Conference vicki::boats

    There are many marinas in the Newburyport area.  Where I keep my boat
    "River's Edge" marina the price was $65 foot with 25 ft minimum, I
    believe the inside docks had a 30' minimum.  That includes water and
    electric hookups.  It's a nice place and secure, Noone has had any
    problems.
    
    Some of the others are less money as you go up river.  Nice area but
    the mouth of the Merrimack can be tricky at times,  should be no
    problem for a 45' boat.
    
    Glouster, Portsmouth are about an hour away by boat.  From Ft Devens
    area this would be aboud one hours drive up rte 495.
    
    Hope this helps.
    
    Gordon
    

    Boston would run about $80-90 per foot.  Continental Marina in Quincy
    just expanded their facility and have openings.  They are about $85 per
    foot.  Hewit's Cove Marina in Hingham is $90 and has opening.
     I live about ten miles from Ft. Devens (Acton) and it takes me about
    and hour from my home to Hewit's Cove Marina.  Both locations would
    give you excellent access to Boston Harbor and the ocean.  The Harbor
    and Quincy Bay allow you to stay "inside" on windy days and still have
    a lot of room to move around.  On the other hand, there is lots of sea
    traffic on weekends which you have to put up with.

    A question from a novice:
    When talking about docking/mooring prices in the $X/foot way, are you
    all talking about $X/foot/day or $X/foot/month or $X/foot/season?
    
    John  H-C

    In this part of the country, its for the season..
    
    New England that is..
    
    However transient dockage, is by the foot per day.
    
    JIm.

    In the Pacific Northwest, it is usually X dollars per foot per month
    since we leave the boat in all year.
    

    What kinda bucks we talkin per foot, out there..
    JIm.

    Rates vary according to location.
    
    Seattle area - Lake Union to Silshole Bay from about $5.00 per foot per
    month for open moorage to $8.00 per foot per month for covered.
    
    Anacortes area - (near San Juan Islands) from about $4.00 per foot per
    month for open moorage to $7.00 per foot per month for covered.
    
    Bremerton area - (across Puget Sound from Seattle) from $3.00 per foot
    per month to $7.00 per foot per month for covered.
    
    Usually includes water but your own meter for electric.
    

    
    For my boat its $76 a foot year round, that includes slip, storage,
    haul, launch. Mine is 34' SO its $2584 for the year.
    
    Looking at the rates out there, given all the rates in the
    aforementioned note, which range from $3-$8 a foot for
    a month, they mnonthly rate would be,
    
    @ $8 a foot	$ 272 a month.
    
       7          238
    
       5          170           
    
       4          136
    
       3          102
    
    
    
    
    Can we assume for $5 a foot you can get a decent slip, in a decent
    location, if thats the case your rates are slightly better.
    
    
    My slip is in a commercial harbor, its one of the world's
    most polluted, so beach activities are definitely "at your 
    own risk" unless you don't mind glowing in the dark.
    Although the marina is pretty nice, and the power is included.
    The area as a whole is pretty nice, but you have to travel
    at least an hour to get there.
    
    How does this compare to your area...
    
    JIm.

    In Newburyport MA I am paying $55 ft  for the season 5/15-10/15 with a
    22' minimum.  Includes water and electric although I don't use it.
    
    On the other side or the dock (bigger boats) $60 ft with a 30' minimum.
    
    Prices are basically simular in the area at other marinas.
    
    Gordon
    only 6 more weeks til launch
    

    In Michigan I pay $25 per foot per season, 20 ft minimum. The Season
    consists of May 1 thru Oct 15. Any other times you may use the ramp, 
    but docks are not guaranteed to be in before May 1st and will be pulled 
    after Oct 15. 
    
    			jeff b. 
    

    I moor my 32 foot Concorde Sedan in Anacortes, Washington. I am in a 32
    foot covered slip for $205.00 per month plus electricity. I am in a
    first class marina, cement floats, entirely walled, shore showers and
    baths, phone and cable TV hookups available. 32 is the smallest slip in
    the marina which has 32s,38s,44s,50s and 60s both covered and open.
    About one third are covered. 
    
    The marina has a beautiful view of snow capped Mt Baker and is located
    in the southeastern part of what we call the San Juan Islands cruising
    area. I am sure you have read about it in Boating magazines. Anacortes
    is on the mainland so no ferries are involved. It is 80 miles north of
    Seattle. The San Juans are about 400 islands which link to the Canadian
    Gulf Islands so you can go almost to Alaska in protected waters and
    never be more than 8 miles from shore in any direction.
    
    So if my math is correct, 205 times 12 = 2460 divided by 32 is:
    $76.88 per foot for the year. We don't haul out here except to do the
    bottom or other disaster.

Inquired at Bass River Marina in West Dennis, Mass. $85/Ft/year for a regular
slip. $45/ft/summer, $65/ft/year rack storage (22' ft max).

john

    
    Anybody have an idea what it costs to have a new mooring put in once 
    you have been assigned a spot?  I'm in the north-east U.S.
    
    -Kendall

    Prices I've been quoted have been from $400-1200 for a 24' boat.

