Here in the Annapolis area of the Chesapeake Bay slip rates vary widely. I have a friend with a 35' Bene and he pays about $8,000 a year! On the other end of the spectrum I have my boat at a friend's private lot (he hopes to build a retirement home there), I pay him $1400. His yearly taxes are $8K, with just 4 slips and NO facilities (no water, no electric, no restrooms). But his place is the best place I have kept my boat. Hauling fees also vary widely. There is a local do it yourself yard that will haul and block and power spray the boat for $250. Fees depend on how long ashore, but last time I paid about $350 for everything in 2 weeks. When I got my "new" boat (an '81) I wanted to see the bottom. They hauled and power sprayed while I inspected for $150 and then back in, total time was less than a half hour. That was in the "off season" in March. I doubt they would do it now at all. I am, not sure what they would charge for lifting the mast.
Joe McCary Aeolus II West River, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____ On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Boat Hauling Just so you know why we gripe about marina fees in Southern California, there are lots more people wanting a slip than slips available. At Dana Point I pay $336 for a 28 ft slip in a county run marina. Plus now the county assessor has found a rule that allows him to charge taxes on the exclusive use of county property by me as a slip renter<value at $9000+ a year times 1%) ~ $90>. To get a crane to lift or drop a mast was quoted at $150 a 1/2 hour, so if you have a stubborn turnbuckle its cheaper to have a sawz-all handy. As for hoisting out, the cheapest I was quoted a couple years ago was $250. for an in and out, with $50 a day yard time. Right now Dana Point is going to eliminate about 400 slips in the below 30 foot category, and put in longer/wider slips for the trawler/motoryacht set. (We have a big name yacht broker who is promising lots of tax$$ to the county). The estimated waiting time for a 33 foot slip is 2 years. A 48 foot slip is 8 years. So they haven't bee selling as many big boats. They (the Harbor District) plan on putting a boat warehouse on the land that's now used as dry storage for below 25 footers for the 400 displaced boats, but haven't said how they would handle sailboats with the problems of masts and rigging, nor how they would handle getting maybe 200 of these boats in the water over something like the 4th of July, or where they'd put them if they could figure out how to get them in the water. The devil is always in the details, and the engineers and tax farmers who pitch this stuff to the County Commissioners avoid that kind of stuff. OK, enough of my rant, who's going to be on the water over the 4th? If you're in Dana Point, stop by A52 in the Dana Island Marina for a beer or a glass of wine. Jim, Tequila Chica, Dana Point, CA
