FootballFan
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We are coastal cruisers in FL. Either through our own boat or in the far north bare boats we have covered a large percentage of the Atlantic coast.
Our last boat we kept at a marina on the east coast - between Fort Lauderdale and Miami, a place called Aventura. While in our home marina if we needed a pump out, dockhands came to the boat with a mobile unit and they did the pump out.
Transient slips along the east coast - maybe it was just fortuitous with the marinas we stopped in - but someone always did the pump outs.
After buying our current boat we decided to keep it on the west coast of FL cause we love that area so much.
After boating for several years - all of a sudden I was faced with doing my own pump outs.
Seems like wherever we are on the West Coast of FL - we have to do our own pump out. There are a couple places that come to mind where dock hands do the pump out (Longboat Key, Boca Grande, and Pink Shell). Every place else is - we will hand you the hose - but you do the pump out yourself. In our opinion one of the nicest marinas any where is South Seas - but if you need a pump out - do it yourself.
How common is either scenario? Do you typically have to pump out yourself - or will the dockhands do it?
I prefer not to. Happy to pay/tip for someone else to deal with it.
Our last boat we kept at a marina on the east coast - between Fort Lauderdale and Miami, a place called Aventura. While in our home marina if we needed a pump out, dockhands came to the boat with a mobile unit and they did the pump out.
Transient slips along the east coast - maybe it was just fortuitous with the marinas we stopped in - but someone always did the pump outs.
After buying our current boat we decided to keep it on the west coast of FL cause we love that area so much.
After boating for several years - all of a sudden I was faced with doing my own pump outs.
Seems like wherever we are on the West Coast of FL - we have to do our own pump out. There are a couple places that come to mind where dock hands do the pump out (Longboat Key, Boca Grande, and Pink Shell). Every place else is - we will hand you the hose - but you do the pump out yourself. In our opinion one of the nicest marinas any where is South Seas - but if you need a pump out - do it yourself.
How common is either scenario? Do you typically have to pump out yourself - or will the dockhands do it?
I prefer not to. Happy to pay/tip for someone else to deal with it.