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Chuck's Boston Trip
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"Chuck Gould" wrote in message ups.com... Eisboch wrote: How was your trip? Did you get to tour Old Ironsides? And for a city of 3-million or so people- there aren't that many boats in Boston. When one visits 500,000 population Seattle (1-2 million metro area) there are boats *everywhere*. Looked like nowhere nearly as many permanently moored boats, per capita, in Boston....but that's just an informal impression Like Shortwave mentioned, Boston harbor has few private marinas. There's one next to the USS Constitution called, appropriately, "Constitution Marina" that we used to visit on day trips or weekenders on the boat coming up from Scituate. The northeast in general has a shortage of slips and moorings available and the waiting time to get one can be years. Scituate harbor has a town operated marina plus 3 or 4 smaller private ones. For years there was also a boatyard called "Youngs" that had storage and repair facilities. It closed down and a private developer bought the land from the owner for something like $2-3 million, intending to develop it as an additional marina with modern facilities, clubhouse and a restaurant. It became quite the political battle because the town wanted the land. They fought the poor guy tooth and nail over permits, conservation issues and generally made it impossible for him to proceed. This went on for a couple of years. He finally threw in the towel and withdrew his permit applications. The town ended up offering to buy the land from him - at a loss for him as I understand. The town then issued itself the permits necessary to begin construction a new, town operated marina. I made a small investment in the marina when the developer bought it and was raising money for it's construction. The investment return included a guarantied slip for the Navigator once the marina was finished and was predicated on him getting the permits. He was (is) an honest man. When it became apparent that the town would not issue him the permits he returned my investment in full with a letter of apology. Sounds like you had a busy visit to Bean Town. Note to JiminFL ... Scituate has changed big time since you were up here, both physically and in atmosphere. For boaters, it has been downhill since Elmer retired. They are now talking about issuing parking permit stickers now, with preferential parking for town residents only. Also, a surcharge for slips for non-residents with townies going to the top of the waiting list. Eisboch |
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Chuck's Boston Trip
Eisboch wrote: **** repost to get rid of original OT subject header **** "Chuck Gould" wrote in message ups.com... Eisboch wrote: How was your trip? Did you get to tour Old Ironsides? And for a city of 3-million or so people- there aren't that many boats in Boston. When one visits 500,000 population Seattle (1-2 million metro area) there are boats *everywhere*. Looked like nowhere nearly as many permanently moored boats, per capita, in Boston....but that's just an informal impression Like Shortwave mentioned, Boston harbor has few private marinas. There's one next to the USS Constitution called, appropriately, "Constitution Marina" that we used to visit on day trips or weekenders on the boat coming up from Scituate. The northeast in general has a shortage of slips and moorings available and the waiting time to get one can be years. Scituate harbor has a town operated marina plus 3 or 4 smaller private ones. For years there was also a boatyard called "Youngs" that had storage and repair facilities. It closed down and a private developer bought the land from the owner for something like $2-3 million, intending to develop it as an additional marina with modern facilities, clubhouse and a restaurant. It became quite the political battle because the town wanted the land. They fought the poor guy tooth and nail over permits, conservation issues and generally made it impossible for him to proceed. This went on for a couple of years. He finally threw in the towel and withdrew his permit applications. The town ended up offering to buy the land from him - at a loss for him as I understand. The town then issued itself the permits necessary to begin construction a new, town operated marina. I made a small investment in the marina when the developer bought it and was raising money for it's construction. The investment return included a guarantied slip for the Navigator once the marina was finished and was predicated on him getting the permits. He was (is) an honest man. When it became apparent that the town would not issue him the permits he returned my investment in full with a letter of apology. Sounds like you had a busy visit to Bean Town. Note to JiminFL ... Scituate has changed big time since you were up here, both physically and in atmosphere. For boaters, it has been downhill since Elmer retired. They are now talking about issuing parking permit stickers now, with preferential parking for town residents only. Also, a surcharge for slips for non-residents with townies going to the top of the waiting list. Eisboch A consideration of the moorage situation in Boston is a real eye opener for a left coaster. We're probably 20-30 years behind out here in the Pacific NW, but skyrocketing shoreline values and taxes will almost certainly make any use except high density residential or commercial economically impossible before another two generations go boating. Pretty sad. If I'm personally still boating in 20 years (hope to be), it's less likely I'll be boating in 30. Guys my age may dodge the bullet out here, but we should be concerned for the younger people who will follow. |
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