Moorage Report

For those of us interested in moorage, since November, this Moorage Committee has made 30 assignments in both the in-station & the off-season assignments in Winslow. Half of these are off of the Wait list, indicating to those of you not yet enjoying the privilege of QUEEN CITY YACHT CLUB moorage, it will happen. As I write this there are three more that will result in twice as many as the Moves begin.

There are some Members seeming to languish on lists, with very few opportunities for placement. We as the Moorage Committee would like to address this with the following recommendation. When the measurement process reclassified the covered moorage to extend to the "drip line" it generated revenue and opportunities for placement. The Open moorages, and fire breaks, adjacent to the covered slips, did not receive the same reclassification. Where we have 41' slips with 44' docks on either side, and 42' slips became 44' under cover only, has created a growing, slow moving category among our Members. There are 50 moorages that can, and should be reclassified to accommodate the Membership. The 44-46" Category has 16 Members waiting for four moorages. Changing the maximum lengths a foot in many cases, would include fifteen of the sixteen to a 44' Open classification.

We have precedent with a Member being assigned a slip, directed by the Bridge, that was not within the parameters of the category. The boat fits well, demonstrating others would too. How does the Moorage Committee explain that a Member with an identical make and model cannot be on the list for that category? This seems like "best use" to me. We are going to continue to struggle with the constraints of beam, and that could require the ungainly possibility of relocating some boats to maximize the use.

I look forward to all of us getting off the docks and doing what boating is all about:

GET OUT THERE, FLY THE BURGEE, AND
ENJOY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND SAFEST
CRUISING IN THE WORLD!

Bruce Ramon
Moorage Chairman