Slip Rates

[jack Stone]

We are just north of Wilmington NC. We are renting a 35' slip for our 28TE for $350 per month plus about $8 a month for electric.
These slips are always for sale so rentals are usually easy to find. We thought about buying one but the price went from 50k 4 years ago to 175k at the peak in 05 to now about 122k. We will wait until they get back to 50k next year.

[Fortunate]

my rates are seasonal, May 1 to Nov 1

[Denis]

We own our own slip, up to 40' boat, slip has beautiful view of the Mystic river, walking distance from historic downtown, beautiful grounds, showers, laundry, access to pool. Wide fixed dock with finger piers, dock boxes, power, water, cable TV and Wifi. With taxes and winter storage and insurance it's about $800/year. They turn the water on around April 15 and turn it off weather dependent around November 15.

[zinbaad]

I think i am gonna move to Mystic River

[RicM]

Not to hijack the thread here, but what is everyone paying for insurance these days? I just got my bill for next year and it's $983 for an '03 28TE.

[Mariner]

Off topic I grant you, but those of you that stay in the water year round, how often do you haul? Any special preparations for being wet 24/7/365?

As evidenced by my other thread detailing the haul-out, this is our first haul in the three years we've owned the boat. Based on the results, I think I would prefer to wait only two years next time. Despite having the boat cleaned quarterly by a diver, the boats speed and efficiency had dropped off considerably, especially over this last year. I had grown to suspect that the cause of the speed loss was not related to growth, but rather weight added to the boat in the form of equipment and gear. However, bringing it home from the yard yesterday, it had returned to it's former glory, and I was able to squeeze 17 knots out of her. I'm not sure if the diver wasn't able to remove all the growth, or if growth on the unpainted running gear was slowing it down, but I will be curious to see what happens to the speed over time, now that the running gear is painted. I will keep better records this time, and assess it after two years.

As for special preparations, we don't really make any. Since it's in salt water that maintains a pretty consistent above-freezing temperature throughout the winter, it actually means that less needs to be done. We generally don't need to worry about anything freezing, though I do sometimes drain the water tank prior to any predicted freezing weather. The boat typically needs a thorough cleaning in the spring, just from being kept constantly wet by rain for four months straight. Green algae starts in stress cracks and around fasteners and spreads. Fortunately, it washes off easily with a bucket of soapy water and a deck brush.

[furball]

Nothing fancy at my place but the price is right. $2200 for 12 months, fixed pier, 35ft slip, 14-15ft wide, short finger piers both sides. I pay for power, sort of.... 2 months after I setup my meter, BG&E sent me a $175 credit so thanks to all you MD residents who pre-paid my bill Average of $10 per month so a year and a half from now I'll get a real bill. No pool, small club house to use and Grill on the dock, fresh water, bathroom and shower.
John

[joe.baar]

At the Port of Everett, Everett, Washington:
We are billed every 2 months for an older concrete floating pier with water service and 20 amp electrical. The normal annual tidal range is about 16 feet. Water at the Snohomish River mouth where this facility is located is brackish. We have a restroom without shower within 1/4 mile of the pierhead but there is at least one facility having showers within a half mile. A Travelift is 2 piers and an industrial marine railway north of us. Many of our neighbors are commercial fishermen and crabbers. There are at least three mid-priced restaurants within half a mile, as well as a West Marine and a really excellent chandlery, Harbor Marine. The nearest Mickey D's is around two miles away and up a 200-foot bluff. There is a Lowe's in that same area.

Our pier is sized for a 32-footer which is OK since our 28TE is 32 ft 6 in from anchor to swim step. Our total expense for this moorage is $8.50/ft/month or $102.00/ft/year, totalling $3,264.78 last year. The Port breaks down its billing as follows: 80.8% regular open (not covered) moorage; 10.4% leasehold tax; 6.6% non-metered electricity; 2.2% environmental fee.

Our no-wake trip to the sea buoy at the Snohomish mouth next to Naval Station Everett's pier is about 20 minutes.

My only serious complaints about this moorage are the distance from home, 25 miles by freeway; and the fact that Everett lies within the Puget Sound convergence zone so it rains there when it isn't raining anywhere else in the entire region. We are seriously considering closer moorage either in Puget Sound at one of the two Port of Seattle marinas or in Lake Union. The greater expense of Seattle moorage is offset to within $6.00/month by driving expenses if gas is $4.00/gal - which it will be again.

[jleonard]

My only serious complaints about this moorage are the distance from home, 25 miles by freeway;

LOL. I have 90 miles between home and boat.

[Mariner]

Good god, I can't imagine living any farther from the marina than I already do; 10 miles. How can one take an after-work cruise in the summer if you have to drive an hour or more just to get to the boat? I already find it infuriating that after getting off work, swinging by the house to change clothes and then fighting rush-hour traffic, it's after 6pm before I get on the water and the sun is already getting low in the sky.

[jcollins]

I'm fortunate to live 13 miles from my marina. My neighbor to starboard is about 1 mile. But, we also have many in our marina that live in Northern Baltmore and Harford counties. About 45 minutes for them. Then there are a few from Pennsylvania. Some travel up to 2 hrs. The usually come down on Friday afternoon and stay until Sunday evening. Long ride.

[zinbaad]

Thats why I dock where I do, 15 min from home. Not the prettiest place but solid slips, easy parking view of Shea Stadium, Laguadia Airport and a cruise by Rikers Islad with the New York Skyline in the back ground. Rather be cruising on the water than driving in traffic.

[Mariner]

I'm fortunate to live 13 miles from my marina. My neighbor to starboard is about 1 mile. But, we also have many in our marina that live in Northern Baltmore and Harford counties. About 45 minutes for them. Then there are a few from Pennsylvania. Some travel up to 2 hrs. The usually come down on Friday afternoon and stay until Sunday evening. Long ride.

Do they take the boat somewhere to spend the night? Or do they just sit at the dock all weekend?

[jcollins]

Do they take the boat somewhere to spend the night? Or do they just sit at the dock all weekend?

I've noticed that since they are larger boats they seldom just go out for a ride and come back. If they don't have a weekend destination, they just stay at the marina. Because of the high fuel cost over the last couple of years the larger boats don't go out more than once a month or so.
Personally, I couldn't do that. I bought my boat to run it. These folks purchased floating weekend homes. I guess it depends what your needs are.

[Mariner]

There are a fair number of people around us who seem to primarily use their boat kind of like a waterfront getaway. Few live more than maybe 15 or 30 minutes away, but they obviously don't have waterfront homes, so on a nice summer evening, they'll come down and hang out on the boat and have cocktails or maybe BBQ some dinner. The aren't necessarily the larger boats, in fact, they seem to be the smaller, older, less expensive boats; which makes sense. It's kind of like the poor man's (ok, poor isn't the right term, how about "not filthy rich") waterfront condo. Not a bad idea, if you ask me.