With splash approaching quickly, I was wondering how the folks that really pay the bills feel about the marina they are in are run. Not about your neighbors or the amenities, but the day to day running of the physical plant and how the landlords deal with their tenants.
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Marina Management
- Thread starter David M
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My marina is excellent. It is a city marina. The dock master is on top of everything. His assistants and more than pleasant and helpful. Any complaint is handled by the dock master personnally and feedback is quick. Great marina (Marina Jack).
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The marina I used to slip in used to be great. However, over the last 3 years or so, you could definitely notice a slide in the wrong direction. An incident at the end of last season (which I need not go into) was the final straw and I decided to move for this upcoming season.
Flatsflyer
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Got nobody to blame but myself. I have 65 x 12 feet of latteral dock face and keep the Whaler on a lift, the CT Trawler is held off by Whips, the inflatable and hard bottom dinks sit on the dock. I have to do all my own maintenace but I have never complained because the monthly fee are cheap and the convinence is great.
newsailor06
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I rated ours Below Average because the maintenance that needs to be done to the dock area is non-existant. The present owner is non-responsive to requests and never returns a phone call. I guess it should be expected the marina was owned by a relative until their death and was taken over by another family member. The original owner was great from what I understand.
newsailor06, I used to be at a marina like that. After I moved, someone fell through the dock and broke his leg....of course the ambulance chasing lawyers tagged along. After that, they got busy and completely redid the marina docks and parking lot!!!!
The best thing about my marina is also its location -- 5 minutes from home. The next best thing is we've been there for 11 years and have lots of friends there. Other than that, it sucks. Too much money for a place to tie up. Where the owner's opinion seems to be: These people have money to throw away. Of course, he drives a new Mercedes. We have no dockmaster. Half the parking lot is dirt. The bathrooms are filthy with no air conditioning. The slips are shallow. They trash your boat anytime they touch it. But there's a waiting list; there aren't many alternatives around this part of the country. I guess we'll stick it out here until we can retire and become snowbirds (any minute, now!).
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During the summer, I dock at a really nice marina about 45 minutes from home. Love it. During the winter, I store my boat at a true "boatyard" that's been going since the 1920s. The railway tracks they used to pull boats are still visible. It has been owned by the current people for almost 50 years. It is a little dusty, the driveway is rutted and the equipment is pretty old but workable. There is a certain "powered by Budweiser" feeling about the place, but I love it. It is like coming home again in the fall because I grew up in boatyards just like it. Everyone works on their own boat. Nothing is too much to ask of the owner and his crew. In fact, in the spring, the place is a great source for help because just about anyone will drop what he is doing and give you a hand. Need an engine pulled? Need a water pump pulley? Want to repack a stuffing box? Have to repair the wiring to your running lights? The owner has been around boats all of his life and there is seemingly nothing that he doesn't know how to do - and often for little or no money. Best of all, after 21 years of being first a summer slip renter, and now only a winter storage customer, they have become truly good friends.
But, like many of these old yards, the years are passing and the real estate is worth a lot. One of these days, it is going to change hands and the big metal shed where I stored boats all these years will become a condominium.
OK, I'm getting old, too. But is just a shame to see these great old, beat-up places finally disappear.
Maybe that will the signal for me to sell my boat and give up the water. Or, maybe there is one more "boatyard" out there. I certainly hope so.
Bill
But, like many of these old yards, the years are passing and the real estate is worth a lot. One of these days, it is going to change hands and the big metal shed where I stored boats all these years will become a condominium.
OK, I'm getting old, too. But is just a shame to see these great old, beat-up places finally disappear.
Maybe that will the signal for me to sell my boat and give up the water. Or, maybe there is one more "boatyard" out there. I certainly hope so.
Bill
My marina is pretty nice, pricey, but nice. I stay at a Brewers yard here in CT. Jack Brewer has I believe its 21 yards now all over New England. They are very attentive to your needs and love to service your boat. As I said It is expensive ,but atleast we get to stay at any of the other Brewer yards for free.