I currently have a trailerable power boat - and have enjoyed the mobility of it to explore harbors here in eastern MA. I've decided to sell it and start looking for a Cape Dory (have admired for years and years). My question simply is where can I moor or dock it??!! I have tried for a couple of years to get a mooring for my current boat but have only been able to add my name to many lists. How do people go to boatshows and buy a sailboat unless they've waited for years to get a mooring? And if they do get a shallow water mooring, as I was offered this year on the south shore, how to they keep their sailboat from lying on its' side since "deep water moorings" just aren't available? Please help me with suggestions as to where I could keep a Cape Dory within about a 45 minute commute from Boston. Also, if you can help with another concern, what happens if a major storm (i.e. hurricane) rolls in - how do you get a marina to pull your boat and keep it protected on land (everybody and their brother must be asking them to do this with only 1 or 2 days' notice)? Thanks a lot.
- Frank
ftwarog@hotmail.com
Incredibly naive (stupid?) question...
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Dave
Re: Incredibly naive (stupid?) question...
Well if you figure that one out, you'll have to let us all know. The problem that you'll also have is that you need access to that water, by either owning a house in that area or having permission from a land owner. Good luck in your search.
ddsailor25@ureach.com
Frank wrote: I currently have a trailerable power boat - and have enjoyed the mobility of it to explore harbors here in eastern MA. I've decided to sell it and start looking for a Cape Dory (have admired for years and years). My question simply is where can I moor or dock it??!! I have tried for a couple of years to get a mooring for my current boat but have only been able to add my name to many lists. How do people go to boatshows and buy a sailboat unless they've waited for years to get a mooring? And if they do get a shallow water mooring, as I was offered this year on the south shore, how to they keep their sailboat from lying on its' side since "deep water moorings" just aren't available? Please help me with suggestions as to where I could keep a Cape Dory within about a 45 minute commute from Boston. Also, if you can help with another concern, what happens if a major storm (i.e. hurricane) rolls in - how do you get a marina to pull your boat and keep it protected on land (everybody and their brother must be asking them to do this with only 1 or 2 days' notice)? Thanks a lot.
- Frank
ddsailor25@ureach.com
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len
Re: Incredibly naive (stupid?) question...
frank
have you tried hewitt's cove marina in hingham? - they also own tern harbor and landfall nearby - there are other commercial marinas in that area, e.g. up fore river, in hull - re hurricanes: most people ride them out and are ok unless their boats are in unsheltered areas
len
have you tried hewitt's cove marina in hingham? - they also own tern harbor and landfall nearby - there are other commercial marinas in that area, e.g. up fore river, in hull - re hurricanes: most people ride them out and are ok unless their boats are in unsheltered areas
len
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Joanie
Re: Incredibly naive (stupid?) question...
Well, if you were willing to go a little farther north this is what we did...we bought a mooring, had it installed and keep it at a marina in Falmouth Maine. Each town is different and Falmouth does not have a waiting list....not yet anyway.
Buying a mooring in the long run is the best way to go, financially. However, not being familiar with Massachusetts towns, I would probably call each town along the coastline. You never know.
Good luck,
Joanie
budda@grolen.com
Buying a mooring in the long run is the best way to go, financially. However, not being familiar with Massachusetts towns, I would probably call each town along the coastline. You never know.
Good luck,
Joanie
budda@grolen.com
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Neil Gordon
Re: Incredibly naive (stupid?) question...
>>My question simply is where can I moor or dock it??!!<<
Moorings are hard to come by, but slip space at a marina is fairly easy to find. We're at Marina Bay, in Quincy... good access to Dorchester Bay and the Boston Harbor Islands, etc. It's not cheap, but in line with other marinas in the area.
Email me if you want more info.
Regards, Neil
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Cape Dory 28 #167
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Moorings are hard to come by, but slip space at a marina is fairly easy to find. We're at Marina Bay, in Quincy... good access to Dorchester Bay and the Boston Harbor Islands, etc. It's not cheap, but in line with other marinas in the area.
