Thread: Judgement call
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Old 06-26-2011, 10:36 AM   #3
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RE: Judgement call

Sorry, I guess I left out some details - Ketchikan really only has two locations that can accommodate a 36 footer: Bar Harbor and Thomas Basin. Bar Harbor is much larger, much busier, and in a section of town that doesn't have much close by. Thomas Basin is "downtown" where all of the nicer shops and such are, as well as the Yacht Club. But the separation between the Yacht Club and the rest of the marina is like the smoking section of a restaurant. They do have a clubhouse and the entire float is theirs. I'm joining the club, and it will be a definite improvement, but it could be a year before I get a slip.

Right now I'm in open moorage, and surrounded by fishing boats on which people are constantly working. Somewhere close by someone must be hammering the dents out of their steel hull, because there is a constant pounding like a pile driver.

Everything is pretty nice while the cruise ships are in, but I'm told the city just about shuts down by the end of September.
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