any less expensive wet slip in florida?
 

Hey guys !

Toying with the idea of buying a cruiser in florida, so i can have a ''place to stay'' as well as a boat at the same time, so looking (can't believe it) for a flying bridge 35 ish footer.
Cost of wet slips seems to be... way much more expensive than in my neck of the wood! here, i can get a slip for 2500-3000$ for 6 months. So my guess was 6000 for 12 months right?
I just begun hunting for info in 3-4 places and can't seem to find anything less than 1000$ ish minimum per month, not to mention other at 1800-2200$ per month!

Maybe I am not wealthy enough to have a boat in florida... can't believe all those boaters all spend those crazy amount, and i calculated on 35 foot, so those having 45's and bigger... wow !

So, Am I simply not looking at the right marinas? or too poor ?

That is why I keep our Sea Ray behind our house.

People are buying homes in South Florida just to park their boats/yachts bc of marina prices and availability.

It’s inflation man 😂

I always wondered what people are paying for slips. I pay $100 month for indoor storage and just pull it everywhere. With the closest lake being damn near 2 hours away it would probably pay itself off over a summer.

$1000 a month is a chunk of change to me, but I’m also not the guy on the 600k boat either.

Just curious, what part of Florida you looking?

Try a “blue” state, should be some vacancies, as they seem to all be here.

In CT there isn't a slip anywhere on the Sound. I wish they'd all go south so I could have some peace and quiet.
Just as a comparison for the season it's $145-$155 per foot + $400 for shore power for the season.

Yeah I know, it tight most everywhere. I used to fly a lot and was always surprised at the number of people who kept planes in central FL just to fly to their slips in the keys.

from riviera beach down to hollywood... makes me consider pulling the 45 down instead of buying a second boat....:)

so similar to floridaif it was a 12 months period
here
in montreal it is more between 75-85& per foot for april to october wich is 6-7 months

A lot of places won't want a 45 foot anything (too big) The rack/marina business looks like a great idea from the outside but between the property taxes/insurance it has to have brutal expenses. The brand new F3 dry stack that just went up next to Southport Raw Bar got a 444K tax bill this month......$37,000 a month for nothing and it never goes away! So 240 spots are paying $154 each a month just to cover property taxes, no wonder the slips are $1500 a month!

https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/...county-fl.html

A place was recommended in this thread (new owners/improvements) but that area is rough (and it has been for 30-40 years when I lived just north of that area). Look at street view of that neighborhood for an idea.

Try Brevard county

You will be at or over $2000 month from Stuart to West Palm, South of West Palm $2000 month minimum. And its almost season, so after October you wont be able to find anything.

Loggerhead in Lantana has availability on and off - for 35 feet it will be $2000 mo or more.
Lake Park Marina usually has something open and they are always the cheapest. But thats still going to be $2000 mo
You can try al the city marinas like Riviera but Im sure its full...

Theres a waiting list in Delray for 5 years.

i pull my 45 everywhere too
but pulling a flying bridge carver 36 each week end is another task

My buddies pay right around a $1000 a month on a annual for a 40 footer plus electric at salty sams just over the bridge from fort myers beach.

problem is their not taking any more annuals in. In fact the writing is on the wall that the marina is right around the corner from demo and condos.

Waterfront public docking will soon be a thing of the past in south Florida.

My brother lives on the hook on his trawler in Bimini basin and works in the cape. Some scumbag lowlifes bought some pile of chit that recently sunk and now they will end up kicking everyone out.

Many of the dirt ball liveaboards are just homeless people with boats and 2 dogs they can’t afford.

Seven year wait list in Traverse City is typical for the three existing marinas that rent slips annually.

Fock that place to many Lbgtq-wxyz’s but that least of the problem consider all the Libs that live there.

I have 3 friends that live on boats up on fort myers.

1000-1200 month plus 150-200 electric a month. NOn existent Wi-Fi even though it is said it’s included so another 100 bucks.

2 halfway clean showers between 50 boaters along with a couple wash machines.

125 a month for a diver to clean the bottom and replace the zincs. This is a must or you’ll pay later.

