We had an RO here back in 2008 that had a 37 or so Searay, he too was looking for a place to keep his boat in the water for the winter. He fell under hard times and was selling his boat. I told him he could use my slip in the winter for no charge, upon discussions with the office there was no problem with that but the office wanted to charge him a small rental fee. The amount was real small, thinking like 375.00 for his boat.
My first reaction was WTF, I own the slip, not charging him, why would he have to pay you. Long story short, I got the reason why and agreed with it.
Just Saying
Walter