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Mystical thoughts
On 28 Aug 2008 09:30:01 -0500, Dave wrote:
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:18:01 -0400, said: Unfortunately, Mystic has changed along with everyone else, and the membership/dockage deal is not such a deal any longer. It requires a higher level of membership, and even with the dockage discount, it is just as expensive as any commercial marina... unless you stay for a week or so. Even 30 years ago the membership plus dockage was significantly over dockage at a commercial marina. However, the ability to stroll the grounds after everyone has gone for the day was indeed a plus. Not true, Dave. Up until about 2 years ago, the membership, plus the dockage discount was "break-even" for a 30 foot boat if you used it for 2 nights. We did it that way for quite a few years as it helped the museum, and we also would visit once or twice in the off season using the free admission that also came with the membership. The new policy was their response to large yachts abusing the deal by bringing 10, 20, or more people with them to avoid all of them paying admission. It was a dumb move as all it really did was send a message to small boats and families that they were no longer welcome. It really didn't hurt the megayacht crowd at all. They still realize a big savings on dockage because of the size of their boats. It would have been MUCH smarter to simply limit the free admission for boat passengers to 4 per boat. It's the smaller boats that got squeezed out, not the bog boats that caused the problem in the first place. The regular dockage price without the membership discount was, and is, similar to commercial dockage everywhere on the river. |
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