What do I need to bring when checking into a marina?

Presentation said:
- In the Vero Beach area Transient boaters were required to allow other boats to raft-up. Initally worried he did end up giving praises to this idea. He said he ended up touring each others boats and sharing navigational hazard information with boaters traveling in the opposite direction.
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Just to expand on this, we stayed at the Municipal Marina for few days leading up to the Easter weekend. We were in one of a handful of slips behind the gas dock. We have been there several times, and always reserved a slip way in advance. They don't tie boats together in the slips.

The marina has an expansive mooring field just north of the slips. Because of the crowd, they were doubling and trippling up boats at the mooring buoys. It was an apparently smooth running operation. The next boat in contacted the dockmaster on the VHF, and was told what buoy to move to and what kind of boat to look for. Often the boat on the buoy hailed the incoming boat and said he was getting ready. I found this all fascinating. Also it was quite a sight. From the doc, it looked like boat mating season.
 
chazaroo said:
Ron,
Thanks for the info about Delray. Actually, I just printed out a copy of our insurance coverage...probably wouldn't be a bad idea to have it on board anyway. While we're on the subject of marinas, what are your favorite marinas? How about ones to stay away from? We're planning on some cruises between Stuart and Key Largo this summer and a heads up on where to go and where not to go could be a real help.

-Chazaroo
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Let me recall some places, and I'll probably send a PM.

Meanwhile please visit these web sites for marina listings.

http://www.marinapal.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67

http://marinas.com/search/?search=1&q=delray beach

At Marinas.com, you can enter a city & state in the search window, and get a number of nearby marinas. I think I had to register to be able to use everything on the site. The pictures are worth a thousand words. You'll want to contact them for latest conditions, etc.
 
Esteban makes a good point. I have been to a marina where even though i had told them I need 30amp service they had me in a 50 amp slip... the guy handed me an adapter and said I hope that works... luckily it did because it was the only one he had. Otherwise I would have been SOL. Gotta hate spending the night without power when you planned on it :smt009
 
I like to go to the website of a marina I plan on visiting and print out a map of their dock layout. Just make it a little easier to find your slip when they give you a number over VHF...
 
shoelessben said:
I like to go to the website of a marina I plan on visiting and print out a map of their dock layout. Just make it a little easier to find your slip when they give you a number over VHF...
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Absolutely. I also use Google Earth to get overhead shots of landmarks and approaches. Often out of date, but still worthwhile. That skypic site looks promising too.
 
shoelessben said:
I like to go to the website of a marina I plan on visiting and print out a map of their dock layout. Just make it a little easier to find your slip when they give you a number over VHF...
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GREAT TIP! Thanks.
-Chazaroo
 
i have found the 50amp ---> twin 30amp y-connector indispensible. they are pretty pricey (around $200) but well worth the investment if you cruise a lot. and you can ALWAYS unload it on ebay for almost what you paid for it. if you have a single 30amp inlet on your boat, they also make a 50amp-to-30amp adaptor that is not as expensive.

a water y-splitter is great to have on board. i've been in a semiprivate slip that shared ONE water spigot an another that there was NO water. also handy if you want to wash the boat down w/o disconnecting the dockside water.

i also keep a cable splitter on board all the time, as well as a male-to-male barrel connector (to connect two tv cables) and two 50' tv cables. no real need to buy the marineco type - radioshack stuff works fine and are a LOT cheaper.

oh, and one more thing. an extra 30amp cable. you never know if your going to be 60' away from the power and all you've got is a 50' cable. it's happened to me!
 
rondds said:
i have found the 50amp ---> twin 30amp y-connector indispensible. they are pretty pricey (around $200) but well worth the investment if you cruise a lot. and you can ALWAYS unload it on ebay for almost what you paid for it. if you have a single 30amp inlet on your boat, they also make a 50amp-to-30amp adaptor that is not as expensive.

We have a single 30 amp inlet so what we'd need is just a 50/30 adapter right?

Chazaroo
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chaz:
you are correct. here's what you need. they're always out there to be had! dont let the scuzzy color throw you off. for the couple of times you may need it, it don't need to look perty!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MARI...005QQitemZ150127405630QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

if the link doesn't work, it is ebay item# 150127405630

ps: this is not my item for sale. just posting it for descriptive purposes :grin:
 
Thanks! :thumbsup: We'll get one before we head out. Would really be unpleasant to get to a marina and not be able to run the A/C.

Chazaroo
 
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