[Rhodes22-list] Marinas, sailboats, and price of gas -- a good day!

[Steven Alm]

Robert,

Edith P.?  Would that refer to a certain French chanteuse?  Are you sailing
around singing  "La Vie En Rose?"  8-)

Slim

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com>
wrote:

> Some may remember that last fall, I reported
> that a local marina manager told me that I
> would not be welcome to dry-slip and launch
> my sailboat in 2008 -- for security reasons.
>
> I suspected that it was a matter of gasoline
> sales (I buy none there) and the loss of
> "valet fees" that they charge to have your
> boat pulled from their barn and put in the
> water.
>
> Yesterday, on a hunch, I called the manager
> of the company that owns the aforementioned
> marina, and laid out the situation -- that I
> was an long-time customer and had never
> given anyone there any reason to suspect
> that I was a security risk.  He professed
> surprise that I had been disinvited and said
> that he would check up on it.
>
> Will wonders never cease?!
>
> He did call back and explained that they were
> not accepting new launch customers, but that
> he had discussed my case with the on-site
> management of the marina in question, and I
> was welcome to return.
>
> Seems that their big power boat customers are
> a bit slow to sign contracts this year...
>
> So Little Dipper will be rigged and ready to
> launch all summer while I work on my bigger
> boat.  I need the room in the driveway.
>
> Seems they want a second launch fee if I
> launch (but do not dry-slip) a second boat.
> I can live with that for now.  There is a free
> launch nearer the house, and I want to keep
> Edith P. at the house while work progresses.
>
> During the summer I'll be checking out the 5
> other marinas on the lake to see what kind of
> a deal I can put together.
>
> /Robert
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