Topic: Got my marina bill in the mail today
Hello all
I live in Kingston ON and keep my co26 at Portsmouth Olympic Harbour(POH), a city run marina. In the past I have been billed by the foot, i.e
250$ plus dollars to drop the boat in the water and the slip, for the season, cost me 49$ x the length of the boat
49x26 = 1274$
The city has changed it's policy, starting this year it is 51$ x the length of the slip or the length of the boat which ever is greater. My slip is 36 feet in length. So....
51x36 = 1836$
That is a 30-40% increase, YIKES!!! The majority of slips in POH are 36 feet in length so even if I could change slips, which I can't cause there are too few of them. They are lay'ed out is such a way to make them unpractical for full keel sailboats. Not enough room to back out safely.
It is what it is, I can't change it and I will pay the bill but I am curious about other people's experience? Am I wrong to be piss'ed about this? The guys at work have little sympathy. In their minds I am renting a parking spot so the length of the boat isn't relevant. Ok I can make that argument yet I can not get passed the fact I am getting worked over by the city.
So how does it work at your marina, are you being charged by the slip or boat length?
John
p.s Adrian what ever you did to improve the website has worked, in the past it has taken 30 sec to 1 minute to post a thread/response, this one took all of 2 seconds, well done.