Seaside sugar rush with music
Speaking of paint and smell, is there any secret to ridding or at least reducing the odor of bilge paint once it's been applied? I haven't had this done yet (going to get a local painter who works for a boatbuilder to do it with proper gear), but don't want to ruin the summer season with paint odor below decks. Maybe it's just something to be done at the end of the summer...
Acrylic enamel gives off less fumes. But once dry neither oil or acrylic should linger, much.
If you want it done right, do it yourself?
Then I’m running a marina, not sailing, and I already have a business I run.
Muffy Aldrich. Old money RI name. Abby Aldrich married John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The Aldrich mansion is a familiar sight on upper Narragansett Bay, and was the setting for the giant party scene in Meet Joe Black. My mom was one of the partiers.
Oof, that’s a blow. I actually know someone who wants nothing more than to run a marina, and in the summers pretty much does run the one I’m in. Only issue is she’s 17. Super driven, though, and one day would make a most excellent marina manager (despite all of us kidding her that the way to make a million dollars owning a marina is to start with two…)
They could tear down everything except the outdoor showers, and clean them for us.
I can’t say much because I went to the extent of doing due diligence on the deal and signed an NDA, but turning it into strictly a resource for recreational boaters is, IMO, a bad idea. There are local lobstermen who land their catch there and the fuel dock, laundry, fresh water hose and trash service are resources for locals and cruisers alike. The moorings hold far, far more boats in the same space and there is still a lot of room in there for folks who want to anchor.How about we get Maine Coastal Heritage Trust to buy it, maintain a dinghy dock for public access and pull all the Bucks Harbor Marine moorings and turn the space into an anchorage and water access for all?
I see Restive on her mooring in Center Harbor. Are you up here yet?
C4 or sledgehammer.
No. We have the granddaughter here for a week or so, I’m trying to get some work done. Nick at BBY has permission to sail her with his family.
I don’t need it to make money, I have other businesses for that. I need it to not lose money. It’s a great little spot, and it would be a loss for both commercial and recreational interests to have some rich guy just turn it into a private dock.I did emoji my sarcasm.
But I don't see a good solution. We were there the night of that storm and were given a mooring in the east cove. The guy was really nice and tried to accommodate lots of boats.
They were hooking up moorings connected to who knows what below.
It looks like the typical tough marine business: Make all your $$ in a few months and then try to pay all the bills for the year and then have enough $$ left over to invest in better mooring tackle.
It's a difficult business equation being located on a piece of ledge with little to no usable land around to grow. But I hope you find an operator.
Well, its less than if you leave the outboard down...
