GL: Where have all the cruisers gone?

[John & Judy Gill]

Fred, Sterling and List,

There are lots of boaters up North on the Chesapeake Bay, etc. who  
are now considering not going South for the Winter months because it  
may be less expensive to pay to have their boats winterized, pulled,  
blocked and shrink-wrapped than to drive it to Georgia or Florida  
(South Carolina is apparently working on solving their personal  
property tax problem, but nothing really positive on the GL or AGLCA  
lists to date).  Keep the boat up North and rent a condo for a couple  
of months down South for the fuel price.

The marina owners who are gouging boaters by charging more than a  
dollar a gallon over the highway price are hurting everyone - guess  
they have not taken marketing or economics 101.  Two yacht clubs on  
the Sassafras River on the Chesapeake Bay even cancelled their weeks  
cruises this Summer because of fuel price gouging!

John

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On Aug 24, 2008, at 4:15 PM, fred wrote:

> Sterling,
>
> All the cruisers are anchored out just around the bend from a
> dock that has a sign saying " Gas  -  Diesel  -  Mortgages ".   
> They'll all
> come back out after the fuel prices come down.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Fred
> Tug 44
> ----------------------------------------
> From: FloridaKeyz at aol.com
> Sent:
> Sunday, August 24, 2008 2:32 PM
> To: rcrogers6 at kennett.net,
> ralph at alphacompservices.com, twojscom at quadnet.net,  
> dannysfault at starband.net
> Subject: GL: Where have all the cruisers gone?
>
> I know I am on the Way
> wrong side of the loop, at the way wrong time of
> year, and hurricane fay
> just went thru , but in 4 days of cruising, i have seen
> ony3
> cruisers....... two going south, one north....dang....Where are all  
> the
> dockside happy hour\z???
>
> Lying in Melborne Fl municipal marina this
> evening.
>
> See you in  Paradise!
>
> Capt. Sterling
>
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