| Title: | SAILING |
| Notice: | Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference |
| Moderator: | UNIFIX::BERENS |
| Created: | Wed Jul 01 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2299 |
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I'm considering a liveaboard someplace near Boston/vicinity. Are there
any marinas catering for liveaboard around this area?
I'd appreciate any names/location/phone of these marinas, as well as
any liveaboard experience you have with them.
Lastly any words of wisdom in their selection.
Cheers,
-Ashikin
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1933.1 | 2 in Boston, 1 in Salem (maybe) | POWDML::SPENCER_J | Commuter from the Other Cape | Tue Sep 22 1992 17:14 | 13 |
There are several liveaboards around Lewis and Commercial wharves
downtown. Pickering Wharf in Salem is a possibility, too, since it
seems well protected from the weather and currents.
Most places where the waters run cold and there's any real chance of
ice forming and moving, floats are pulled to avoid damage from being
frozen in and shifting due to strong winter winds, and operations shut
down. Some places you might be able to tie up dockside rather than to
a float, which solves one set of problems but poses its own. There are
no year-round non-commercial tie-ups available around Cape Ann, for
instance.
J.
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| 1933.2 | MSBCS::DOLL | Tue Sep 22 1992 17:19 | 4 | ||
I considered leaving my boat in the water last year and was told that the only place that hasn't frozen over was Boston harbor. I got rates at two, Constitution Warf and one near the Airport, next to a ship yard. Both have live aboards. | |||||
| 1933.3 | Check out Charlestown Navy Yard | SSVAX::HO | Tue Sep 22 1992 18:25 | 8 | |
In addition to the Constitution Marina, there's an extensive marina
alongside the condos at the old Charlestown Navy Yard. Forgot the name
but you'll see the boats docked there if you walk along the water.
There are many year round liveaboards there. Based on the experiences
of a friend who's been there a few years, on those cold nights in
January, the marina bar does a lot with business with the liveaboards.
- gene
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