On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:29:25 -0500, John H
wrote:

You reckon those folks would let me tie up my Key West at no charge?
We' ve a new establishment here called 'National Harbor'. Place has a
nice dock, so we stopped for a planned cup of coffee. A young guy
comes running out of a shack and asks what we want. I tell him we want
to walk up and get some coffee. He says, "That'll be $10 an hour."

We left. Now I know why there's hardly ever anyone tied up at the
docks.

http://tinyurl.com/yeo3lof

You can tie up for free if you're having dinner at the restaurant next
door (Parrot Key Caribbean Grill). We have quite a few places like
that.
http://www.fortmyers-sanibel.com/do/...detail=marinas

The town of Key West is a different matter however since it is a big
tourist town and dockspace is at a premium. $10/day to park a dinghy
is par for the course down there, and more like $250/day for our big
boat.