[C320-list] Wintering South vs drydock North

[Chris Burti]

$1100 would get you a slip with electricty and water in this part of the
Carolinas and some sixty+ degrees sailing if you can leave on short notice
to take advantage of the weather windows.

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Robert Seastream <
robert.seastream at comcast.net> wrote:

> All:
>
> My wife and I discussed the following today:  Rather than drydocking our
> 320 during the New England winters, why not lease a mooring anywhere south
> enough (Carolinas, etc.?) where it's warm enough to remain in the water over
> our winter, reversing the process for the NE summer?  We'd fly down to the
> boat a couple of weeks each winter and enjoy her, rather than have her sit
> on the hard up here.  Up here, our mooring leasing fee is ~$1200/season;
> drydock fee is ~$1100.  If we could secure a southern mooring at similar
> cost, why not?  There are a few other issues (vessel health, welfare, &
> security, etc.) that would have to be addressed, but we don't think they're
> insurmountable.  Has anyone else on list ever done this or considered it?
>
> Bob Seastream
> Intuition # 906
>



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