Hi All, We've been at the Port of Iberia, La for a while, getting things ready. The parish (county) marina here is getting a bit crazy, changing the rules so that they're responsible for nothing and you are for everything, won't allow you to hire anybody to work on your boat, etc. Cut out liveaboards as well.
Due to some family concerns, we want to stay in the US for a while. I agree that Florida is getting very unfriendly. A friend in Pensacola mentioned even they're getting that way. Not a lot of anchorages in Louisiana that are within 30 miles of civilization, except around New Orleans, and not many marinas that a 6 1/2 ft draft can get into, again except for around New Orleans. Soooo.. We looked around and decided we're going to visit Texas for a while. In a marina due to the cold (yeah, I know the northerners on the list don't find 50's and 40's at night cold!). Every marina we checked there was OK or even encouraged liveaboards. We settled on Port Lavaca. We looked at Port Isabel first 'cause it's warmer and right next to Mexico, but guess it's really touristy because the marinas were unaffordable. The one we found totals $225 a month - 50 ft slip, electricity and $30 a head liveaboard fee. A little town with a super WalMart, marine store, restaurants, etc. within easy walking distance. I just wanted to throw Texas in as a place to be. Rick S/V Valkyrie Port of Iberia, LA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Absolute safety is a concept promoted by those without the guts to live in the real world. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
