Boat Ownership in Florida

Just about to have some concrete progress. Boat under contract, surveys done, about to settle on $'s for the survey findings and then will clear the contingencies and close in the next week.

Thank you for all your help.
 
Congrats, I guess this means welcome to south Florida
 
I agree. Though I live here in weston, 10 minutes from my boat in Fort Lauderdale, there is nothing better than boating in Florida. We moved from Long Island, NY 8 years ago where we owned a 40' silverton motor yacht. Could use it maybe 6 months out of the year and bad weather reduced actual boating days to even less. Bought the 400 sedan bridge in July this year. We pay 10/ft to dock behind a house in brackish water 45 minutes to FLL inlet. The homeowners call us if there are any problems and have kindly adjusted lines. Diesel is now under 3.00 delivered with no marina surcharge. I pay about 1.5% value for insurance with 5% deductible and have homeowners and a friend as backups on my insurance hurricane plan. If your a little handy, many problems can be DIY. I've cleaned strainers, A/C exchangers, installed a c125 mfd, new radar and EV1. Wash/wax top and hull is about 400 for my boat, less when I do it myself. You can cut costs by getting to know boat owners warehouse, sailor man, RPM and Pantropic, among the numerous suppliers serving the huge boating industry down here. I guess what I'm trying to write is that costs can be lowered depending upon how much you want to do yourself.
 
Thank you for the input. Purchased earlier in the year - docked at a marina down couple of miles north of baker haulover.

Gotta love the fuel delivered to the marina.
 
Agree on McGriff Insurance. Shopped quite a bit on our 330. About $3,000. We currently have the boat in dry storage at a marina. Will move to house once dock and lift are complete.
Dry storage is about $290 per month with a contract. - Good luck - safe boating.
 
Agree on McGriff Insurance. Shopped quite a bit on our 330. About $3,000. We currently have the boat in dry storage at a marina. Will move to house once dock and lift are complete.
Dry storage is about $290 per month with a contract. - Good luck - safe boating.
Are you at harbortown?
 
This is the best thread on this site for me. I used to live in Ft. Lauderdale and had to relocate for work 14 years ago. I sold my SR and have regretted it ever since. I am now looking to buy a boat and was planning on keeping it on Lake Michigan during what is called the "boating season" up here which ends in September, at which time everyone "winterizes" their boats and put them away, and in September I was planning on trailering the boat down to Ft. Pierce or Sebastian area to keep on boating.

After seeing the rack storage fees and slip fees here on Lake Michigan I have to rethink the whole boating strategy in terms of style of boat, size, power, etc. I was considering a 268 Sundancer because it is a trailerable beam of 8'6, and keeping it in a slip in fresh water wasn't really a problem and would be a big convenience. I would get to know the Lake, do the Triangle, cruise up to Wisconsin, the UP, etc.

Now Im back to becoming a commuter boater...keeping it in dry rack on the Treasure Coast, and scaling away from larger cabin with all the amenities I was wanting in preference to not being able to maintain all the various systems i.e. a/c, genny, etc.

Dang.
 
This is the best thread on this site for me. I used to live in Ft. Lauderdale and had to relocate for work 14 years ago. I sold my SR and have regretted it ever since. I am now looking to buy a boat and was planning on keeping it on Lake Michigan during what is called the "boating season" up here which ends in September, at which time everyone "winterizes" their boats and put them away, and in September I was planning on trailering the boat down to Ft. Pierce or Sebastian area to keep on boating.

After seeing the rack storage fees and slip fees here on Lake Michigan I have to rethink the whole boating strategy in terms of style of boat, size, power, etc. I was considering a 268 Sundancer because it is a trailerable beam of 8'6, and keeping it in a slip in fresh water wasn't really a problem and would be a big convenience. I would get to know the Lake, do the Triangle, cruise up to Wisconsin, the UP, etc.

Now Im back to becoming a commuter boater...keeping it in dry rack on the Treasure Coast, and scaling away from larger cabin with all the amenities I was wanting in preference to not being able to maintain all the various systems i.e. a/c, genny, etc.

Dang.

Well nobody ever said this was a cheap hobby / lifestyle!

I'm a bit surprised though that Lake Michigan boaters are out of the water in September. When we were on Lake Ontario in Toronto, we never came out until the last weekend in October. September was some of the best boating of the season. The same rings true now in BC.

Good luck in whatever you decide to do!

Mark
 
I may be comming to Harbortown in a few months.
 
Boat is in Tarpon Springs now but looking at moving it to there while we are moving down from Atlanta. May be staying on it while we look for a land based home. Or........ I can talk the wife into a bigger motoryacht and live on that. I am now based at MCO so its only a 45 min drive to work.
 
Re. moving to Harbortown; Better hurry - slips are almost full for the winter. E dock where my boat is as well as the other larger boat slips, are filled.....
 
I am at harbortown as well. I am at D dock. I can't say enough about this marina. The amenities and staff are just fantastic. I do beleive the whole place is full.
 

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