Ribs77
Jet Boat Lover
- Messages
- 74
- Reaction score
- 52
- Points
- 77
- Location
- PNW
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2021
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 19
Another dumb question incoming!
I have a line on moorage / storage near me. There are several options.
There's dry storage on my trailer for 150 a month. If I use that, I'd have to trailer the boat a few hundred feet to a public launch nearby. It costs $12 every time I want to use the launch.
There are a couple of wet slips available for more like $300/month. I figure if I'm going to launch the boat 4x/month during the season, that puts me at $200 already for the dry storage, so the wet slip at $300 seems like a no-brainer.
However... there are a couple of wet slips to choose from. One of them is way out on the side of a general use dock. There's a no-wake zone, but should I be concerned about leaving my boat tied up there, even with fenders? Will big wake cause it to get damaged by the dock, or cause damage to the dock? This one would be much easier to dock at, despite not being protected.
The other spot is well protected from wake, but a bit trickier to navigate to. The manager says I should be able to get my 19-foot jet boat in there, but I'm thinking I'd definitely need to upgrade the steering first. I'd have to navigate around a corner or two and get the boat turned around as well.
I'm leaning toward the protected spot, but am I going to regret it every time I have to slowly navigate in there?!
I have a line on moorage / storage near me. There are several options.
There's dry storage on my trailer for 150 a month. If I use that, I'd have to trailer the boat a few hundred feet to a public launch nearby. It costs $12 every time I want to use the launch.
There are a couple of wet slips available for more like $300/month. I figure if I'm going to launch the boat 4x/month during the season, that puts me at $200 already for the dry storage, so the wet slip at $300 seems like a no-brainer.
However... there are a couple of wet slips to choose from. One of them is way out on the side of a general use dock. There's a no-wake zone, but should I be concerned about leaving my boat tied up there, even with fenders? Will big wake cause it to get damaged by the dock, or cause damage to the dock? This one would be much easier to dock at, despite not being protected.
The other spot is well protected from wake, but a bit trickier to navigate to. The manager says I should be able to get my 19-foot jet boat in there, but I'm thinking I'd definitely need to upgrade the steering first. I'd have to navigate around a corner or two and get the boat turned around as well.
I'm leaning toward the protected spot, but am I going to regret it every time I have to slowly navigate in there?!
