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Arnold

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I remember reading in the past some of you having the boat part of the year in the Delta and part in SF Bay. How do you manage that? Do you have two different slips in two different marinas? Do you spend the summer in the Delta? How do you like that arrangement?
I am really interested.
 
I did it for 1 year, but had to pay slip fees both places because marines were full. Now I think times have changed. Bet, you could work a deal at 2 different marinas.

Spent the summer in the Delta. Winter in the Bay. After that moved boat to Delta permanently for about 5 years. Now I'm back in SF permanently.
 
I used to know many boaters who did that and it seemed to work out well for them. They all had large power boats and had the best of both worlds, getting away from the tule fog in the winter Delta and away from the marine fog in the bay during the summer. Also traveling to the bay from the delta in the fall is a piece of cake compared to the springtime.

I'm sure you could do a month-to-month rental arrangement with many marinas in the delta unless you want to retain the same slip from one season to another. Then perhaps a sublease arrangement would work out. It all boils down to what you want to pay, huh?
 
Or just pick some where in the middle. A couple years ago I took our bow rider from suisun to Pittsburgh to Martinez to benecia to vallejo. All of them were pretty nice marinas. Pittsburgh perhaps the best. They seems pretty centrally located too. Easy trip up to the Delta loop and beyond. SF bay thee other way. Although a little more treacherous going through San Pablo bay maybe.
 
That is an excellent idea John! When San Pablo is treacherous, heading to the Delta is a great trip with the wind at your back and no fog. Catching an incoming tide makes it especially smooth.
 
I spend 2 to 3 months in the Delta each summer. I get a guest slip on the Delta but still pay for the SF slip while I am on the Delta. We spend pretty much every weekend on the Delta so I have not thought too much about the cost of the extra slip during that time.
 
That's what I thought at the time Liz. If I was still living there I think I would be slipped in Pittsburgh for the same reasons you mentioned
 
I think that I will consider getting a slip in Pittsburgh being about half way between the Bay and the central Delta. I normally spend a week a year in the Delta but I would like to spend more time there.
Is the water in Pittsburgh considered fresh water?
 
It is brackish water. More salt on the flood and the more water they divert down to SoCal. They do get about a three foot tide change there.
 
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