GL: maybe good news?

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

Occasionally, but only occasionally, greed is properly rewarded!

** D C "Mac" Macdonald **
* m/v Another Adventure *
** '95 Carver 355 ACMY **
* Grand Lake - Oklahoma *
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> From: rwp_48 at yahoo.com
> To: great-loop at lists.samurai.com
> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:11:22 -0500
> Subject: GL: maybe good news?
>
> We kept MORNING STAR at Uncle Henry's for several winters and our sailboat
> before that. It was always a great place. Then several years ago the
> ownership decided to go condo and sell the slips. The last I heard the
going
> rate was $5000 per foot,50 foot minimum. They raised the slip rent to try
to
> get the folks who used to winter there to buy a slip. That didn't work. The
> following year they changed their charges to daily transient rates only.
The
> only way to get a monthly rate was to sign a one year lease. We moved to a
> different marina. The last few winters the marina has been virtually empty.
> I don't understand their thought process.
> Regards,
> Randy Pickelmann
> MORNING STAR
> lying in Marathon, FL
> www.morningstar.talkspot.com