"Dave" wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:52:39 -0400, "Roger Long"
said:

It's just like most other things in society. The big cause the problems
and
the small pay for them.

That depends very much on what you define as the problem. Is the problem
insufficient donations to support the Seaport, or is it the absence of
cheap
dockage?

Is the problem with medical care the high cost of hospital visits, or is
it
the fact that a lot of people don't pay for those visits?


It's definitely the fact that a lot of people don't pay for hospital visits,
because they can't afford to do so. We should definitely blame them. LOL

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On 28 Aug 2008 10:21:01 -0500, Dave wrote:

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:48:46 -0400, said:

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.

You may be correct. I haven't been in there in 30 years, but my recollection
is that at that time the total ran a bit more than commercial marinas in the
area. Were you going in there 30 years ago?

No, but we've been there almost every year in the past 10 at least
once a season. Last season was the first time we skipped it. We still
went to Mystic/Noank, but did not visit the museum. When they changed
the policy, we dropped our membership and also stopped donating. They
have really lost their way.

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:48:46 -0400, said:

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.

FYI We went at the beginning of August (on land) after our
granddaughter's wedding. We took the free shuttle from one end to the
other (run by volunteers - an electric boat), and the driver happened
to mention that we were lucky to see the big sailing whaling boat the
Charles W. Morgan because they were going to take her to the yard and
haul her out for maintenance. She won't be back until 2011 or
thereabouts.

Some pictures from our visit - 39 of mine and 18 of my daughters.
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/pb/b9515/4a9c6/
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/pb/b9515/b1f61/

Hi Skip,
You can anchor off Mason Island on the SW side or on the E side and dingy to
the bascule bridge in Mystic or dingy further up the river into the Museum
basin. If you go up the Mystic River, look for anchorage space just south
of N#16 or N3 22
I have found 6 to 7 feet of water at low in both spots.


"Skip Gundlach" wrote in message
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Hiya, y'all,

Having had no response to those wanting me to keep a minimum of US warship
separation, I wonder if there are Mystic, CT dwellers here.

We think we'll be in Mystic toward the end of the week or more likely the
weekend/Monday-ish. We'll keep the required distance from any giving us
notice, but would enjoy visitors from the less squeamish :{))

From our many charts (Bob!) - paper and electronic - we can't see how we
can anchor in the area of the downtown/museum area (or, for that
matter,exactly where it is, though I believe both are near the swing
bridge.

We'd also like to get to WalMart, and see there are a couple in the area,
and wonder (assuming we can solve the above), what the best public
transport might be to achieve that, if any.

Just because I don't always have forum/newsgroup access, please drop me a
note cc'g any response you may have; skipgundlach - gmail dot com...

TIA



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