| Title: | SAILING |
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| Moderator: | UNIFIX::BERENS |
| Created: | Wed Jul 01 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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After waiting patiently for eons my name rose to the top of the
harbormaster's list last season and I received my permanent mooring
permit.
Now that I have a square foot of bottom to call my own, I've been
wondering if it makes sense to buy my mooring gear outright rather
than renting it.
The advantage of renting is that I just pay my $$$$$ and hook the
boat up.
The disadvantage is the $$$$$ every year. But then I don't worry
about chain replacement, winter sticks, and what to do with the
weed encrusted float at the end of the season.
Have any of you who moor your boats thought about this?
-gene ho
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| 770.1 | on the bright side .... | MSCSSE::BERENS | Alan Berens | Fri Mar 18 1988 14:12 | 32 |
>>> The advantage of renting is that I just pay my $$$$$ and hook the
>>> boat up.
Right!
>>> The disadvantage is the $$$$$ every year. But then I don't worry
>>> about chain replacement, winter sticks, and what to do with the
>>> weed encrusted float at the end of the season.
Right!
The gotcha is that even if you buy your mooring, you will still have to
replace the upper and lower chains every so often, and eventually the
block or mushroom. Part of the rental fee goes toward replacing the
chains. In Marblehead (which is where you are, I think) the mooring
regulations REQUIRE that the upper and lower chains be replaced every
two or three years (depends on where you are in the harbor). If you
don't replace them, your mooring permit is cancelled. Chain replacement
usually requires a mooring barge at umpty-ump dollars per hour. The only
cost saving is that you can buy the chain at a discount while the
mooring rental folks will charge you list (probably). One additional
advantage of renting is that the rental company will relocate at no
charge your or your neighbors' moorings if need be to get the best
spacing between the various moorings. If you own your mooring, they will
charge for this. Our Marblehead mooring has to be shifted at least once
every year. Look on the bright side -- mooring rental is $14 per foot.
Compared to $85 per foot for a slip we're saving $2272 per year. That'll
buy lots of goodies for the boat or dinner out every week of the sailing
season.
Alan
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| 770.2 | Rental vs Owning | SEDJAR::SAFFER | Mon Mar 21 1988 16:04 | 6 | |
Good reply, Alan. We too are in Marblehead (Salem Harbor) and looked
at the same scenerios (renting vs owning). We ended up renting
from Barneguat. If we end up close to another boat, or we want
to be in deeper water, we just call. I just hope that the rental
prices don't get too steep.
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| 770.3 | RENT OR BUY ? | WILVAX::LANE | Mon Mar 21 1988 19:31 | 8 | |
I OWN A MOORING ON THE CAPE. LOCAL BOAT YARD WILL RENT A MOORING
TO ME OR MAINTAIN MY OWN HARDWARE. WITH THAT IN MIND I FIND IT LESS
EXPENSIVE TO OWN. MY TOTAL COST IS ONE YEAR'S RENTAL. I'VE GOT
A PRIVATE PERMIT THAT GUARANTEES ME A SPOT FOREVER AND I'M NOT AFFECTED
BY POTENTIAL RATE INCREASES. RISK TO ME IS IN LOSING MY HARDWARE
DURING WINTER. (I COULD HAVE IT HAULED TOO.) I ALSO TEND TO BE A "DO IT
YOURSELF TYPE" ALTHOUGH I FREQUENTLY WONDER WHY !!!!
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| 770.4 | Better check your charts. | TOPDOC::AHERN | Dennis the Menace | Wed Apr 06 1988 10:23 | 15 |
RE: .2 "Sail 'em Head"
Since when is Salem Harbor in Marblehead?
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