| Title: | Powerboats |
| Notice: | Introductions 2 /Classifieds 3 / '97 Ski Season 1267 |
| Moderator: | KWLITY::SUTER |
| Created: | Thu May 12 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Jun 04 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1275 |
| Total number of notes: | 18109 |
Just a note of interest. I was down in Florida in March and was looking
at marina's and the what they get for slip charges. What a world of
difference down there. The ones I saw started at $40 a foot and the
most expensive I came across was $65 a foot.
This was for year round, some included droping in and removing boats
from the water, limited to two a year. FREE Storage if you paid for
the slip for a year. If you were traveling and just needed a place
to keep your boat. $.50 cents a foot for tie-up.
I think were getting taken in New England.
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| 658.1 | TOOK::SWIST | Jim Swist LKG2-2/T2 DTN 226-7102 | Tue Apr 24 1990 15:39 | 10 | |
We're not getting taken. The economics of running a business
associated with boating (or even just running your own boat) are
radically different in an area where the boating season is year round.
Boating businesses have to stay alive on income from half a year at
best. This is unattractive enough to keep many players out of the game.
So the competition drops which drives the prices even higher.
If you want to boat at reasonable prices (if there is such a thing) you
gotta live in Florida.
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| 658.2 | there's a limit... | HYEND::J_BORZUMATO | Tue Apr 24 1990 16:58 | 24 | |
re: .1 i agree with you up to a point. it is different here,
your right about having to make it in less time.
there are fixed costs no matter how long the season is.
but there is a limit, the prices were seeing is
"what the market will bear" and some i would consider
price gouging. lately i've noticed, that prices per foot
have come down, and i know marina's in my area have
empty slips, one is only half filled. there's also
plenty of boats for sale. with the economy the way
it is, the boat is a luxury and the first thing to
go.
i was in florida in march, i didn't get any prices for slips
but the marina's i saw would make any of the one's here in
this area look like a slum. again its a year round business
and once there in place they stay that way. up here, we set up
and tear it down in the fall.
Jim.
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| 658.3 | economics? | NAVIER::YELINEK | WITHIN 10 | Tue Apr 24 1990 20:50 | 11 |
I was speaking to a buddy of mine the other day. About 15 years
ago he lived aboard in Salem MA. for approx. 2-3 years.
Recently, he moved his boat from up river in DanversPort MA. �to the marina
down river just beyond the Beverly/Salem bridge. He told me that
for as long as he could remember, there were never slips available
at the marinas in that immediate area like there are TODAY. Take
a look around.
/MArk
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| 658.4 | WOODRO::CERIA | Yuppi = Young Urban Psycho Path | Wed Apr 25 1990 09:58 | 16 | |
Re .3
I agree!
I thought back to about 6 years ago, Lake Winni. About the only way to
rent a slip in a marina was to buy a boat from them. When Gilford
Marina change to Mountain View Yacht Club, Slip rentals went from
approx. $1000-1500 a year to $3000-3500. There are always slips
available if your willing to pay the price.
Jeff
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