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

I suspect that most marinas have a minimum length/fee and if your boat is
smaller than that, you pay the minimum anyway..

That is the way it is for a seperate dingy tie up at my marina.. 10ftX$5=$50
month.. Normally I tie up my dingy under my bow or stern quarter, however
last summer I was anchoring out and needed a place to land my dingy and park
my vehicle. The charged for 10 ft even though my dingy was only 8ft.


--
My opinion and experience. FWIW

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

I suspect that most marinas have a minimum length/fee and if your boat is
smaller than that, you pay the minimum anyway..

That is the way it is for a seperate dingy tie up at my marina.. 10ftX$5=$50
month.. Normally I tie up my dingy under my bow or stern quarter, however
last summer I was anchoring out and needed a place to land my dingy and park
my vehicle. The charged for 10 ft even though my dingy was only 8ft.


--
My opinion and experience. FWIW

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

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(Backyard Renegade) wrote:

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

Atlantis Marina on Paradise Island in the Bahamas has a minimum of 40
feet. That's the only one I know of that has a minimum length
allowed. I think they do that to keep the riffraff out g

Otherwise, it's usually $x per foot with a minimum fee of $X. So
$1.00/ft with a minimum of $25 would mean that an 18 foot boat would
pay $25, and not that they wouldn't TAKE an 18 foot boat.

However it depends on how you measure your boat. Assuming it has an
outboard, if you include that in the length and round up, you'd
probably have 21 feet.

grandma Rosalie

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(Backyard Renegade) wrote:

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

Atlantis Marina on Paradise Island in the Bahamas has a minimum of 40
feet. That's the only one I know of that has a minimum length
allowed. I think they do that to keep the riffraff out g

Otherwise, it's usually $x per foot with a minimum fee of $X. So
$1.00/ft with a minimum of $25 would mean that an 18 foot boat would
pay $25, and not that they wouldn't TAKE an 18 foot boat.

However it depends on how you measure your boat. Assuming it has an
outboard, if you include that in the length and round up, you'd
probably have 21 feet.

grandma Rosalie

On 16 Feb 2004 09:04:54 -0800, (Backyard
Renegade) wrote:

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

At my marina you pay for the size of the SLIP, not the boat. Up to you
as to what size boat you want to put into it. They couldn't care less
if you want to pay for a 50 foot slip for a jetski.

Joe

On 16 Feb 2004 09:04:54 -0800, (Backyard
Renegade) wrote:

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

At my marina you pay for the size of the SLIP, not the boat. Up to you
as to what size boat you want to put into it. They couldn't care less
if you want to pay for a 50 foot slip for a jetski.

Joe

Joe Della Barba wrote:

At my marina you pay for the size of the SLIP, not the boat.
Up to you
as to what size boat you want to put into it. They couldn't care less
if you want to pay for a 50 foot slip for a jetski.

Joe

Well, at my marina, you pay by whichever calculation method ends
up with the higher price. e.g., 25' boat in a 30' slip pays for
30', whereas a 32' boat shoehorned into a 30' slip (yep, it
happens) pays for 32'.

Keith Hughes

Joe Della Barba wrote:

At my marina you pay for the size of the SLIP, not the boat.
Up to you
as to what size boat you want to put into it. They couldn't care less
if you want to pay for a 50 foot slip for a jetski.

Joe

Well, at my marina, you pay by whichever calculation method ends
up with the higher price. e.g., 25' boat in a 30' slip pays for
30', whereas a 32' boat shoehorned into a 30' slip (yep, it
happens) pays for 32'.

Keith Hughes

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. :-)