GL: Great Kills harbor

[Bob DeGroot, DCH]

The (Marine Trawler Owners Association (www.MTOA.net) is now a member of the
Yachting Clubs of America http://www.ycaol.com/ (the organization with the
directory where yacht clubs look up your organization to see if you have
reciprocal privileges). With the recent addition of an MTOA home base marina
(volunteered by a marina owner member), many MTOA members are now reporting
that their MTOA membership is enabling them to enjoy those reciprocal club
privileges at several yacht clubs.

It's still in a trial phase, but at least you're in a club that's in the
directory and can argue that.

MTOA dues are $95 for first year (includes initiation fee) and then $65
annually. Great rendezvous, Port Captains in most ports you'll be going into
and a lot of support.

And joining Yachting Clubs of America might be something that AGLCA might
want to explore as an organization.

NOTE: The MTOA status may not work at all yacht clubs and should not be your
sole inducement member benefit for joining MTOA. There are many other
exceptional benefits for being a member. However, with more and more clubs
feeling the financial pinch, they may be more lenient than in the past.

Please feel free to use my MTOA number (#1896) as a reference if you should
decide to join

Bob DeGroot, D.C.H.
M/V Spirit Dancer
DeFever 49 CPMY
Lakewood Yacht Club - Seabrook, Texas
MTOA # 1896 - DeFever Cruisers # 857
Great Loop Assoc. (AGLCA) # 427
www.BoaterSites.com
Cell (713) 876-8787
Skype: 1-281-506-2676 or dr.bob.degroot


-----Original Message-----
From: great-loop-bounces at lists.samurai.com
[mailto:great-loop-bounces at lists.samurai.com] On Behalf Of Larry Ropka
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 8:59 AM
To: great-loop at lists.samurai.com
Subject: GL: Great Kills harbor

A word of caution about Great kills harbor.

We stopped there last spring. Less than half of the mooring balls were
occupied. We contacted every marine facility in the basin only to be told
that we had to be a member of a yacht club in order to tie up to a mooring.
We had let our home membership expire. We were told we could anchor anywhere
and did so nervously in the rather dense mooring field. A second round of
calls were made to find a place to land the dinghy for an hour or so. All
again refused to allow that even the county public marina!. The Admiral was
getting cabin fever after a number of days aboard so I dinghyed in to the
boatyard/marina fuel dock and tried to negotiate renting a space to tie up
the dinghy for a few hours only to be told that due to homeland security
Great Kills was declared a high security area and no landings other than
slip rentel were allowed. I believe that ????

After venting on the owner he offered me a half price fee ($1 vice $2/foot)
to tie up our boat behind the busy  fuel dock for the day/night.

Moral to the story= Don't go there if you are not a member of a yacht club
and be prepared for short brisk conversations ending in NO.

YMMV

Larry and Joan Ropka
Ft Walton Beach Fl
Headed back to the boat in the Solomons May 1.
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