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Must be an east coast thing
Got a call Wed from the Martin County marina that I needed to move my
boat by Friday cuz they had my space reserved for a big boat and I had only reserved my spot for a month. CRAP it's a six hour drive to Stuart from Tallahassee but I got online and immediately found a slip nearby. So, Thur drove down and moved Ragtime over to the Harborage Marina. Talking to the dockmaster woman (is a female dockmaster a dockmistress), I learned that until two weeks ago, they had no vacancies but many insurance policies say that unless a boat is north of a certain point by May 1 then their insurance goes waaaaaaay up. Half the marina was empty. I've never encountered this on the Gulf Coast probably because the enclosed Gulf has nowhere far enough north to go to get out of the way of hurricanes. I was told that it is expected that boats get hauled out for hurricane season. What a radical change for me because where I normally keep my boat I'd have to go 70 miles to find a haul-out facility. In Stuart, there are at least 8 within 5 miles. |
Must be an east coast thing
On 5/7/10 12:20 PM, Frogwatch wrote:
Got a call Wed from the Martin County marina that I needed to move my boat by Friday cuz they had my space reserved for a big boat and I had only reserved my spot for a month. CRAP it's a six hour drive to Stuart from Tallahassee but I got online and immediately found a slip nearby. So, Thur drove down and moved Ragtime over to the Harborage Marina. Talking to the dockmaster woman (is a female dockmaster a dockmistress), I learned that until two weeks ago, they had no vacancies but many insurance policies say that unless a boat is north of a certain point by May 1 then their insurance goes waaaaaaay up. Half the marina was empty. I've never encountered this on the Gulf Coast probably because the enclosed Gulf has nowhere far enough north to go to get out of the way of hurricanes. I was told that it is expected that boats get hauled out for hurricane season. What a radical change for me because where I normally keep my boat I'd have to go 70 miles to find a haul-out facility. In Stuart, there are at least 8 within 5 miles. Hey, it's only, what, 80 miles to west end, bahamas? Why, in your boat, you could make that in less than a week, if the mast doesn't fall off... Go for it! -- The Tea Party's teabaggers are just the Republican base by another name. |
Must be an east coast thing
On Fri, 07 May 2010 12:26:16 -0400, hk
wrote: Hey, it's only, what, 80 miles to west end, bahamas? Why, in your boat, you could make that in less than a week, if the mast doesn't fall off... And in your low transom Parker you could make it in less than three hours if you didn't get pooped by a wave over the transom. That's a big *if* however. PS, the denizens of 'rec.boats.cruising' have voted you off the island because of your self professed dislike for cruising. It's better to fly, remember? |
Must be an east coast thing
On 5/7/10 2:34 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 07 May 2010 12:26:16 -0400, wrote: Hey, it's only, what, 80 miles to west end, bahamas? Why, in your boat, you could make that in less than a week, if the mast doesn't fall off... And in your low transom Parker you could make it in less than three hours if you didn't get pooped by a wave over the transom. That's a big *if* however. PS, the denizens of 'rec.boats.cruising' have voted you off the island because of your self professed dislike for cruising. It's better to fly, remember? How are you kids doing, w'hine? -- The Tea Party's teabaggers are just the Republican base by another name. |
Must be an east coast thing
On Fri, 07 May 2010 15:35:44 -0400, hk
wrote: How are you kids doing? They're doing just great, thanks for asking. We hear from them all the time. How about yours? |
Must be an east coast thing
On 5/7/10 4:27 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 07 May 2010 15:35:44 -0400, wrote: How are you kids doing? They're doing just great, thanks for asking. We hear from them all the time. How about yours? Doing well. One, along with probably two of three grandkids, will be heading here soon. Lives a few states away. -- The Tea Party's teabaggers are just the Republican base by another name. |
Must be an east coast thing
On Fri, 07 May 2010 16:31:16 -0400, hk
wrote: Doing well. One, along with probably two of three grandkids, will be heading here soon. Lives a few states away. It's important to remember how many grand children you have. |
Must be an east coast thing
On 5/7/10 4:39 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 07 May 2010 16:31:16 -0400, wrote: Doing well. One, along with probably two of three grandkids, will be heading here soon. Lives a few states away. It's important to remember how many grand children you have. That, and their names. The third landed a *paying* summer job as a life guard and counselor at a camp in New Hampshire. -- The Tea Party's teabaggers are just the Republican base by another name. |
Must be an east coast thing
On Fri, 07 May 2010 17:29:00 -0400, wrote:
As for the East Coast, they are in a lot higher wind code zone so the risk is higher. You are probably in the 120 MPH zone, they are 150. http://gfretwell.com/electrical/windcodemap.jpg Am I reading this correctly? Looks like you and I are in the 120 zone, Sanibel and Captiva, 130. Is that correct? What about the Keys? |
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