Downsizing.
Thought I might talk about a subject that seems to be taboo in the boating circles. With all the talk about members here upgrading and supersizing, I feel as though I am in the minority. For the last 5 years I've owned a 30 ft Sundancer. It was a great boat and I always imagined myself trading up eventually to a 340 like Hampton and some of the others here. Guess those plans are going to be put on hold for awhile. Slip space is very scarce here on the north shore of Long Island and the private marina where I have been keeping my boat has seen fit to raise the slip rates by $30 per foot to $170/ft plus electric, which puts me right at the 6k threshold. That plus a third child entering college, has put a crimp in our discretionary income. There is a boat club that we belong to for the last 6-7 years that has a waiting list that we just got called for. The problem? the slip is for a boat 25' max. Slip cost less than $200/season, not including club dues which run approx $1k. This amounts to a savings too small to ignore, and has lead us to our decision to downsize.
I was wondering with all this talk about going bigger, if any other members have downsized or put off upgrading due to the very high cost of boating in general?
I'd appreciate any thoughts or comments.
Thought I might talk about a subject that seems to be taboo in the boating circles. With all the talk about members here upgrading and supersizing, I feel as though I am in the minority. For the last 5 years I've owned a 30 ft Sundancer. It was a great boat and I always imagined myself trading up eventually to a 340 like Hampton and some of the others here. Guess those plans are going to be put on hold for awhile. Slip space is very scarce here on the north shore of Long Island and the private marina where I have been keeping my boat has seen fit to raise the slip rates by $30 per foot to $170/ft plus electric, which puts me right at the 6k threshold. That plus a third child entering college, has put a crimp in our discretionary income. There is a boat club that we belong to for the last 6-7 years that has a waiting list that we just got called for. The problem? the slip is for a boat 25' max. Slip cost less than $200/season, not including club dues which run approx $1k. This amounts to a savings too small to ignore, and has lead us to our decision to downsize.
I was wondering with all this talk about going bigger, if any other members have downsized or put off upgrading due to the very high cost of boating in general?
I'd appreciate any thoughts or comments.