GL: Marina.s above the 33rd parallel

[Bill Donovan]

Don:

We currently have our boat, Georgia Peach, at Columbus Marina and it 
is a great place to keep the boat, but they only do relatively minor 
repairs and have no facility for hauling and doing yard work.

Demopolis does.  We chatted with Fred, the Marina Manager, today.  He 
and the yard are capable folks, do good work and are reasonably 
priced.  The marina itself is not as nice.

Columbus is a long day's run from Demopolis (farther north), two easy days.

Paraphrasing Seasalt007, "Columbus Marina is very clean and has, last 
I heard, a nice restaurant on site. There has been a recent 
management change...Jimmy, the assistant...[is] still
there. Jimmy is a nice fellow..."  This is all correct.  The cat, 
belonging to the prior manager, is gone.  The new manager is "T" 
Caldwell, and seems anxious to serve his customers well.

Bottom line:  Get the heavy work done at Demopolis and keep the boat 
for longer periods at Columbus.

The trip up to there on the Ten-Tom (officially the river portion of 
the waterway) is special -- isolated and beautiful.  Just plan your 
stops along the way carefully.

If I can tell you mor, just ask.

Bill Donovan
Georgia Peach, DF 44
lying Columbus Marina


At 05:36 PM 5/13/2008, Don Koster wrote:
>My insurance company wants our  46' Carver out Florida this year for 
>hurricane season. For what the premium it will cost to leave it in 
>Florida, it make sense to move it.
>
>   I also want to get the bottom painted in late September, prior to 
> our starting our Great Loop trip.
>
>   My standards are, security,workmanship,price, and would not like 
> to go to far north, because I have limited travel time and fuel 
> cost. So that puts me between Demopolis and Columbus.
>
>   I'm looking for recommendations based on experience and knowledge 
> from those who participate on the site.
>
>   Regards
>
>   Don Koster
>   Double Trouble
>          x  4
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