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Probably won't interest anyone but the closest marina (five minutes from our front door)on the ohio river is $175 per month @ 2+ months. That's limited electrical (battery charging etc, but no A/C). Free Ice too.
$25 per weekend, that's what we do.

There is another marina about 25 minutes away that is $13 per foot per season.

About the "that's why I bought a trailerable boat" comments, If rates are reasonable and you can get an hour more sail time each day, avoid the possibly hectic ramp, and meet friends/hang at the marina, enjoy the other amenities of the marina why not? You still have the trailer to take it somewhere else should the need arise.

The trailer sailor has options for all modes of operation to fit your local sailing venues, trips, plus your needs change as you age...some of you young bucks don't appreciate this yet.

I've just found my 14 year old young lady lfts 80 pounds of cement over her head, so the mast raising system might be deferred until she goes to college.... ....

Of course, anyone who only sails a keel boat is also a wanker......

Micro bursts happen at least once a summer and here is one of the 3 marina's at my lake as of this morning as result of last Monday's storm. There are video's from other storms to watch on youtube under elephant butte storm.
http://1drv.ms/1KDM9DM

Wish I was there...or they had that here.

TheJoe wrote:Probably won't interest anyone but the closest marina (five minutes from our front door)on the ohio river is $175 per month @ 2+ months. That's limited electrical (battery charging etc, but no A/C). Free Ice too.
$25 per weekend, that's what we do.

There is another marina about 25 minutes away that is $13 per foot per season.

About the "that's why I bought a trailerable boat" comments, If rates are reasonable and you can get an hour more sail time each day, avoid the possibly hectic ramp, and meet friends/hang at the marina, enjoy the other amenities of the marina why not? You still have the trailer to take it somewhere else should the need arise.

Wish we had a marina 5 minutes from our door. More like 90 minute drive at 75mph the whole way to get to ours. So we slip the boat to maximize our time. Don't want to wait for ramp or deal with rigging.
No electricity, so the solar panel keeps us going off grid fine. Also don't trust well water from the marina so we bring our own. It works.
$800 a season is worth the convenience of going down and being sailing 5 minutes once we get there.

We had a microburst hit a few years ago. All floating docks. Two buckled and twisted. One dock broke free and the dock floated to the other side of the basin with boats attached. Those owners had a new access to their boats for a few weeks.

I do envy those who trailer their boats to fun places to explore different sailing grounds. It's too much of a hassle to derig and deal with the launch for us. Plus I would rather sail than drive. Someday.

--Russ

We pay $143/month for a 35 foot shared slip at The Port of Camas/Washougal on the Columbia River. Nice secure docks with power ($5/quarter + usage), water, etc. It's about 1/4 mile from the house. We could fit in a 30 foot slip, but when I checked in March they only had one left and I jumped on it. I was paying for the slip before we bought the boat! I love having the boat in the water. On Friday night I picked my son up from football practice at 8:45 pm, was on the water by just after 9 (we stopped at the house to change his clothes and deodorize!), sailed for an hour and a half, and went home. No way we could do that if we had to launch!

Jeff

I pay ~$200/month (I pay yearly upfront every Feb) for a 35x15 private slip with 2 fingers in the Carolina Beach Basin.

I love the location as it's close to Snow's cut for easy access to the Cape Fear River, the ICW and Carolina Beach inlet for easy access to the ocean.

Amenities include a clubhouse, pool, laundry room, showers/bathrooms and water/power (to a preset limit, overages are charged)

Having the boat on the water is by far the best decision I made. I use the boat so much more than when it was on a trailer.

For example, it's not uncommon for me to leave work and take a short 2hour sail or 1hour jaunt around the harbor before doing the dinner/homework/bedtime routine....something that just isn't possible when you have to launch and rig.

Wish I could get slip prices like those.
I have to deal with the words "Lake Tahoe"
attached to where I sail...