On 6/9/2016 10:13 PM, Steve Trapp wrote: Hi Steve, Way back when, .... a gang of us from Pratt & Whitney Aircraft had a mooring at Block Island. The mooring was sufficiently large so that five of us could raft up together. It was located near a shoal water area between our mooring and the shore. Saturday evenings we'd sit in our biggest boat's cockpit enjoying Happy Hour, and watch the antics of new arrivals that were looking for a place to anchor. Naturally, the big open space between our raft of boats and shore was very inviting - there was nobody there. We referred to this as our Happy Hour Anchoring Follies TV show. A New episode of the follies was presented every week When someone attempted to anchor there we'd warn them of the water depth at low tide: the smart ones listened and went elsewhere; others anchored there, only to find themselves aground and their sailboat tilted sideways at low tide (tide there was about 3-4 feet). Another problem was that many people anchored with much too short a rode. Their anchor barely touched the bottom; they fasten the rode to the cleat. Then the tide comes in; it lifts the anchor out of the bottom and with the steady winds blowing all night long, away he goes, drifting through the anchored fleet. Ciao, Connie
Tides! I have learned since moving from the fresh water or Lake Couer D' Alene to the salt water of Budd Bay to watch the tides. Have also discovered a source of entertainment can be found in watching the boaters who run aground in the mud at low tides. Will bet those folks learn to watch the tides too, and it seems there is a new initiate to the concept nearly every weekend. Steve M-15 # 335
-----Original Message----- From: Jazzy Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2016 8:01 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: New slip!
Yeah Gig Harbor would have been super perfect, but maybe next summer. I imagine the boat value is playing a role in the insurance price. Boat USA has an online quote generator if you're interested..takes about 15 min, not too bad. My moorage rate is based on the tide thing, so there's a bit of a catch there. I don't see it being too much of a bother though. We watch those tides closely anyway don't we? Lol
My friend keeps his Columbia down by you, "Greener". Very nice marina!
Jazz On Jun 9, 2016 4:58 PM, "Steve Trapp" <stevetrapp@q.com> wrote:
You're getting a better, more affordable, price than I am not too many miles down the road at Swantown in Olympia, and your insurance is less than what Allstate is extracting from me. I can understand the Tacoma too, less traffic than the bridge to get to the other side. Steve M-15 # 335
-----Original Message----- From: Jazzy Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2016 3:39 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: M_Boats: New slip!
Hi all, I managed to secure a dockside mooring at Foss Marina, Tacoma WA for El Nino so no mooring anchor stress now. I thought I'd share costs etc...for anyone curious. I had to go to Tacoma (7 miles) instead of Gig Harbor, but it beats trailering, and really 7 miles I can't bitch too much.
So it's a dockside mooring, no power. There's a sort of communal water faucet for hosing down and full marina amenities to include bbq area..lounge, security, sundries store, parking, bathrooms, showers..etc. That's all good. The downside: no power as I mentioned, and anything more than about a minus 1.5 tide and I'm not able to squeeze out between the dock and the shore, but I won't be grounded. I couldn't launch from the boat ramp in that tide either..so a bit of a wash there. This slip is running me 120.00 per month.
One of the requirements was 300,000.00 worth of liability insurance. Through US Boat, with an accompanying 25.00 membership, I secured this for 101.00 a year for a no depreciation full value policy. The policy which replaces losses at depreciated values would have been 54.00 a year! Quite a deal. My home/auto agent quoted me $400.00. Mmhmmm...next!
There are numerous benefits from the US Boat membership that I haven't had time to look at. I know West Marine offers a discount and there's $50.00 towing when I ground it :) Oh the policy covers only Puget Sound and the San Juans area. If I go elsewhere I have to call for a cruising area extension.
I think that's the basics. Happy to answer anything else I can. Unfortunately my back is a mess right now and I can't move in!
Jazz