By Aaron
Poor, sloppy form with little idea what I’m doing – and that’s just the way I sail. My golf skills are worse. As I’ve already got one expensive hobby, I’ve never been able to dedicate any time to golf, as clearly pictured above. Nonetheless, both Nicole and I took a swing at the Sullivan Bay Marina one hole golf course. They give you a few balls when you check in, and you get free moorage if you can land a hole-in-one, way the hell out there. (It’s a floating inverted satellite dish about 1/2 mile out.)
Needless to say, we had to pay for moorage. Which is unfortunate since $ullivan Bay charges the most we’ve had to pay for moorage along with everything else that’s there. There were no signs on the washers and dryers indicating how much they cost and we learned the important lesson to always check the price of something before you buy it. (The way it works at many of these places is you just start a tab when you check in and pay up when you leave.)
It was certainly a great view for a laundromat, but we probably wouldn’t have used it if we’d known it was going to cost $35. We picked up some groceries at the little store too. But probably wouldn’t have included that bunch of asparagus if we’d known it was 11 bucks.
The marina wasn’t exactly busy, so I guess they have to make money where they can.
Home is apparently 309.5 miles away, which feels about right. The topmost sign indicates the sun is 150000000 kilometers away, but considering the temperatures during our stay I’m pretty sure it’s much further.
Prices aside, Sullivan Bay was a neat little place – the entire community is floating and uses docks for streets, which all have names. We were moored on Hoochie Lane. There’s even a restaurant (which we had all to ourselves) where we had a couple excellent cheeseburgers.
You can’t drive here, so if you live here you need to arrive by aircraft or boat, which you just tie up in your backyard. This resident has his bases covered, and probably doesn’t mind the prices at the store.
The folks that run the marina were nice and have an assistant manager named Buddy.
By his barks and growls Buddy indicated he’d like to bite me in the throat and give a good shake, but he nonetheless maintained a safe distance whenever we came across him on the docks.
So with our water tanks full and clothes clean, we settled up the following morning and headed over to Blunden Harbor - to anchor for free!
Well its obvious that boaters like you should sell your boat and stay in the city. Where do you think groceries and provisions come from? Be smart and grow a garden on your boat! You could have taken them back(asparagus). Maybe that little "Ewok" should have went for your throat, writing comments about places that dont suit your fancy hurts small businesses when you post them on the internet.Bet you were glad they had water and those facilities, oh and a restaurant.....I dont if you notice when you are boating, but a lot of places are closing.. You know why??? No support from boaters. Install a washer and dryer in your boat or stay home!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMV LADY SMITH
MV Lady Smith: Perhaps you missed the paragraph where we say that we enjoyed our time at Sullivan Bay and had a great lunch at the restaurant.
ReplyDeleteWe certainly understand why prices in these remote marinas are so high and appreciate their services; we were just shocked to pay $35 for a couple loads of laundry! In hindsight, I should have asked about the cost, since it wasn’t posted and we’re on a budget, so that’s my fault.
-Nicole