Dave has some crazy idea that his yacht club is an extension of his
boat. No doubt he wouldn't feel that way if he had a nice boat!
Tell us, Dave, does your club offer deals with most local restaurants
for 10-20% off? Do you also have deep discounts from a top local sail
loft? Do you get discounts from West Marine/Boat US? Do you have a
large dinghy dock where members can leave their dinghies ready to go?
Do you have wireless internet for members for all boats? Do you have a
full service center? Do you have a huge picnic deck overlooking the
sound with room for 40 people and free BBQ grills available?
Dude, snap out it. Just about everyone I know at a club like yours is
there to save money, not because they think it has any
advantages...which it doesn't. It's a cheaper way for cheaper boats.
Can Dave get to his boat during really bad weather? Nope. If it really
kicks up he can't check on her and must hope all is well. Can he keep
his boat clean and batteries charged? Nope. He has to plan things like
a real washdown and needs room at the dock to pull up. Once there he
can't stay there for long of course. It's always a tip for the launch
driver or a rubber dinghy run out to Daves rocky boat and always a wait
for a sail. Nothing like a motorboat ride before you motor out to good
wind, right Dave? Say, Dave...suppose it's really blowing and you just
want to relax aboard? Kinda hard to do as even in the cove it kicks up.
You can't even lite the grill!!! In 35 knots steady our slips are
barely moving.
Dave talks about being on his boat reading a book. Forgot the book?
Call the launch or row back yourself! Forgot the cool drinks in the
back seat...another boat trip and back! His daughter forgot her
sunscreen! Oh no!
Been there, done that. It's for poor folk.
Sure, Dave saves some serious money, but is it worth it? Both he and
the boat "pay in the long run." We get new sailboaters all the time
because of this, more each year. Why do you suppose three sailing
charters work out of our club and not HYC? Why is a sailing school
talking with us right now about relocation to our slips and moorings?
Oh, and if you sail with the elderly, have fun watching those hips snap
as they try to board the boat from a rocky launch!
Clubs like Dave's border on a scam once you've experienced a slip at a
well run club or marina. They sell you on the clubhouse and restaurant
and force you to use them...usually 500 per season. Yuck. They talk up
their parties and events...you paid for those too. Wouldn't you rather
be on your boat?
Oh...and then there's safety. Even when we come in with bad weather,
Hart Island and the large breakwaters make the docks amazingly quiet.
They are also properly lit. If Dave comes in at night...it's
dark...BOO! If the weather is bad and he manages to grab the stick he
can't even get back to shore!
My friend with a J29 here says he gets 1/3 more use out of his boat
since leaving a mooring. Of course. He has 100% full time access, which
he never had on the chain.

Moorings at a yachtclub = Scam on the LIS!


RB
35s5
NY

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"Swab Rob" wrote

Say, Dave...suppose it's really blowing and you just
want to relax aboard?
In 35 knots steady our slips are
barely moving.


This is so telling !




Moorings at a yachtclub = not for dock condos.


RB
35s5
NY

In 35 knots steady our slips are
barely moving.

This is so telling !


Yup, a well placed facility is what you want.
Not that it matters for Scotty, who's boat is on STANDS!!!

BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!


RB
35s5
NY

Dave wrote:
On 31 Jul 2006 04:37:06 -0700, "Capt. Rob" wrote:

Tell us, Dave, does your club offer deals with most local restaurants
for 10-20% off? Do you also have deep discounts from a top local sail
loft? Do you get discounts from West Marine/Boat US?

Nope. It's a yacht club, not a marina that puts up a sign and hands
out cards to anybody willing to write a check.


Hmmm. Harlem YC has a deal with local restaurants as well. Why not your
"club?" Because they want you to eat there and nowhere else? Nice.


On the other hand, we
don't have to beg a real club for use of sailing dinghies.

Nope, and they don't have to beg us for special deals on service.

I don't have to worry
about somebody's checking a reciprocity list for "North Minneford
Yacht Clut" and laughing at me as a fraud.

NMYC and SMYC are both fully recognised as yacht clubs. Sorry. It's
even listed in the NE Guide to Cruising. A marina is run by the city
and has few or no benefits.


And where they have to put locks on them to protect from local
theives?

Oh, you must be at the only place where nothing was ever stolen. Don't
worry, Dave. Those children are dead now and can't hurt you.


Nope. It's a yacht club, not a marina that puts up a sign and hands
out cards.

Actually, what dave means is NO, his club has not bothered to allow for
people to use e-mail and web on their boats, but I notice that Capri
does. Oh...another place you can't afford.


And a
club house with comfortable chairs inside and outside, a library, a
gallery displaying paintings of some of our talented members and a
real kitchen we can use--not just a permanently locked building with a
sign on it at a commercial marina.

What does a club house have to do with sailing. Condo board closed the
clubhouse and good riddence.


Because it's a marina instead of a yacht club?

Nope, actually you have no idea or you would have been better able to
make a point. It's not just about the slips, dopey. You have no clue.


Oh, and most real yacht clubs have sailing lessons, but they don't
have to rely on a commercial sailing school to provide them.

We have sailing lessons via two licensed captains and we work in
conjunction with other clubs here as well. You don't seem to get that
City Island is a boating community that actually works together. Folks
who can afford better, do come to us, but others still seek out our
services.


BS, your every post simply demonstrates that you're at a marina, not a
yacht club. Nothing wrong with that if that's what you want. Been
there. Done that. Got the T-shirt. Just don't pretend it's something
other than a commercial marina.

Hey, dude. You can call it a comercial marina, but it's not. The slips
are privately owned, every one of them. Go to Bayside and see a
comercial marina. You clearly don't know the difference. Not only are
we the biggest and most expensive/nicest place around, we're also the
top stop for transients.
Sorry you couldn't afford better. Then again, we have Sabres, Tartans,
First Series Beneteaus, Island Packets, Bristols....real boats here.
Your boat belongs on the moorings along with Catalina 22's and Oday
25's. You're where you belong and I know you need that library to
sail!!!

Uh..BWAHAHAHAAHAHHAA!




RB
35s5
NY

Notice how poor Dave couldn't address any of the mooring shortcomings I
listed??? Shall I list them again???



RB
35s5
NY

Capt. Rob wrote:
Notice how poor Dave couldn't address any of the mooring shortcomings
I listed??? Shall I list them again???

Oh, yes! Please do!

How exciting!


--
Capt Scumbalino