new%20slip.jpg Last week we scored slip F-37 in Ala Wai harbor, Honolulu. Its a state run 660 slip marina (only game in town really).
So after a bit less than 3 years our wait is over, we now have this beautiful 55' slip ( see pic) for our Pink Cloud. All we need is the boat here (and pay the slip fees till i get Pink Cloud here)
I take her to Mexico next month for some galley modifications and... New improved cockpit. Then cross to Honolulu in fall.
Funny thing is... our slip in Honolulu is $300 less a month than I have paid in Oxnard = Channel Islands Marina ( near Venura Ca ) $788 month. How can that be? Cali is way overpriced is my answer!
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Adding to the talk about slip fees; That's one of the reasons being retired, old, and poor is the way to go. My slip costs me nothing. We live in a house that we bought and paid for 43 years ago and just three months ago gave it to our daughter. I do all my sailing and boat reconstruction on the computer. But the disadvantage to this is the lack of being on the water. But when I need that bad enough (and I do need it) I just go down to the home port (5 miles away) of New Jersey's State Tall Ship and bum a ride or two. I'm one of their "old timers" and historic artifacts.
Boys, just to give you some perspective - I pay $100 a month for my slip - but of course that is an awesome deal even for here. Once I get cruising there is not much question that I will have to spend most of my time in the anchorage.
(And for Cali being overpriced - I'm paying $1050/month at one of the cheaper marinas in Marina Del Rey... So yep.)
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