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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Mon Dec 08 2003 - 02:08:13 EST
There is no lighted boat parade in St Augustine this year.
The dinghy dock rate went from $90/month to $125/month.
The washing machines went from $1 to $1.50. The dryers take three times
longer than the washers to process a load of laundry, as they always have.
The dock carts are filthy.
The Navigation Dept. pounded four new markers into the harbor that reduce the
space available to visiting yachtsmen and their families.
We love St. Augustine, but it seems to us that we are being pinched off. It
is as if the ones that make the rules in St. Augustine see folks that are
arrive floating as lesser than those that arrive on wheels so they are pushing us
away. St Augustine is the most expensive dinghy dock we have ever encountered
- $7 dollars a day for a cleat.
There are other places we have visited that have shown us a warm welcome.
(Canada, Maine, Gloucester, Newport RI, Highlands NJ, Camden NJ, Fells Point,
and the Queen of the East Coast: Annapolis. [has a rule that streets abutting
the water are dinghy docks, and must not be interfered with.] There are many
more.
But I digress. Master and Commander is a hit. I went for the second time
today. Great sea story. Must See. Go see it a modern theater with a good
sound system. There is nothing like the sound of a cannonball passing about a
foot from your head.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying St Augustine
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