Greetings my old Friend!
Hope all is well with you these days and hope I might shed some light on your situation.
Our Pairadice was documented as a 47’ vessel and through all of our travels we got away with her being a 47 when requesting dock space because after all, that’s what it said on both sides of the Pilot house. Well, almost all places!
It seemed to us that while seeking a transit slip on almost all places we traveled to, they accepted the CC Documentation stated length of 47’. However, while mooring her in a marina in Portland, Oregon we were measured by the marina staff and they determined that we were in fact 52.5 ft overall. This measurement was from the furthest point of the anchor (while in the pulpit) to the very back of the swim platform (with the swim platform in the down position. We could fold it up in a vertical position and gain 2.5 ft less overall length).
Most marina’s would allow us to back into a slip and if the swim platform was down and not quite touching the dock we would exceed the other end of the dock a couple of feet and no one would complain, as we usally were charged for the slip length versus overall length.
This was the case for virtually all marinas we traveled to all the way down the west coast, through the Panama Canal and back up to the east coast. Until we decided to park for 6 months or so in Hilton Head, South Carolina. There we could only acquire a 50’ slip and we had to fold up the swim platform in order to fit by there rules. And it was a very tight fit for us.
Which is a long way to say, I think you will run into the same problem there in K town. But as I recall, lots of the fishing fleet there in K Town exceeded the overall length of the docks by more than a couple of feet.
So put on your dancing rain boots and try sweet talking the marina guru’s and plead the 5th or what ever gives you the best results.
Hope for the best, buddy!
Cheers, John