Well we got through 2 hurricanes to give you this report. I'm going to place a small charge on those we helped but i you did your own boat and I billed you in error let me know. I don't want hurricanes to be a profit center but I'd like to recover some costs. If you weren't there the first one on Labor Da actually caused more trouble than the second one. The first one came up to the dock boards but the second one didn't because of a northwest breeze.
Richard is getting winterization lists put together and I'll try to post them this coming week.I anticipate no increase in cost of materials and only a slight increase in labor costs as we adjust the labor rate to market levels.
The marina is totally full! I know I've also had lots of requests to move customers to slips that they feel are more desirable. For that reason I'm going to phase in a small rental increase starting April, but will announce it in January. My policy is that you get the slip rate you have for 3 years, so if you have had the same rate for three years expect an increase but if you've been here for 2 years your increase would be effective 1 year from April.
We hope to continue our efforts to improve the docks- looks like over the winter we'll spend $10,000 on wiring alone- but if you have suggestions on what would improve your experience please email us. The only thing I'm against is a pool. I'd need to jump the rents a whole lot for that to happen.
The size and timing/phase in of the increase will depend in part on what you guys want to see - I'll factor it in to my calculations.
We had a super end of summer party thanks to the customers we know and love Photos right here!