It depends on the size, type of mooring, and who puts it in.

My mooring, 150 lb mushroom, hard plastic mooring ball, chain, line, and pieces
cost me about $250, the people I bought the boat from put it in. One local place
charges $85 to set it, another $50 (and of course I've lost the number of the 
one who did it for $50 ;-(  )

john

    	I got a letter from Constitution Marina the other day
    "offering" me dockage at what they refer to as a reduced rate.

    	Looks like the Marina is located in Charlestown, Ma. The
    <Ahem> special offer says, "Up to 40% off our regular $85 per
    foot rate and receive April free with summer dockage". Also,
    mentions inside winter storage.

    	While I'm confident that most anyone off the street could
    probably get these "reduced rates", I'd be more than happy to
    give the first taker my "coupons". Afterall, "Corrective Action"
    is on a no salt diet..... :-)

    	Rick

    	Boo hoo, boo hoo.... Sorry, just practicing for tomorrow.....

yup, seems that this is the situation.  slips are coming down.

my marina is now at $40 per foot, and that seems about the average

for the area.

just for cheer ups, bill clinton was on the tube the other day,

the economy is on an upswing.....  where, someone point to it.

JIm

    Arkansas.  They used to make $.50 cents per hour.  Now it's $.55. 
    That's a 10 percent increase.

Ba-DUNK!  Hear that noise?  That was me hitting the floor from the chuckle I got
out of Wayne's comment!  :-)  Hey Rick, methinks someone is trying to pass a
"great deal" onto someone who they believe to be an uninformed boater.  Big
mistake, especially since you're armed with this file!  Now let's see, $85 less
the 40% gives $51 per foot.  Given Jim's comment in .17 about $40 being the
average these days, it sounds like it ain't no deal.  Maybe they should practice
truth in advertising: "Up to 40% off our already over-inflated $85 per foot..." 
:-)

And now, sniff sniff, wipe wipe.  Yup, I'm all tuned up for tonight!  :-)

...Roger...

    
    re: Great Deal....
    
    	Figures! And actually I kinda guessed that it is just a ploy,
    but I wasn't sure and figured anyone in this notefile that would
    be interested in such a thing would know for sure.
    
    Uninformed_Rick_cuz_I_don't_pay_no_stinkin_dock_fees.....
    
    sob sob

    re: slip prices..all I know is my slip in beverly went up $2 a foot
    and now is at $80/foot...I wish it were only $51...that add also said
    that was for boats up to 22', not many that small on slips in the
    the ocean....
    
    Bruce

This is a once upon a time story, made simple.


   11 boat owners approached the owner and said will you reduce the rates.

                                 
 			NO

    OK we are all leaving.    this was last fall.


they left, so in order to keep as many as possible, this was the incentive

 for the rest to stay.   


  As for $80 a foot at Beverly, thats absolutely ridiculous.  They must 

  have something to justify this price..


  As a side note, when i picked up the boat i currently own, in 1988 i asked the

former owner what the slip rates were, in Hyannis Ma.  for this 34ft

boat it was $4500, going to $5k next season.


How cone so much?????      CUZ  was the answer.



Personally i think New Bedford harbor is cleaner than Hyannis, and its

the second most polluted harbor in the world.


JIm

    Yeh, my dock fees are going up too...since the price of wood went up.
    
    I gotta rebuild my dock this spring, since Jeff *broke* it last fall.
    
    Sad, but true.  ;*)
    
    Doug

    
    
    	I thought my dock fee's were high.  The fee I have to pay
    for the Merrimack river is $59.00 per foot if paid by January 1.  The
    fee goes up to $69 per foot if paid after March 1.  I have heard that
    some marina's up river are as low a $49 per foot but you are limited
    because of the height of the bridges and opening times.  I tried to
    list my boat with the marina as being 8 1/2 foot long and 27 feet wide
    but they just didn't believe.
    
    		George
    

    Down here where it's a bit warmer, my deed entitles me to a slip at no
    cost up to 20'. After that, it's $10/ft. That does include water and
    electric but only for occasional use and it's not direct to every slip.

I have been lauching my boat out of Newburyports new lauch but the 
docks have been pulled in. I have a 23' Sea Ox that I trailer
and really need lauch with a reasonable drop off and would also
like sometime that goes out into the water to get in and out.
That old launch at Newburyport isn't steep enough.

Tomorrow and Saturday might get up in the high 50's and I'm think about, one
last trip out for some Cod. 

Does anyone no of a launch that will fit my needs ? Anything from Portsmouth
to Falmouth.

Anyone else going to be going out ?

		Thanks in advance
		     Jim

    re: .-1
    
    Jim, I believe that the dock is still in the water in Hampton.

    The dock was in at popes landing in danvers on Nov 11th, it may still
    be in. You should definitly catch cod off mablehead on tinkers ledge.
    Winter island in salom has a ramp but I don't think there is a dock.
    There is a ramp in gloucester behind the high school that is steep
    but no dock.
    
    Bruce

	Thanks for the replies, Bruce and Joe

	  	       -Jim