Boating Law Facts

Boats offer pleasure to owners and their guests. They are a great way to get away for an afternoon, weekend or even a week. A boat can give you access to the less crowded areas of the lake or coast. While small boat owners often do not have to worry about boat storage, since they can put the boat on a trailer and take it home to a garage, larger boat owners may not have this option, since moving these large boats is a major undertaking. In such cases, you may find yourself choosing a Public Marina.

Wet storage marinas offer many advantages. The best is that your boat is always ready to launch out into the open water. Wet storage marinas may also give you access to electrical power so that a battery keeper can be plugged in and batteries are always at the optimal charge. Some wet storage marinas offer enclosed storage for your boat to protect it from the sun and other elements, however most offer only open-air storage.

At Dry Boat Storage, you will also find many advantages. The boat is stored outside of the water and inside out of the elements. This can cause your boat to retain the showroom look for many years. This is perhaps the greatest advantage of dry storage of your boat.

Storing your boat in a dry boat storage marina requires that the boat be lifted out of the water. Most dry boat storage marinas offer a crane and track system that allows your boat to be moved into its storage slip. Stacked storage may be offered for smaller boats, but is not practical for boats with large masts. Very large boats may not fit into the facilities offered by dry boat storage marinas.

If your plans include working on the boat while it is in storage, be sure that this option is available to you at your marina. Many marinas restrict their use to storage only. If you do have the option of working on your boat while it is in dry storage, be sure to inspect and repair the parts of your boat that are inaccessible when the boat is in the water. If you need to work on the prop, dry storage time is the perfect time for this work.

The greatest disadvantage to dry storage is that the boat must be launched fresh each time you want to use it. It will need to be placed back on the track and sent back into the water. You may need to schedule this procedure several days in advance, so this may not be the best choice for spur of the minute people. Once the boat is in the water, it will need to come alongside a dock for loading of supplies, luggage and passengers.

When choosing a Boat Storage, remember that there are advantages as well as disadvantages to each method of storage. You should make your choice depending on what is best for your way of using your boat. Do you want the convenience of wet storage or would you prefer the security of Dry Storage Marina?

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