marina fees

Warren Moore · Post by **Warren Moore** » Mar 4th, '00, 00:30

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"

wmoore@peconic.net

Neil Gordon · Post by **Neil Gordon** » Mar 4th, '00, 05:52

$100/foot or so is about the going rate for a slip in the Boston area. Moorings are either by permit by the town (and you need to be a resident)... they're cheap but there's a waiting list, or they're controlled by the yacht clubs and you have to be a member.

Regards, Neil
s/v LIQUIDITY
Cape Dory 28 #167

neil@nrgordon.com

Bob Marsh · Post by **Bob Marsh** » Mar 4th, '00, 07:58

The Dunedin FL, City owned Marina rate for a 30ft slip is $134/Month. I guess that comes to about $60/Ft/Yr for my CD27.

Bob Marsh
s/v Aquanell
CD27#51
Dunedin FL

bbbob@gte.net

Dana · Post by **Dana** » Mar 4th, '00, 10:06

In Tidewater Virginia area (Williamsburg area), the most expensive is about $53 per foot for the full year not season. 30 foot single slip with power, water, pool, laundry, etc....just under $1700/year. You can get it pulled for around $100 and if you want winter storage it is about $1.25/ft per month.

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John · Post by **John** » Mar 4th, '00, 10:13

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

jack cothren · Post by **jack cothren** » Mar 4th, '00, 10:24

at norrie/mills state park in hyde park,on the hudson river its $40 a foot and no moorings are available

jack cothren "puffin" cd22 #25

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Larry DeMers · Post by **Larry DeMers** » Mar 4th, '00, 11:00

On Lake Superior, (The Apostle Islands), the rates just went up a large amount due to developement in the area, and the attractivness of the area, and now pay approximately $100/ft. for everything included
(which is: 36 ft. slip, unlimited sewage pump-out, winter storage, pull out/put in fees, removing the mast/replacing it and moving the boat, unlimited garbage collection, dinghy storage space.)
It went up about $700 from the past year.

Larry DeMers
s/v DeLaMer
Cape Dory 30 ~~~~Sailing Lake Superior~~~~~~

demers@sgi.com

Steve Alarcon · Post by **Steve Alarcon** » Mar 4th, '00, 11:49

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.

Steve Alarcon
CD30 Temerity
Seattle

alarcon3@prodigy.net

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Mar 4th, '00, 16:32

Here in Central California it is $ 4.50 per foot per month or a 32 ft. salt water slip for $ 144. per month. Water and power but no phone or TV. It's in the state park so about 1/2 the going rate in private marinas in the area. There's never any vacancies around here.

TomCambria@mindspring.com

Bill Goldsmith · Post by **Bill Goldsmith** » Mar 4th, '00, 19:58

There's a commercial marina near me on the Lower Hudson River NY that gets about $70 per foot for a slip during the season. At this rate, and in light of rates like those quoted here, I almost dismissed the idea of getting back into boating two years ago.

Then I learned about a local working yacht club. If you're a village resident and you join the club as a full member ($2,000 initiation fee), you then pay $5 per foot for a slip and $5 per foot for winter storage. You have to work 35 hrs in the spring and 35 hours in the fall or you get charged for unworked time. I joined the club and this is my third year. We have a crane and a pile driver and room for about 100 boats. I have learned more about boats and marinas from doing that work time than I can calculate, in addition to meeting people with similar interests and saving a ton of money.

I know that working clubs exist all over the US and that they provide a place with sane costs and comeraderie. Obviously they are not for everyone, but they can be a great alternative for the right person.

Bill Goldsmith
Cd27
Second Chance

goldy@bestweb.net

Don Carr · Post by **Don Carr** » Mar 4th, '00, 20:07

Marina fees range from $72-$78 per foot in Eastern Ct. For my CD25 I am on mooring with launch service for $35 per foot for the season (4/15 - 10/31). On hard storage (hauling, power washing, blocking) works out to another $550. So my 12 month rate is about $61/ft.

carrd48@netzero.net

Bill · Post by **Bill** » Mar 5th, '00, 07:26

Inland (OK), its 3.50 per foot year round with H20 & elec to the slip...

BS

cd25d@rhapsodysails.com

John Phillips · Post by **John Phillips** » Mar 5th, '00, 07:53

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.

broakmar@navix.net

Ken Coit · Post by **Ken Coit** » Mar 5th, '00, 08:36

Bill,

Two that I have participated in are Massabesic YC in Manchester, NH and Windjammers YC at Marina del Rey, CA. The first as a member on the local resevoir, and the latter as a guest. Both were full of great people.

As for slip fees around here, I am renting a 20 ft. wide 40+ ft. long slip for $200 a month. For another $350 a year one can become an associate of the YC, with clubhouse, pool, restroom, shower, party, etc. priveleges. Full membership is restricted to slip owners. Slips sell in the high 20s and up for 13 ft width and are not usually available.

Boating can be a 12 month activity here, so many of us only haul to do the bottom and other such activities for a few days a year. There are, of course, some years when you might wish you were further south.

I understand that there are plans for a mooring field at Beaufort, NC and that they will be managed by the town. I have no idea what the rates will be.

Ken

parfait@nc.rr.com

John · Post by **John** » Mar 5th, '00, 09:43

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.

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