Florida Dockage calling florida people!

I was paying $500 a month at Marina Jacks in the 80's for 30 feet. Honest to God, well maintained marinas will be more like 17/25$ per foot per month, plus plus plus. Consider yacht clubs. We have a BUNCH, and if you get in the "originals" (now 36 or something clubs), local cruising around Florida becomes very affordable, and fun. Plenty of young families are joining some of the older clubs, and refreshing them all the time. Riviera Dunes is privately owned slips, with condo type assessments and monthly fees. Don't get me wrong, it's a great marina, but you will need deep pockets to be there full time.
Failing that, I'll sell you one of my condos with dock space, and you'll have both. Sarasota Bay.
Good luck.
 
All's Well said:
Man, if you find all that in a $500 marina I'd bet it will be full with a waiting list as well.
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I am beginning to think so. I am used to marinas in the North east or at least with winters. I don't think boaters on the coast think of their boats like we do up north. We think of them loke summer homes or weekly retreats. Down here it seems its more of something to do.
 
Hayden Sias said:
I am beginning to think so. I am used to marinas in the North east or at least with winters. I don't think boaters on the coast think of their boats like we do up north. We think of them loke summer homes or weekly retreats. Down here it seems its more of something to do.
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As a perspective - in this area central East coast Fl expect around $15 per foot plus tax and electricity then another $150 per month for a couple to live on the boat. I don't live on the boat and pay right at an average of $800 per month. Our marina is secure and a hurricane hole plus it's clean and they are always updating it's facilities.
 
Hayden Sias said:
I am beginning to think so. I am used to marinas in the North east or at least with winters. I don't think boaters on the coast think of their boats like we do up north. We think of them loke summer homes or weekly retreats. Down here it seems its more of something to do.
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You'll likely be able to find something that will fill all of your requirements but you're going to have to pay significantly more that $500 for it. In the end, if it makes everyone happy and is the right environment you;ll have made the right choice. Good luck with the hunt!
 
Keep in mind also that a budget needs to be set aside each year to implement a hurricane plan in most of Fl. I plan to spend $3K per year for hurricane preparation.
 
We also pay a diver to clean the bottom monthly and bi weekly now in the hotter months. Also pay to have the boat washed monthly and waxed 3x a year all this needs to be done in the FLA sun. Add these items to your budget.
 
Yes, our diver is $70/month.

Another nice marina near Cape Canaveral on the Atlantic side, is Cocoa Village Marina. Nice place, allows live-aboards, and the town has tons of interesting restaurants, shops, theaters, all within walking distance. We try to go there each year, but this year we cancelled because of Covid. A plus is watching the space launches right from the cockpit!
 
i absolutely think of that stuff. I sincerely thought slips would be a little less.
 
ttmott said:
Keep in mind also that a budget needs to be set aside each year to implement a hurricane plan in most of Fl. I plan to spend $3K per year for hurricane preparation.
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My insurance pays 50% of costs to secure a boat for a named storm up to 1k$. Is the 3k above and beyond that, or you don’t use insurance?
“When your boat is in the forecast cone of a NOAA Named Storm, you are eligible for 50% of the cost of labor, up to $1,000 to have your boat professionally hauled or prepared. Professionals are identified to include Marina Personnel, Paid Captains, Dock Masters or Marine Surveyors.”
 
Todd320 said:
My insurance pays 50% of costs to secure a boat for a named storm up to 1k$. Is the 3k above and beyond that, or you don’t use insurance?
“When your boat is in the forecast cone of a NOAA Named Storm, you are eligible for 50% of the cost of labor, up to $1,000 to have your boat professionally hauled or prepared. Professionals are identified to include Marina Personnel, Paid Captains, Dock Masters or Marine Surveyors.”
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Mine does also, up to $800. I've never used it as I usually do all of the hurricane prep myself. I live 15 minutes from the boat. The 3K is a budget that I expect each year to spend not that I actually usually spend. With that said, after the bigger storms that we have had in past years and how much they really trash the boat (the enclosure is taken down consequently there is debris and tape goo in every crevice) I have it hauled and detailed which is half of that 3K. The marina that I keep the boat (Harbor Town in Merritt Island Fl) is literally the perfect hurricane hole; the worst of storms over the last eight years haven't driven me to haul out and they don't mandate to evacuate the slips like most of the other local marinas. Most of the owners of boats in the marina really work together to get all of the boats secured for storms and we work with the marina staff and owners that can't be there to ensure their boats are also secured. Many of the live-aboards stay on their boat throughout the storms and police the docks adjusting lines. It works.
Tom
 
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