[Rhodes22-list] Off season storage costs

[Rob Lowe]

Ed,
Yes, fenced with a keyed gate.  I would also lock my trailer and probably
chain the trailer to a post.  Good point on renting for the entire off
season.  I'm also asking our local sailing club if others are interested and
maybe negotiate a group rate.  Don't think I could get my boat up the
driveway regardless.  It's a quarter mile long, 220 feet difference in
vertical elevation from bottom to top, and has 5 switchbacks.  Hard enough
to get the empty trailer up there as it is :) - rob


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tootle" <ekroposki at charter.net>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Off season storage costs


>
> Rob:
>
>      My first question is it secure, that is fenced in the the yard under
> keyed gate?  If you are getting a secure area with a roof, it sounds
> reasonable.  However, you need a gated secure area more than a roof.
>      And you might negotiate on the price paying several months in
advance.
>      Or you may want to rent a slip down here and saill all winter.  You
can
> get an open on the grass gated storage down here at 3 months for $45.
>      You can put a trailer hitch on the front of your tow vehicle
(remember
> to put pins in and fasten hitch to ball) and push it up the driveway to
your
> house, or get a local tower with such a hitch do it and have it handy to
> work on.
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
> addendum:
> An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and told her preacher she had
> two final requests. First, she wanted to be cremated, and second, she
wanted
> her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart. "Wal-Mart?" the preacher exclaimed.
"Why
> Wal-Mart?" "Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week "
>
>
>
>
>
> Rob Lowe-2 wrote:
> >
> > Unfortunately, it's getting that time of year where we need to pull the
> > boat for the season.  In past years I've covered her with tarps and
parked
> > her at the bottom of my driveway.  No way I could get her up to the
house.
> > Having the boat at the bottom of the driveway is not very convenient.
No
> > way to work on her during the winter (no water or power), I'm always
> > brushing snow and draining the water off the tarp, and the neighbors
cats
> > and the local raccoons like to hide up in the cockpit which makes it
> > challenging to clean up every spring.
> >
> > I've found some off site storage I'm looking at and wondered what other
> > people are paying.  I'm looking at an old lumber yard that has covered,
> > shed type storage out back.  The guy who runs it now has turned it into
a
> > semi-permanent flea market and threw a number out there, $45 per month,
> > and wondered how that jibed with what other people pay.  I think it was
> > Slim that had that great indoor storage deal, but anyone else have a
> > similar situation?  I'm also going to ask him about at least allowing me
> > to run a hose and extension cord periodically so I can work on her
during
> > the off season.  Thoughts?
> >
> >
> > Rob Lowe
> > S/V Getaway
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