On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 10:52:45 -0800, "Steve" wrote:

The recent post about cost of moorings or slips got me to thinking back a
few years.

The first yacht club I belonged to in the early '60 was $30 mo. membership
and $.25/ft/mo. for slip rent, in San Diego.

Then I get to think about the most practical and least expensive marina and
that would have to be in Middletown RI, the old Stone Bridge Marina..
....
Cost, in 1972 dollars, was $35/mo for a 35ft slip.

From the bottom coast (Gulf of Mexico)... About 1972 or 73 everyone
was complaining because the Parish (county) Marina went up from $50 a
_year_ for a slip, any length, to $75 a year. Today it's up to $900 a
year. 12 times as much, with the inflation index at 4.11. Still a
bargain these days at $75 a month. Electricity and water is separate -
one has to have them turned on, just like at a house. The only other
local marina charges $50 a month, including electricity and water, and
$100 a month for a covered shed for the powerboat crowd. An additional
$50 a month for live-aboard to cover the usual extra electricity
charges.

Back in '73 in NW Florida, lots of empty land to dinghy into, $0.05 to
$0.10 a ft for transient at the big marinas, "A couple weeks? Give me
$5 and talk to me if you stay longer." at the little ones behind gas
stations, stores and stuff. No idea of monthly charges. Today, $0.75
to $1.50 a ft plus a whole heard of "hidden" charges, such as $8.75 a
day for electricity, $3.95 for water, $10 for "underwater land lease",
etc. IOW, at least double the quoted price. Oh yeah, and wall to wall
condos, houses, camps and businesses.

Ahhhhhhhhh, for the good ol' days! :-)

Rick


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