Where do you keep your boat?

[sleather]

Thanks

Kevin, Thanks for rescuing me! For a month this thread has been reappearing as a "new" post w/ me as the author. I posted my story 9/9/07. It was like the movie "Groundhog Day". Now if it keeps doing it YOU will be the author! OH CRAP I'm the author again!

Life was very good today "on my little pond". WE need pictures of this "wonderland" you sail!

 

[dpddj]

On a hook

I own a mooring in Falmouth, ME, costs me a fortune at $50 a season, plus the $50 dinghy permit to keep at the town dock. There are about 500 or so moorings between the three facilities in the immediate area. The closest dock space is north to Yarmouth (10 miles or so) and south to Portland (5 miles or so). Yes, the dinghy can be a PITA, but we bring the boat to the dock for loading anything more than a few beverages and snacks. I sometimes sail away from the mooring, depending upon the wind and the crew.
Vehicle parking is more of a problem than anything else.
I should add that the mooring is the only inexpensive thing in Maine. We are always one of the top two states in tax burden, thanks to the socialists that have been in control for over 30 years.

 

[Gary Schroeder]

We sure don't have any Socialists in Texas. Don't have any moorings either. I don't know of a marina in our area that is not privately owned. My slip is $4,560/yr, plus electricity, in a sheltered harbor with floating piers.

 

[mgray003]

My e-25 spent the winter on a mooring, (only 4 moorings available at our club) but we have moved up on the slip waiting list and I have recently moved her to an end-of-dock tie up. I am next in line for a slip, but I think I like being at the end-of-dock. The boat gets jostled some by an occassional power boater who ignores the no wake bouys, but for the most part, it is good....very easy to dock and depart. Electric and water are available.
Club membership is $300 per year and the end-of-dock tie up fee is an additional $25 per month....total $50 per month. We have an active membership and a new clubhouse for parties and meetings. Showers are available, plus a covered picnic pavillion (w/ gas grills) and attached enclosed kitchen with cookstove, oven, microwave, sink, refrigerator and freezer for member use. What a deal!!!
My lake is approximately 50 miles in length and covers approximately 31,700 acres, with about 483 miles of shoreline.

 

[stuartm80127]

Where do I keep my Boat

E27 bought 2006. Kept on mooring can at Dillon Reservoir at 9017 feet above sea level at Frisco Bay Marina (that place rocks). Yeah, it is small but it's fun and keeps one on their toes with its shifting winds. After 2007 Season boat was moved to a big indoor garage in Parker, CO for a year's worth of refitting which is 80% done. For 2009 the plan is to move the boat to Oxnard, CA in June and spend the summer on the boat along the Pacific coast.

 

[Rick]

I keep my boat in a slip at a Marina Del Sol - Isla Mujeres,Mexico

 

[amadon light]

Spoiled and loving it

Ok I live in the DEEP SOUTH moored in a small 25 slip harbor the mooring is free there is a doc that provides FREE potable water and a FREE pump station for the brown water tank you just pull up and use the facilities all the owner ask is to keep it clean and respect the other boaters and that you dont abuse the doc by leaving your boat unattended just load your ice .grub ,BEER ,do your business and go AND IF BY CHANCE YOU VIOLATE ONE THE SIMPLE RULES YOU CAN BE ASSURED THAT ONE OF THOSE WORLD RENOWNED BLUE HAIRED SOUTHERN BABTIST LADIES WILL BE QUICK TO SET YOU STRAIGHT we are 2 minutes to the gulf and its a really nice place oh by the way if you do like the dock its only 4 dollars a foot and you pay the electrict but theres like a 3 year waiting list as you can see why now you see why we are so spoiled in the south see ya THE AMADON LIGHT south Mississippi

 

[Blue Heron]

I've done both on previous boats. Docked and moored. There are good and bad points about both which many previous posts have discussed here. One thing I liked about mooring is if you don't like your neighbor it's usually easier to move away from them compared to a slip. On the other hand, maintenance chores are much easier at the dock. Our recently purchased E27 is now at a dock as the PO has the slip fees payed until next April. That will get us through the rest of this hurricane season and the winter. Then we'll take her to a mooring at the local anchorage here.

 

[almico]

New guy here. Contemplating purchasing an E25. My plan was to keep it on a trailer, parked at the marina so I could keep it rigged. Just drive down, hook it up to the truck and launch. Sounds easier than it is I'm sure.

But now I'm wondering how good a plan it is after reading this entire thread and not hearing of anyone doing the same. My reasoning for this is 1) I live 1.5 hours from the marina. I can't imagine running down to check on the boat whenever a storm rolls in. 2) Only $600 to dry dock vs. 1200 for a mooring. 3) less maintenance (barnacles etc.), lower wear and tear keeping the boat dry except when I'm sailing her.

Is there a fatal flaw in my plan. Anything I'm not considering? Until now I've only owned a small FJ dinghy. This is my first venture into a bigger boat.

 

[Loren Beach]

New guy here. Contemplating purchasing an E25. My plan was to keep it on a trailer, parked at the marina so I could keep it rigged. Just drive down, hook it up to the truck and launch. Sounds easier than it is I'm sure.

