Man wouldn't this suck?

Carpediem44DB

Carpediem44DB

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Aug 18, 2015
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Sanfransico Bay area
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2000 Carver 506
2006 44 DB Sedan Bridge
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Boaters residing in South San Francisco marina told to find new place to live (msn.com)
Imagine just being told your marina is considering different options for the future now you have 4 months to find a new home. Granted, many don't get any notice when there is a natural disaster but still, this would be a bummer. The article doesn't mention if the marina is closing for development or maybe going to be remodeled and reopened at a future date with a different business model in mind.
 
I'm not a landlord but I wonder if it's as difficult to evict a marina renter as it can be to evict home/apartment renters?

Chain your boat to the dock and see what happens? Didn't California invent the process of chaining/gluing themselves to things when they don't agree?? :):)

But in all seriousness that would really stink.
 
One of the marinas I kept a boat at in the past regularly had issues with folks not paying their slip rent. He would literally take possession of their boats and sell them. Not sure of the details, but it seemed to work for him.
 
It does say no return rights which sounds like they will be back open. Guy complaining he lost his home, not exactly. The boat is your home, you lost your parking space.
 
There is a well-known marina on what we call the "barge canal". It was lovingly known as the junk yard as most of the boats were permanently fixed to their slips. Pretty run down also. A developer came in and removed a defunct restaurant/bate store and built some multi-story condos then put a nice water side restaurant and finally renovated the marina. It's all very nice now.
Most all of the boats were evicted (they were given about a year's notice) and now rest on anchor around our area awaiting to sink; many have already sunk and litter our waterways.
 
The stories are not including marinas that have a waiting list decide to change peicing. You are stuck if you want to stay. The marina I was at Bass Haven in Marblehead Ohio. Where my boat was last at before selling it. Had winterizing prices listed on their website.
i added up what the cost was for oil change, engine and generator winterization as per what the website had shown. When the bill came it was almost three hundred more. I called the marina. They told me that the website had not been updated because it was difficult to make the changes. The price difference was in the office on a handout I should have picked it up when I was at the marina. I told them I have no reason to go to the office, so I don't go.
 
ttmott said:
There is a well-known marina on what we call the "barge canal". It was lovingly known as the junk yard as most of the boats were permanently fixed to their slips. Pretty run down also. A developer came in and removed a defunct restaurant/bate store and built some multi-story condos then put a nice water side restaurant and finally renovated the marina. It's all very nice now.
Most all of the boats were evicted (they were given about a year's notice) and now rest on anchor around our area awaiting to sink; many have already sunk and litter our waterways.
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I reckon the very same scenario will play out at Oyster Point Marina. There is a huge need for housing in the area with scarce land availability. It would be a perfect area for a high-end waterside condo complex and upscale marina. The marina would likely be very picky as to the quality of boats permitted to slip and I would not be surprised if liveaboards were banned. Not many options in the area though for an entire marina full of boats to find moorage. I know for a fact that any space available in neighboring marinas are at the limit for permitted liveaboards already and vessels are subject to seaworthiness inspection prior to occupation of a slip. Many of these liveaboard boats will not move under their own power.
 
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