4-5 years between bottom jobs $2-3000 if you do it yourself $5-6000 for the yard for 2 coats.

survey every 3 -4 years for insurance $20 a foot but probably more these days .

Neverending crap to be fixed on a boat sitting in saltwater plus interior systems , water pumps, heaters , holding tanks vacu flushes ,ac units you name it.

Not cheap living on a boat and keeping it up.

Your post is spot on! You are right and I didnt even notice those things till you mentioned it. We are losing 2 marinas to development too. From Delray to Jupiter there are way more derelict boats than Ive ever seen, there are people living on all of them and they are in really, really bad shape.

jesus christ... that does not ring very encouraging to my A plan... i got to figure out a B plan for sure !!! :)

Your best bet is to check with the major cites several have marinas that rent slips out https://www.cityftmyers.com/yachtbasin

Holy crap, guess that cements my center console choices!!

thanks for the link
that is a part of what i did... pretty much the least expensive.. but add power, plus x$ per kilowat, so on and so forth...
it must be worth that if they are full ! i was just surprised compared to my area i guess...
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RVB is completely ghetto BTW.

good to know before! Thanks!
ruled out!

There are some slips in Punta Gorda, but there is a 2-3 year wait list. Also some moorings.
Nothing is cheap on the West coast of Florida.

Get on the List , if your planning on living aboard good luck

Mooring buoys at fort myers beach are 350 a month with zero parking facilities.

Get on the List , if your planning on living aboard good luck

Mooring buoys at fort myers beach are 350 a month with zero parking facilities.

I like this marina in Palmetto. Publix is 1/2 mile away and Walmart is 2 miles. A short run out to the mouth of Tampa bay where the water is clear as the Bahamas most days .

3 bars and restaurants and a pool. My buddy had his boat up there for year and I thought the location was fantastic.

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Same thing in front of Marina Jack and now over in front of Shelby Gardens and Katherine Harris house. LOL
Every time we get a storm a few sink or wash up on 41.

Where is this on the west coast?

The basin in front of Bayfront Park in Sarasota. The city made it an official mooring (fee) a few years ago. Most were nice sailboats who stayed put but the rift raft moved outside the mooring field and created a floating trailer park clogging up that part bay.

yep same thing in fort meyers beach. Just pushed the dirtbags further back into the mangroves.

I’ve been a yachting guy for 35 years down in Florida and I am all about anchor rights but than we get the tent city scum that ruin it for everyone.

Biggest worry during any little blow is the unattended junk boats breaking free or dragging down on you to your death.

The other issue with the floating trailer parks is the "lack of pump outs" issue. Peanut Island has a bunch of vagabond boats and some beautiful blue water yet for some odd reason the water tests routinely cause the swimming areas to get shut down. The bum boaters are crapping in buckets, then rinsing the buckets in the water which contaminates the area. Seems like when one boat sinks/gets removed, another 2 appear in that spot!

You know they all got on I-75 right after Labor Day headed to Ft. Myer and Sarasota ! We're safe until next May when their Florida condo leases expire.

LOL, yup.


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Yep and these guys here are usually found hanging around the public bathrooms on City Island. Some are quite militant about the local homeowners blasting through the designated route between the real mooring field and their floating shanty town.

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Yeah, Ive been going to Peanut for almost 14 years now. You dont notice them on the weekend since there are so many boats, but if you take the afternoon off and go up on a weekday, there are 15-20 tied off all over Peanut island. There is a group of complete chit, ready to sink boats that really F-up the view if you know what I mean. These are literally like homeless people that have all their belongings and collect junk in shopping carts. Half of them look abandoned. BUT They arent, people live on them with a 12 foot bayou style rowboat with a 5hp to go to the mainland. These boats never leave and they have junk piled on them 4 feet high. I will get pictures for you guys if its nice this weekend.

Just last weekend we were joking that this is the result of 5 years without any hurricanes, Cause the first one that comes, 95% of these will be gone.

I'm operations manager at a large marina on Bradenton Beach. We discontinued live aboard several years ago. Customers would dump sh!t tanks at night, instead of using free pump out...

We're at $25-$27/ft for annual wet slips.5-10 minutes to gulf.