And you can get a 40-foot slip in about two to four years it used to take 10 years. For example, you can get a 30-foot slip now in about six months it used to take two to three years. Every marina we have talked to has the same problem.”Īt Huntington Harbour, the 365-slip Sunset Aquatic Marina has 20-foot slips available, and although there is a waiting list for larger slips, the waiting time is shorter. “But we have more slips available now than we have had in a long time. “We always have slips under 25 feet,” says DeAnza spokeswoman Dorothy Sloan.
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And at DeAnza Bayside Village Marina, you can find space to dock boats ranging from 20 to 50 feet. “More people are selling their boats, and people with big boats are selling them and buying smaller ones.”Īlthough Lido Yacht Anchorage is “pretty full,” according to Mitch Easton, the marina does have about a dozen available slips for boats 37 feet and under.
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“But the turnover has been more frequent than I have seen it in the last 16 years,” he says. Welch believes the Dunes has a large number of 26- to 28-foot slips available because “basically anything that will fit into that size slip will fit into dry storage"-and dry storage is cheaper.Īt California Recreation, which operates three marinas in Newport Harbor, you can rent a 24- to 34-foot slip immediately, but there is a waiting list for the popular 42- to 45-foot slips, says Daryl Landrun, general manager. And some people have backed away and gotten out of boats completely.”
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“Some people just feel they have to conserve cash, and so they take the boat out of the water and store it in a cheaper location. “The recession has forced some people to cut back on their non-essential activities, and boating certainly falls into that category,” says Welch. Although the Dunes has a waiting list for slips in the 35- and 40-foot range, there are 100 slips available for boats 26 to 28 feet in length. The Dunes, which just completed a renovation that doubled its number of slips to 430, is now the largest single marina in Newport Harbor, and its fees run from $11.50 to $14.75 per foot.