This may have been covered already, but I couldn’t find anything in a search. Can someone give me some help on if I should dry stack or wet slip my boat or give some recommendations on a good marina. Gonna need to slip the boat and I’m not real sure which way I want to go (dry or wet). I live in Mt. Pleasant so would like to stay in the area and boat is 20ft .
If I decide to go with a wet slip how much will bottom cleaning/paint cost?
Thanks for any help!
A 20 footer, drystack for sure. You must not have priced any wet slips.
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Originally posted by rnellie4This may have been covered already, but I couldn’t find anything in a search. Can someone give me some help on if I should dry stack or wet slip my boat or give some recommendations on a good marina. Gonna need to slip the boat and I’m not real sure which way I want to go (dry or wet). I live in Mt. Pleasant so would like to stay in the area and boat is 20ft .
If I decide to go with a wet slip how much will bottom cleaning/paint cost?
Thanks for any help!
someone has one for $200 per month at Daniel Island. It’s on Craigslist.
Triton 22 LTS
225 Opti
wet slip is MUCH more damaging to a boat
I think magwood at shemcreek has some really good prices right now.
I’m now at www.teamcharlestonmarine.com
quote:unless the forklift operator drops it. I like a dry stack,but stepping on and going without making any arrangements or phone calls is priceless. Tolers Cove is close to the ocean,and sells fuel(ethanol free),ice. Ample parking for guests.Certain owners will lease slips on a month to month type deal,try it for a few.
Originally posted by chris Vwet slip is MUCH more damaging to a boat
I think magwood at shemcreek has some really good prices right now.I’m now at www.teamcharlestonmarine.com
Dry stack…Even with bottom paint you are going to get some growth and the ugly mustache; and your boat is unprotected from the sun’s rays all day in a wet slip. Also, expect to bottom paint every two to three years and replace zincs on trim tabs (if you have them) every year. Also, once you apply bottom paint, you are stuck with it and the next owner probably doesn’t want bottom paint on a 20’er.
add to that, bottom paint generally hurts resale quite a bit. If you don’t mind driving over the bridge, Sea Breeze(downtown) does a nice job of stacking
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Originally posted by chris Vwet slip is MUCH more damaging to a boat
I think magwood at shemcreek has some really good prices right now.I’m now at www.teamcharlestonmarine.com
yeah, I forgot about their special. They started running it right after they got my $3,600. I will say their place is a PRIME point of origin. Right at the Harbor and they do a great job of taking care of the customer.
Triton 22 LTS
225 Opti
I have done both and I much prefer a wet slip. I kept in in a dry stack for years b/c I didn’t want to paint the bottom and I thought that it was better for the boat. Generally speaking, keeping a boat out of the water is better for it. The problem is, a dry marina will eventually damage your boat. I have tried two different places and both of them causd damage in excess of $1k. One of them paid for it and the other eventually did. They definitely will not make it an easy process hoping that you will get frustrated and fix it yourself.
Also, do you really want some high school kid docking your boat? Other than the obvious damage that I mentioned above, my boat was always getting scratches on the side. The marinas rarely put the bumpers out and I watched them enough times moving boats using the ropes and dragging the boat up the dock w/o bumpers.
Also, it is really convenient to just hop in your boat and go. During the summer you don’t have to wait in line to get your boat “lifted” or wait for dock space. Go down to a dry slip marina on a busy weekend and watch for yourself. You will see what I am talking about. I am very “meticulous” with my stuff, so I might be an exception. I got over painting the bottom of a boat years ago and love the convenience and fact that I am the only one docking it. Since I took it out of dry storage (been five years), I have not had one scratch on the side of the boat. And if I do, I know that I am the one who caused it.
Just to give you an idea. In the five years I kept my boat in dry storage I had the following happen. Broken trim tab, ripped down rigger off of fiberglass with fork lift, punched hole in trim tab cover with fork lift, and cracked my engine cowling. The one that really got me was the time that they put the fork lift through the trim tab cover, which is fiberglass, and didn’t even tell me. I had about 8 people on my boat and briefly looked back and saw a hole in my boat and fiberglass floating behind the boat. Definitely got my blood
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Originally posted by Bolbiequote:unless the forklift operator drops it. I like a dry stack,but stepping on and going without making any arrangements or phone calls is priceless. Tolers Cove is close to the ocean,and sells fuel(ethanol free),ice. Ample parking for guests.Certain owners will lease slips on a month to month type deal,try it for a few.
Originally posted by chris Vwet slip is MUCH more damaging to a boat
I think magwood at shemcreek has some really good prices right now.I’m now at www.teamcharlestonmarine.com
Can’t say enough positive things about Tolers Cove. I have kept my boat here for a while and love it. The staff and all of the boat owners are great. By the way, unless something has changed very very recently, Tolers DOES not have ethanol free gas.