WOW! I've copied and sent this to our Club's Bridge members.. While our fees are considerably less and haven't witnessed an increase in YEARS, we still have the usual whiners..
Rick
Ouch!
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Rick
So for my current 36' slip, that would be $11,300 + maintenance, paint, winter storage and hauling, so probably 20,000 for 3 months. That's about $200 per day, but probably 2-3 times that if I subtract days that wont work. Probably >$1000/day for day's I'll use.
I'd need a new hobby. That's not expensive, that's mental. Bike, climb, kayak, fish, and all of the stuff you do in the other 9 months. Get help.
[I'm more like $5 per day slip/paint using the same allowances and math. 365 season, paint every other year.]
I pay about $2200 for a floating dock that I have to paddle out to. It's barely held together and management doesn't seem to care about the conditions nor what I do at those docks. It's essentially the wild west on this side of the marina. A normal slip would be about double. I pay the non-resident fee that @Dalliance mentioned. A normal slip that I could walk to would be about double the price. This is the closest marina to me. The closest suburban one has has a very long wait list. Chicago harbors are the most expensive in the area
And here I was feeling hard-done-by! We pay $2101.40 /yr. For a forty foot slip just 400 yards from home. Life is hard!
Those are insane prices. If I was still a working stiff I’d spend my money on other things. I own a mooring in CT and pay a fraction of those prices for the town permits and mooring maintenance.
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