But now I'm wondering how good a plan it is after reading this entire thread and not hearing of anyone doing the same. My reasoning for this is 1) I live 1.5 hours from the marina. I can't imagine running down to check on the boat whenever a storm rolls in. 2) Only $600 to dry dock vs. 1200 for a mooring. 3) less maintenance (barnacles etc.), lower wear and tear keeping the boat dry except when I'm sailing her.

Is there a fatal flaw in my plan. Anything I'm not considering? Until now I've only owned a small FJ dinghy. This is my first venture into a bigger boat.

From my experience, this is called "dry sailing" and is common for dinghies and even smaller keel boats like the J-24 and Star fleets in the Northwest.

You trade the time to launch and retrieve for relief from some bottom painting and marine growth. No more worries about dock lines or electrolysis possibilities either.

Quite a few smaller-boat sailing clubs do this because in-water moorage is so limited by dock sizing / footprint.

A lot of maint. projects would go fast when you can get to the bottom easily from a short ladder.

LB

 

[wolly bugger]

New guy here. Contemplating purchasing an E25. My plan was to keep it on a trailer, parked at the marina so I could keep it rigged. Just drive down, hook it up to the truck and launch. Sounds easier than it is I'm sure.

But now I'm wondering how good a plan it is after reading this entire thread and not hearing of anyone doing the same. My reasoning for this is 1) I live 1.5 hours from the marina. I can't imagine running down to check on the boat whenever a storm rolls in. 2) Only $600 to dry dock vs. 1200 for a mooring. 3) less maintenance (barnacles etc.), lower wear and tear keeping the boat dry except when I'm sailing her.

Is there a fatal flaw in my plan. Anything I'm not considering? Until now I've only owned a small FJ dinghy. This is my first venture into a bigger boat.

Almico, I do have an E25 which I keep on the trailer. In the summer it is kept at the marine (also about 1.5 hrs away) all rigged up ready to go. The launching and retrieving does steal some valuable sailing time when you're just a weekend warrior. At first, it will seem like a long time but when you get used to it, it gets done much faster. It takes me about 30 to 45 min. to hook the trailer,load gears, launch, go back to park and run back to the boat. I take a few more min. for retrieval since I like to rinse the salt water off of the trailer.
The reasons why I do it this way are to save some money on a slip fee (no moorage around here) and because the slip are very limited here so they is a long waiting list (3 to 7 yrs)
All in all it is not that bad

 

[almico]

Thanks Stephan...that's what I needed to hear. I realize there is a certain amount of "effort" required in order to enjoy this hobby. My little FJ took about 1/2 and hour to set up last year because I did not have a storage permit at my local lake. I had to step the mast each time. Not a really big deal, but still, it took time. When I tried to hurry it up, I inevitably got the rigging (standing and running) tangled and had to start over. This is a very fast paced world we're living in these days. This hobby remind me to SLOW DOWN. Try to enjoy the process of rigging as much as sailing. The day always turns out better when I do. Thanks again. Off to either NC or IL to pick up a boat.

 

[ragamuffin]

Monroe Harbor Chicago Mooring

On a Can in beautiful Monroe Harbor Wish I could afford a Slip, but at over $200 a foot it is not worth it for 4 months.

 

[Sid]

where is the boat

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[upnorthfrank]

Hmmm...

I'm liking the Gig Harbor gig, seems like a pretty decent rate. I heard there's some cheap berthing around Puget Sound in more remote locations. I also spoke w/ someone on the Columbia River once & it sounded like there were some real cheap dock space to be had there, not around PDX but down toward Astoria. I figured maybe the thought of crossing the bar is too much for for some folks?!?

 

[upnorthfrank]

Hmmm...

Or maybe it's the OR coast

 

[pwsjobs]

There's a lot things to be learned in this thread ..Thanks guys !

Yachts Crew

 

[Earwax]

Invictus' marina

I forgot to respond to this thread...

I keep mine at Bay Point Marina in Norfolk, VA. That's where the PO had it, and I liked the place so much I kept her there. Nice marina and the more expensive of the Vinings Marine Group marinas in this area. $7.50/ft. But, it is worth it for what you get at the marina...nice floating docks, free power up to 100 kWhrs, water hook up, etc. They do have reciprical agreements with many marinas up and down the ICW and around the Southern Bay. Another plus is that it is only about a 10 minute motor/sail to get into the Bay.

 

[AleksT]

I keep my 27 in Marina Del Rey. No moorings available, it is all slips. There are multiple "marinas" in Marina Del Rey so there are choices of which one to use. Prices vary and so do amenities (some have pools that are accesible to slip tenants) Prices vary also. 300 to 400 a month for a 25 foot slip. (you are allowed a 3 foot overhang) It is very conveniant to be able to walk to your boat. Since my boat is a new purchase and I have some work to do on her it is doubly so for me. I live less than 10 minutes away.

 

[outahere]

We keep our 27 at Aqualand on Lake Sydney Laineer in Georgia. Nice sailing, great people that run the marina, multiple marina parties a year. There are four Ericsons on U dock including us. A buck sixty five a month, including electric.