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Steve Alarcon wrote: Here in the west, it seems that we have a different perspective. Due to the mild winters, most boats are in the water the full year, and marina fees are paid monthly. In my case, we pay $370 per month for 32' loa (they charge for the bowsprit). This works out to $138/ft/year or approx. $4,430 per year. Fees include water, garbage, dockbox, hazadous waste disposal (engine oil), marina assitance with docking (call in on the radio and they send a couple of folks out to take the lines), cable TV, rest rooms with showers, laundry facilities and parking.
I pay $125 per month year round, includes electricity and water. No other facilities but I only live a 1/4 mile away. This is for a 36. In Belhaven, N.C. where I lived before this year it was only $100 per month.
Steve Alarcon wrote: Steve Alarcon
CD30 Temerity
Seattle
The marinas on Lake Champlain, New York and Vermont, charge between $55.00 to $70.00 approximately per foot for the summer season for a dock. I pay $40/foot for a mooring at Snug Harbor Marina, near Plattsburgh, NY. A great deal for Americans is to store just inside Canada at one of the many huge marinas on the Richelieu River and pay $15 Canadian ($8.00 USD) per foot for winter storage, including haul-out and launch. Dropping the mast costs $0.60 USD/foot of boat length.
i have a my cd26 on a mooring in bermuda for $200/mo for 6 months which is about half the going monthly rate. haulout is $12/ft and dry storage is $12/ft/mo also. it is not a cheap place. i have another boat in fresh water covered storage on the ICW in chesapeake, va and pay $4/ft/mo. the regular rate is $4 outside and $6 inside, but the mast is out and there are more indoor spots so it is easier for the yard. it is a great deal and many new englanders bring their boats here to Atlantic Yacht Basin for winter storage rather than hauling. it is not a place that promotes a DIY atmosphere however.
john
John Phillips wrote: Is that 3.50 per foot per month or per year? If it is per year the marina must be state owned and loosing money doesn't bother the taxpayers.
Bill wrote: Inland (OK), its 3.50 per foot year round with H20 & elec to the slip...
BS
Warren Moore wrote: Having just received my marina docking fee for the season, I'm curious about what others pay in different areas around the country. I'm in Eastern Long Island and pay $68 a foot for a slip.A mooring is about half that rate. I suspect these rates are high compared to most other areas.
Warren Moore wrote: Having just received my marina docking fee for the season, I'm curious about what others pay in different areas around the country. I'm in Eastern Long Island and pay $68 a foot for a slip.A mooring is about half that rate. I suspect these rates are high compared to most other areas.
Warren Moore
CD 28
"Crisscross"
Just north of Boston, in Beverly, slips are around $80-$90 per foot. The per foot rate jumps up if the boat is over 30'(higher rate applies to the entire length). There are no available slips, and you must sign on to a waiting list. Moorings are $100 per season, but the protected areas are full, leaving just the more exposed areas immediately available.
John
Also,
The marina I belong to is owned by the city, so the rates @ $80-$90 per foot per SEASON are just a little lower than market. The season runs from April 15 to Oct 15. Beyond that we get charged a daily fee, like a transient. Winter in-water storage is a whole new contract. Water and electricity are extra $, and there is no haulout our club house. The city runs a pump out boat on weekends only, and they will not approach your boat for liability concerns. If you want a pumpout, you must move your boat over to the town landing dock (about 50' away), where the pump boat will also tie up and run the hose along the dock to your boat. The pump boat usually doesn't answer the call. Currents here run a full 2 knots, so you must carefully pick and choose the time you approach and leave your slip. The city marina is next to the city fishing pier, so several times a season I will find weights, hooks, leaders, and chunks of mackeral or squid tangled in my cockpit or dodger. And for this, you have a 5 - 8 year wait if you are a town resident. Such a deal.
I guess $68/ft isn't such a bad deal! Our season is from April 1-Nov.1 but the marina is acommodating, a few go in as early as mid-March and some don't get hauled until early Dec without extra charges. They say they don't mind because it spreads the work load out for the marina staff. Although I don't know how the staff feels about hauling in Dec.
Another nice feature they have is a portable pump-out station they can
wheel out the dock to your boat.Last,there is no fishing allowed in the marina.
Bill Goldsmith wrote: Then I learned about a local working yacht club. If you're a...
Sounds a lot like our Palmer Cove Yacht Club here in Salem. The required working hours here are shorter but some volunteers work much more. The fees are only slightly higher. We do have a waiting list, though, for joining, as well as for a slip or yard storage space when one has joined.
You think $68/foot is bad, I'm paying $80/foot to keep my boat at the floating dock at Lockwood Boat Works in Morgan, NJ. It's less if you keep your boat on their main (fixed) dock.
Warren Moore wrote: Having just received my marina docking fee for the season, I'm curious about what others pay in different areas around the country. I'm in Eastern Long Island and pay $68 a foot for a slip.A mooring is about half that rate. I suspect these rates are high compared to most other areas.
Slip fees on Lake Lanier, about 25 miles north of Atlanta vary from about $800/yr to $1500/yr for a slip 25 ft. long. I pay $1040/year round at Aqualand, a mid-priced marina. Can't say how much for larger boats, but there's about 2000 slips of all kinds available.
I've seen sailboats to 50 ft. The main sailing area is about 4x10 miles. A bridge about 30 ft. high cuts off the rest of the lake to sailboaters, but it's no great loss, as the width gets narrow at that point.