Well that sucks

[Jakester218]

Just a little FYI to anyone, but I kind of found out the hard way that the advertised length of these boats seems to be a little short. I rented a 30' slip for my new to me 270 Sundancer thinking it would not be a problem. Found out today that due to the extended swim platform and the big anchor up front that it won't fit in the 30' slip without sticking way out on the front . . . and now I have to rent a considerably more expensive slip for the boat. Well, lesson learned, there is no such thing as an accurate boat budget and . . . I should have measured the damn thing myself. Now if it will just warm up enough so I can get out on the water.

 

[2000SEARAY280SS]

guess this is one time where bigger is not better

 

[MonacoMike]

"And that's the way it is." My 270 is 27' for slip rental, 30' in casual conversation, and 33' in bragging conversation with non-boating types. It actually is 33' from bow pulpit to extended swimplatform.

MM

 

[magstang1]

Funny, my boat always gets smaller around storage and winterizing time too.

The fiberglass must contract with the cold.

 

[BritLady]

The fiberglass must contract with the cold.

Most things do

 

[BritLady]

"And that's the way it is." My 270 is 27' for slip rental, 30' in casual conversation, and 33' in bragging conversation with non-boating types. It actually is 33' from bow pulpit to extended swimplatform.

MM

:smt043

 

[dwna1a]

So many comments running in my head.....I must restain :wow:

 

[1956olds]

Yes the cold empty space in my wallet after spending boat gass all summer makes my boat shrink also.Fortunatly storage on a trailer is cheaper than storage on blocks and saves me 200 dollars for winter boat work.

 

[sdarc]

So your marina requires your boat to fit within the fingers? Why?

 

[hottoddie]

So your marina requires your boat to fit within the fingers? Why?

This was my thought also. My 390 is 43ft OAL and is tied to a 30ft finger. Very common practice around here. Maybe if you are tied to pilings it is different. We have to have floating docks with 9-12ft tide swings.

 

[JVM225]

The LOA of my 30' Sundancer with 11' beam is probably close to 34' if you measure it from the rear most edge of the swim platform to the tip of the anchor as it sits on the pulpit.
A couple of years later they molded the swim platform in to the boat and counted it in the advertised length.
After going to the NY Boat Show this year and looking at what was there I think that some manufacturers would advertise my boat today as a 33' or 34' boat.
When I go to a transient dock though I pay the 30' rate because that's what the boat is.

 

[Larry&Leisa]

Ahhhh another benefit of Keystone... It's a 40 or a 50' covered choice at our marina. There are some new covered slips going in the water now at the New Mannford ramp that will have some more sizes. You might check that out sometime jakester.

 

[Jakester218]

I don't know why the marina won't allow a boat to stick out a little bit. They say its because the anchor sticking out beyond the slip creats liability/injury/damage problems/possibilities. I'm going to go and look around to see if other boats are sticking out, because I want to make sure they did not just up-sell me. They had a pretty high demand for the 30' slips and had more 40' slips avaliable. If I'm satisfied that they didn't hose me, it won't be the worst thing in the world, but it is kind of upsetting. In any event, I now have a lot more room to work with as it was going to be a somewhat tight fit in the 30' slip. The 40' slip is also 4' wider.