In my area berthing will run about $250 per month plus electricity. For a little more, like about $25 per month, you can join a yacht / sailing club, get beter security, and get lots of shore amenities and privileges. That's less than $10 per day.

My parents have a friend that lives in an RV and have it parked in a campground I go camping in a lot, it an OK place, it’s kept up nice but not the active place most campgrounds are. It’s owned by a church group and they also allow anyone to camp there. It’s strange but I have only seen any church camping group use it 2-times in the last 5-years. They do use the rental hall for meetings about twice a month, but that is 200-yards away from where I camp and they are gone by 1:00 in the afternoon and are very nice people. It has no store, no card games every night. But it does have a nice shower / bathroom building and a pond with canoes, row boats and those paddle boats (all free to use. And a large in-ground pool. It’s $850.00 for a year for a site. It is out in the country, but of all the campgrounds in this area my son and I like it the most.

I agree with you on avoiding KOAs, they are overpriced.

Looks like we are going down Monday to do an impeller and oil change on the boat engine, after which the owner will motor us out into the bay for an informal sea trial.

Awesome!!

Hope you stay afloat

Post a picture of the boat.

Yeah! Post a lot of pictures, engine compartment, the marina it's at, what slip #, maybe where the wood is rotting and where you store your hammers

Guys, I am keeping most of the details under my hat until we sign the deal. Then I will probably bore you with detail and pictures.

Come to think of it, even if we do not proceed I will detail why this was not be the survival bug-in, bug-out boat for me.

So I am trying to find an impeller for a Gray Marine 4-cylinder, 4-stroke motor - no can find in Stockton on Saturday morning. No one has a clue about part numbers or anything that could lead to selecting the proper impeller, oil filter, fuel filter, spark plugs, etc.

There are plenty of online places that will sell manuals, but I cannot find a manual or parts list online. And I did learn the name and place where they are still repairing and rebuilding Gray Marine engines in Stockton - on weekdays.

Well, maybe on Monday the engine wil purr like a kitten right away without any TLC.

Yet another reason I have always prefered to have my days off during the week...

First impression: if a boat is "documented" with the Coast Guard it does not have to be registered with the California DMV. Coast Guard documentation means the USCG has issued a marine certificate.

How the heck did DMV let this one go? Must have been forced by the feds.