Hey, I'm inquiring about slip availability for a 2000 H340 that I have an offer in on. The marina gals are saying "we need to confirm the tip-to-tip length of your boat including swim step / anchor pulpit". Any thoughts?
2000 Hunter 340 "Tip to tip length"
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The USCG legal definition of LOA is the distance measured over the centerline from the foremost point on the HULL (not the deck) excluding any bow pulpits, bumpkins or other protuberances to the aftmost point on the hull excluding any motor mounts, swim platforms or anything else that isn't integral to the hull. That's the length boat builders and dealers have to use. However, harbor masters don't give a flip about the "legal" LOA...they only want to know how many feet of dock you're gonna occupy so they can know how many to charge you for. THAT is the "tip to tip" number they're asking for and it does include the bow pulpit--in fact, also any part of an anchor that sticks out past it...your swim platform and even any ladder that adds a few inches, and any dinghy you might have hanging on davits that put it behind the boat.
--Peggie
--Peggie
Be careful of the tip to tip measurement. I have a 27 foot boat. I hauled it out for winter storage last year. In the storage contract the yard said they measure boats tip to tip after they're hauled. I got an email that said my 27 foot boat was actually 28 feet long tip to tip. They added another foot to my winter storage fee.
Like the marina said, THEY need to confirm your tip-to-tip, or overall, length. It was standard practice at the marina I worked at to measure overall length. After the boat is hauled, a centering bob is hung from the bow roller, anchor, whatever, and then from the stern overhang, davits, whatever, and then a measurement was taken between the bobs. On some boats, like mine, this could add 3-4 feet to the length of the boat. Slip fees, storage fees, etc. are based on this measurement. Some marinas don't bother with this. The trick is to find that kind of marina.
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The marina where I used to keep my boat in New Jersey had all slips that were the same size (~36') and all had the same price. My 34' boat was in a valley between a 55' power boat on one side and 38 footer on the other. I was the only boat that did not stick out into the river. I got no sunshine or sea breezes and lots of diesel smoke.
It's length of boat or slip whichever is greatest here, everyone gets measured, recently with a change of management everyone was re-measured with resultant increases. For a decade my fee was $673, new management decreed $673.05 and they felt it had been negligent in past to not charge me that frickin' nickel, I can see fun times ahead.