Email me if you want more info.
Regards, Neil
s/v LIQUIDITY
Cape Dory 28 #167
cdory28@aol.com
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Chris Scheck
Moorings ...
Town moorings, priced way below their fair market value, are hard to find. Joining a marina or a yacht club is probably your best bet while you're waiting for the town mooring to come through.
With regards to hurricanes ... hauling the boat is, of course, the safest response. But if you hauled every time a hurricane was headed our way ... it's like asking why don't people sell all their stock every time the market drops 100 points, just to be safe. We lost a 36' ketch in Hurricane Gloria back in 1985. I suspect the mooring line wore thru where it passes through the bow chock. Now we have a mooring bridle ... two separate lines coming up from the mooring float, passing through the chock on each side, tied to each cleat on the foredeck. Each line has a heavy piece of vinyl hose for protection and the lines are oversized. You want to make sure you take the anchor off the bowsprit if you're expecting a blow. Sails, dodger, and anything else that the wind will try to tear up.
There's nothing you can do about those once every 50 year storms that throw boats 2 or 3 miles inland. But you can avoid losing the boat to the kind of storms we get every 5 or 6 years if you're careful.
Chris Scheck
RAGTIME
CD33 #117
cscheck@aol.com
With regards to hurricanes ... hauling the boat is, of course, the safest response. But if you hauled every time a hurricane was headed our way ... it's like asking why don't people sell all their stock every time the market drops 100 points, just to be safe. We lost a 36' ketch in Hurricane Gloria back in 1985. I suspect the mooring line wore thru where it passes through the bow chock. Now we have a mooring bridle ... two separate lines coming up from the mooring float, passing through the chock on each side, tied to each cleat on the foredeck. Each line has a heavy piece of vinyl hose for protection and the lines are oversized. You want to make sure you take the anchor off the bowsprit if you're expecting a blow. Sails, dodger, and anything else that the wind will try to tear up.
There's nothing you can do about those once every 50 year storms that throw boats 2 or 3 miles inland. But you can avoid losing the boat to the kind of storms we get every 5 or 6 years if you're careful.
Chris Scheck
RAGTIME
CD33 #117
cscheck@aol.com
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Ken Coit
Re: Incredibly naive (stupid?) question...
I guess that is one reason this native from MA lives in NC. Lots of space down here for your boat. 36 foot slips sell for $30 - 35K and rent for $200 a month. Of course, you need to rent it year round if you plan on sailing year round. As for hurricanes, we have some experience there. Most marinas usually want you to move out in the face of a hurricane, but not mine. It is well protected, but some people do haul anyway. The hurricane hauling schedule at the yard up the ICW a couple of miles is five days long, so it is hardly practical to consider being hauled there. We double our lines and check our insurance.
Good luck,
Ken Coit
CD/36 Parfait
Raleigh, NC
parfait@nc.rr.com
Good luck,
Ken Coit
CD/36 Parfait
Raleigh, NC
Frank wrote: I currently have a trailerable power boat - and have enjoyed the mobility of it to explore harbors here in eastern MA. I've decided to sell it and start looking for a Cape Dory (have admired for years and years). My question simply is where can I moor or dock it??!! I have tried for a couple of years to get a mooring for my current boat but have only been able to add my name to many lists. How do people go to boatshows and buy a sailboat unless they've waited for years to get a mooring? And if they do get a shallow water mooring, as I was offered this year on the south shore, how to they keep their sailboat from lying on its' side since "deep water moorings" just aren't available? Please help me with suggestions as to where I could keep a Cape Dory within about a 45 minute commute from Boston. Also, if you can help with another concern, what happens if a major storm (i.e. hurricane) rolls in - how do you get a marina to pull your boat and keep it protected on land (everybody and their brother must be asking them to do this with only 1 or 2 days' notice)? Thanks a lot.
- Frank
parfait@nc.rr.com