www.iFourWinns.com

$300 a month for 16'x40' covered slip, includes H2O and metered electric. Our marina is about average for this area, has a cajun menu resturant with live music and cold beer.

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Lakebum
2006 378 Vista
Nashville, TN
Current
04 Hustler Cheetah
06 Seadoo sportster 150
Past
06 378 vista
328 vista
240 horizon
21' glastron
20' celebrity

Wow! You guys have it cheap in other parts of the country
I've been shopping around in Northwest lower Michigan and the cheapest I found for a 24ft boat was $1800 in a really crappy marina. A slip in a very nice private marina with pool is $3800. Average is around $2500 per season(May to October) and most have waiting lists as long as seven years.

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2004 248 Vista "Amante"
MC 5.0MPI/B3

JeffLW, I was just thinking the same thing about prices. Maybe part of our high prices is that we have to make up for the other 6 months of the year they don't have customers for gas, ships store, etc. Those other climates make money all year long. Plus there might be winter/ice damage and maintenance.

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Terry
Current: 07 Crownline 255 CCR cuddy - 350 Mag MPI/B3 "Casi Cielo"

Previous:97 245 Sundowner 5.7GI/SX

Tow vehicle: 1986 GMC 2500 Camper Special 454/TH400

I pay $2340 a year for a 26x14 covered with electricity and pump station.

I live 6 minutes from my slip.

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Beth & Jimmy

4 kids
2 grandsons
1 granddaughter on the way!
Rommel the Great Dane

FOUR WINNS 278 Vista

$1,300 for in/out service during the summer and $675 for heated storage during the winter.

In Boston most do close up for the winter OR they are very slow. Why it is so cheap for me is that I belong to a yacht club. Clubs are owned by the members and most will exchange privileges. So I could leave Boston & go the the club in Salem and get a mooring or slip for free.

Very nice gated marina, no pool , $70 per foot for a 36' slip. Winter is ridiculous, so we bring it over to Wilson, NY for about 1/4 the price.

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1969 Chris Craft Commander 47
1999 Four Winns 328 Vista - SOLD

Hey weather, when ya bringing her over? I'm just down the coast at Youngstown, probably gonna have one last weekend boat-a-rama on the Niagara river this month. Be cool if you could make a little detour before Wilson.

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1996 205 Sundowner DLX
5.0FL Volvo SX Cobra
Tow Veh: 2012 Nissan Frontier Pro-4X

Hey, keep it down in here! I pay about $600 a season at a State Park.
I don't want anybody getting crazy ideas about doubling that.
I think the private places are closer to $1000. I have water and electric,
but don't really use either.

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2002 Horizon 190 5.0gl

This is what a typical monthly bill looks like for us. Highlighted in yellow are the fixed costs ($455) of having a 50' slip. We are members of a yacht club so a lot of the cost each month is food, pump out fees, ice and gas. Boating is very expensive and the dock space is just the tip of the iceberg. Hopefully, this yacht club stuff will payoff and my daughters will marry into money.

EDITED: I deleted a copy of my monthly bill. Only an idiot would disclose what they really pay for boating each month.

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Current Boat: 2000 Four Winns 298 Vista
Previous Boat: 2000 Carver 406MY

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EDITED: I deleted a copy of my monthly bill. Only an idiot would disclose what they really pay for boating each month.[/quote]


That's funny,the admiral started adding up expenses one night so I ran out a bought her a new pocketbook. The universe is back in balance!

Probably coming up on the end of our season. Will most likely pull her out and winterize/shrink wrap by the end of the month.

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-Tony
2016 Robalo R200 w/Yahama 200!

Previous boats:
2003 Four Winns 248 Vista - sold
1994 Sunbird Corsair 200 - sold
1980 Checkmate Predictor - sold

You guys got it cheap lol. The nicest marina in the area where I keep mine is 320 a month (1 year lease) for a covered 14x30 that includes power, water, pump out at each slip, nice clubhouse, great restaurant, good parking and its five minutes from my house.

You can boat all year here but I winterize mine Nov-Feb, the 320 a month might seem expensive but its nothing compared to actually using the thing, I put about 150-200 hours a year on.

Sad thing is the crappy marinas around arent much cheaper

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2006 Vista 248 5.7DP - SOLD
2011 Crownline E6 - SOLD
2007 Sea Ray 260 Sundancer

I pay $2,700 plus the stinkin taxes, it comes to over 3 G's per year, winter included. It is a nice covered slip with municipal water and 30 amp service at my slip. A heated pool with a nice clubhouse with all the games and a big screen. I do store elsewhere, indoors for the winter but get no break for that.

I'm currently looking for a water front home to ditch suburban hell and marina fees. If that happens, the Vista will be up for sale and another jet boat in my future, powered by kerosene.

John

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07 Azure AZ200,
Previous boat,
95 278 Vista,
And a lot of others.

Ontario, Canada

$1,910 for a covered 12x30, if I had one. I haven't done it yet though. A little under $1,500 for a 10x28 but that would be a little tight.

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Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic

None of you guys should be complaining, when you hear Long Island prices, my son's friend's parents keep their boat at a local marina (really nice, pool, etc) and they were complaining to me about how much it costs, when I asked, $4500 for the season! He asked me what it costs to keep my boat on the mooring all season (400 to rent the mooring, we use a dinghy I keep on the beach to get out to the boat), and I think that helped him decide to keep his on a mooring next year but use a water taxi service (400 mooring rental, 1200 or so for the water taxi service). The downside is in the marina he could wash and clean the boat, on the mooring its impossible to keep it clean. BUT, if there is a big storm, the mooring is safer, because the boat is free to move with the waves and wind, not rubbing up against fenders or dock cushions for hrs on end. My main issues with the mooring have been bird crap and barnacles.

This guy also had the place where he bought it mechanically maintain it for him, between the marina and the mechanic he was paying 10 grand a year. When he asked me how much it costs to maintain ours, I said, well you don't really want to know, but I do have to put at least 10 hrs into it a year to keep it reliable (winterizing, springizing, and drive R+R). I looked at his bills and they are replacing things that you really don't have to do, even in salt water.

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88 Four Winns 200 Horizon
4.3 OMC Cobra-4bbl
2002 Walker Bay 10/2012 Suzuki 2.5
2008 Walker Bay 8

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0/Selectrac
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi/Quadradrive II