Boating in the Port St Lucie area

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I my Have the opportunity to move to the Port St Lucie area and was wondering what to expect for cost to be for insurance and slip fees for my 1989 390 searay.
 
IMHO, your least expensive option is to buy a house with a dock in the backyard. You may need to look just a little bit south in Palm City, and Stuart. Look for houses with "deep water access" or "no fixed bridges". Houses that are on a canal are less expensive than houses on "wide water". There are a lot of foreclosures in this area that are driving down home prices. My nephew looked at a foreclosed house with deep water access, 3 br, 2 bath, 2 car garage and a dock that had an asking price of $360K. It went to auction, while it has not yet been recorded, rumor is that it sold for $375k.

Slips can vary alot depending on whether they are behind someones house or a marina, and how far they are from the inlet. I believe the high end would be $12/ft/mnth close to the St. Lucie inlet.

Insurance is crazy. $5k - $7k per year depending on your history.
 
I don't have any current info but I can tell you that my father used to keep his boat at the Club Med there. As I recall, it was a pretty good deal as you were able to take advantage of the club's amenities.
 
My insurance is $840. per year on my 35' CT Trawler. Went down from $1,700. when I looked up similar boats that are for sale and then reduced my coverage accordingly.
Boat is paid for and there was no sense in insuring it for more than the insurance company would give me for a total loss.

I'm tired of insurance and have adjusted all, house, cars, boat, health.
 
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Originally posted by Flatsflyer

...I'm tired of insurance and have adjusted all, house, cars, boat, health.

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I'm tired of insurance also and have also adjusted. I no longer insure my boat. I'm waiting for them to return half of my fees paid.
 
Thanks for the info. those insurance prices are out of this world! but I just spoke to a friend in West Palm with a boat approx. the same size & value and there last quote was $2400. they said its been dropping over the last two years.
 
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