What Do You Pay for Moorage?

[LadyDi381]

We use to have a leased slip in LaConner but they have turned all of the leases there into a license.We now license our slip, in other words, no protection. They can give you 30 days to vacate even though you are current with your rent.
LaConner took a big rent increase with it. We are paying over $600 a month which includes a small electrical charge. The live aboards not only got the rent increase but a $175 surcharge. A live aboard, down from us, is paying over $900 for an uncovered slip.
Are the other marinas following suit?
Diane

[1northernstar]

As of May, Everett raised their moorage rates, 8% increase for open slips and 5% increase for covered slips.

http://www.portofeverett.com/home/index.asp?page=94

[dumluck53]

I pay about $430 to $460 per month depending on how much electricity I use. This is for my boathouse. I had to buy the boathouse, about 50 grand. This is in Day Island, Tacoma.

It seems like it's getting to expensive for the common man to boat anymore. I may be looking for a partner for my 381.

[3788sam]

As stated above POE raised this year, we are in a 40' open aprox 354.00 per month + Elec. & Taxes

[bradvo]

I just paid for my June moorage and it was 360 and another 23 for the electric, so 388. It is a 50 foot open at Chinook Landing in Tacoma. We just had a rate increase a month or 2 ago. This is the second increase in the last few years, before that i had not seen an increase for 5 years. My guess now is we will see an increase each year since the tribal council has now moved their home office into upstairs of the Marina office.

[RobS4588]

At one of the cheapest marinas in Lake Union .... $9/ft for an open slip. We were paying $450 for an inside slip but recently moved to a 55' outside slip at $540 a month, plus electricity.... It really does suck....

I remember when we first got our 38, back in 1992; we were paying 1/2 that rate.

[amw2655]

Wow! I didn't realize just how smokin my deal was! I pay $290 for a covered slip for the Albin and $200 for a covered slip for our Bayliner. The slip for the Bayliner is an end slip for a with 2 90 degree turns to get to it so it is not very desirable. The downside, both slips leak! I guess I am getting what I pay for! :)

[voyager]

What I pay is not really comparable since I am dry stored at dagmars. But Currently it is $218.00 a month including electricity and water.

[LadyDi381]

Well, I don't feel so abused after reading what POE is charging for slips. It is comparable to La Conner. I'm sure the rest are following suit. I have heard Elliott Bay Marina is charging live aboards $300 surcharge. It isn't cheap rent anymore is it?
I was courious what boating777, who is across from us, thinks of the big change. I heard that a lot of people were leaving LaConner because of the change from lease to licensing.
Diane

[Roel Jansen]

Not of any importance but as we have choosen to being poor we pay € 1590
for the summer season. Incl. electricity and parking for the car. Putting her in the Barn in winter would be the same amount or a little less even if I let the boat in the slip, a possibillity no body does. The Meridans have a slightly larger slip and think that will be a € 400 more. If you are prepaired to drive up North about 60 70 miles you will find very modern Marina's with an all year covered "Marina", constructed in a way the water inside never will be frozen, for just € 1800 for a 37' boat the whole year. Add up our gas prices and the tax we pay you still are happy boaters! :)

[Friendship II]

I pay $250 a month for a 34' covered slip at Modutech Marine on the Hylebos waterway in Tacoma, electricity is included. There are covered moorage spots available. My boat has to stay in the water because it is a classic wooden boat. The folks that own Modutech are nice. The downsides are that the boat gets dirty real quick and the 20 minute ride to the bay.

[boating777]

I really am not fond of the fact that they are trying to get rid of the live a board’s, Security is some what of a joke at most Marina’s, But when I moored my boat next to a live aboard it was amazing how I have had nothing stolen off my boat. The port has elected to put up some surveillance cameras in the parking lot, well a good start, but it would be nice to have them down the dock if someone is monitoring these so they could see what is going on.

As far as the port and the license instead of the lease, same thing, each party can give the other a 30-day notice to vacate, BUT saying I can only stay 15 days a month on my boat is another, I wonder who will enforce this? As most marina security is lax at best. My thought is that they will not be able to enforce this new rule, as they do not have the personnel.

Several points which come to mind, rate hike’s appear to be coming all over, and it is not cheap to keep your boat in the water, on our dock we now have 5 open slips which have not been rented out and it is June, so people are going somewhere.

Live a board’s tend to be very helpful, when you are trying to dock, helping you tie up, maybe re tying your boat on a windy day if it has come loose a little, calling you to ask if you meant to leave your furnace on , adding security to the dock as there is a full time presence. I have seen all of this first hand.

But my main concern is a lifestyle which appears to be fading from our grasp, the thought of maybe someday living the summers on my boat when I am older, enjoying the sounds of the marina, the view of being directly on the water, sunsets etc, is what make’s me so disappointed in the logic of my marina. Until this came about I had plans on living aboard in the summer months, traveling South in the winter, like I said it is a shame to see a lifestyle like this fade out.

Boating 777

[LadyDi381]

I agree with you, most live aboards do help in watching out for other boaters. Chuck, down from us, has our phone number and keeps an eye out for us. We have called him a couple of times when it stormed this past winter.

I had noticed that there were some empty slips on our dock but I didn't realize they had all moved. I know Perry said he bought a slip at Skyline.

Diane

[boating777]

Perry is also selling his boat and said he will wait a couple of years before he buys another one, Shannon and Tracy have moved out also they had the 39ft Ocean Alexander, it appears the guy next to Perry in the 38 has also moved out, there is a slip vacant next to the 381 next to me, and 3 more down the dock on your side.

At this point I do not know anyone who is happy with the Port Of La Conner, I had herd the fellow who used to run the port up till a month or so is now the port master in Everett, those poor guys in Everett. it will be very interesting to watch what rolls out for the Everett Marina over the next 12 to 16 months with this individual now in charge.

Kevin

[tolly28]

I'm at the Port of Anacortes (Cap Sante) and my moorage is around $260 a month for a 32 ft open slip, including power, taxes, etc... I live only about 8 blocks away, but my boat is a short crawl from downtown (and the "Brown Lantern" or "Adrift").

I was at Anacortes Marina for a year before moving back to Cap Sante. I really like both marinas alot for different reasons. I'm glad to be back at Cap Sante...

Cheers!