queens and give up their slips (to someone like me, who has been on the waiting list for over 5 years). Steve s/v Good Intentions |
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