This is becoming incredibly frustrating. I must have made over 50 phone calls by now around the Seattle area. There are plenty of marinas here but it is damn near impossibly to find moorage for anything over 28 feet LOA. - And I had done my homework in advance to buying anything. My bayliner is published as a 28ft/29ft LOA and that's what I thought I bought - for this exact reason. Everett marina has nearly 100 open 28' slips. But according to the marinas I have a 34ft LOA and thats damn big (as far as I'm concerned).
Wait lists are everywhere, months out. Some places haven't seen a wait list move in nearly a year. It's been difficult to enjoy owning a boat because of the stress of trying to figure out where the hell to park it next month. Sure, I could leave it in guest moorage for $1,000 a month but that's nuts. I could dry dock it and not touch it for 6 months but I may as well as forget I even have it. So I'm thinking about removing the pulpit and swim step. But then I'd also have to remove the hand rails too. Urban life leaves no room for a trailer and storing it away from a marina seems to make owning it pointless.
First world problems, right? I may have some luck by Sept but just stress until then.
/rant
Wait lists are everywhere, months out. Some places haven't seen a wait list move in nearly a year. It's been difficult to enjoy owning a boat because of the stress of trying to figure out where the hell to park it next month. Sure, I could leave it in guest moorage for $1,000 a month but that's nuts. I could dry dock it and not touch it for 6 months but I may as well as forget I even have it. So I'm thinking about removing the pulpit and swim step. But then I'd also have to remove the hand rails too. Urban life leaves no room for a trailer and storing it away from a marina seems to make owning it pointless.
First world problems, right? I may have some luck by Sept but just stress until then.
/rant
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