Wow and I feel bad about year round slip fee's well at least I did. Had no Ideat it was so expesive for you guy's in the great white north.Mike M
> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:19:16 -0400> Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Boat > Hauling> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> > > > > > To tell the truth, I don't understand the total picture. In other words, I> > don't know how much the other boat club fees may interact with the> > haul-launch fees and perhaps there is some subsidizing. In some respects, we> > have fees like a boat yard, only a lot cheaper.> > But on the big one, the > haul or launch, the general concept is that we split> it by the number of > boats versus the cost of the cranes. My memory, going> back at least a couple > of years, was that the cranes cost about $6,000 for> the day--and the > operators sure earn it. That would only work out to $150> per boat for 40 > boats, but I would never quibble with the math, as you will> see.> > This > single fee per boat gives the fellow with the 38-footer a "better" deal> than > me, but there again, I'd be nuts to complain. Good for him, and good> for > me!> > Here's the general idea as far as I can remember it: A flat fee to > haul or> launch a hull and step/unstep a mast, about $250 each way. A smaller > fee if> you just want to launch a hull or just step a mast. A flat fee to > store a> mast in the club racks (no fee if you put it on top of your boat), > and a> flat fee to store the poppets, both of these about $40 each. A fee by > the> foot for storing the boat for the winter, about $11 a foot.> > (Remind > me to mention that we should give great credit to the treasurer and> all the > other members of the club who work on these details.)> > For a C-27 like > mine, where I do store the mast in the rack, it would come> to $500 plus $40 > plus $40 plus 27 x $11. I think that comes to $877. That> covers the basic > haul-launch, winter storage package for a year.> > I look at that number and > I think back to my experience with my C-25 at a> place called Captain's Cove > in Bridgeport, where they charged fees that made> you gasp, they regularly > damaged your boat on haul and launch and then> pointed to a silly clause in > the yard contract (if you were stupid, you> believed that "we are not > responsible for any damage done to your boat while> it is in our Travel Lift" > was a valid clause), they allowed vandals to> attack your boat whether on > land or at your slip, and they abused you> verbally whenever it was time to > haul or launch. Gee, I miss those> days--NOT!> > It seems to me that any club > is going to be better than a marina, but surely> there are some marina owners > with a good heart, somewhere. There are some> other clubs that are somewhat > like ours, up and down the Connecticut coast.> There are also some rather > pretentious clubs, where the fees definitely must> be a lot higher.> > I > guess I should also mention that when I bought my boat and said where I> > would keep it, the marina owner let slip that we're known in the area as the> > "communists" because we take care of our boats ourselves in this cooperative> > fashion. Our burgee is red, white and blue, though, with American stars, not> > a hammer and sickle.> > > --Dave Shugarts> > > > > On 6/28/07 9:05 AM, "Joe > McCary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > Dave, can you give us an idea how > much this costs per boat/member? Does> > everyone pay the same or is it > proportional to boat size displacement?> > > > Joe McCary> > Aeolus II> > > West River, MD> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -------------------------------------------------------------> > On Behalf Of > David Shugarts> > > > To be on any of these crews takes no particular skill, > but the leaders of> > the crews have a lot of experience and judgment. The > (hired) crane operators> > are very skilled and have been doing this for many > years.> > > > <SNIP>> > > > It's a long day but the savings is enormous, and > we have the satisfaction of> > basically knowing everything that happens to > our boats.> > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Make every IM count. Download Windows Live Messenger and join the i’m Initiative now. It’s free. http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGWL_June07
