However, we took the courtsey car and visited the other Marinas and Yacht Clubs in the area, and have decided this:
As a member of a yacht club you get a substantial discount on dockage, so therefore we joined the River Dunes Harbour Club We will pay about $300 per month for dockage, plus 0.16 KWH for electricity. We should never pay more than $15.00 for our electric per month.
The Florida Keys are a special place where the old adage "if you have to ask, you cannot afford it", never had a truer maning, but regardless of the cost, we like it there. After all, it is the KEYS
For the remainder of 2013, the boat will remain in Oriental, North Carolina until January 3rd then Dottie and I will head to the Keys with the boat.
Our new plan will consist of the boat being 5 months in Oriental, North Carolina and 5 months in Tavinier, Fl. leaving a month down and a month back to NC. We are now officially snowbirds, as after I called the marina in the Keys and told him of my plan, he said you are now official sunbirds.
Each year from 2014 on, the boat will spend March 2014 (traveling from Keys to NC) April, May, June, July and August in Oriental, NC, travel to Florida during the month of September 2014 and spend October, November, December, January and February in the Keys. This works out great both financially for us and for both marinas.
Please note, WE WILL NOT be on-board, 24/7/365...I do have to work sometime during the year.
For as much as I liked Whittaker Pointe Yacht Club and Marina, it is too new and too sterile for me, and has NO protection from hurricanes or named storms. It is a problem for me leaving the boat out in the wide open.
And although Active Captain has rated it the best that NC has to offer, right next door is beautiful and spacious River Dunes Harbour Marina and Yacht Club, which is only 7 years old and a beautiful place with a ton of amenities included...and it is a "hurricane hole" to boot!!.
Take a look at their website
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| The coutyard of cottages available to rent |
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| A Wedding at the Mariner's Chapel on the grounds of the River Dunes Clubhouse |
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