This should start a discussion

[S.V. Airlie]

Okay and yes, I am thinking ahead.
This is especially for those acquainted with living aboard. Favorite marinas who like to have or accept live aboards in NE.
Any thoughts for me to look into as I am going to have to?

[Don Z.]

If you're interested in wintering over, the Newport Harbor Hotel&Marina (the old Treadway) has much to recommend...

[sawcutmill]

Wickford Shipyard,ri Pilots Point Marina,ct

[S.V. Airlie]

Remember folks Airlie is wood.. Boatyards don't like wooden boats.

[Ian McColgin]

It gets harder and harder to liveaboard in winter.

Marinas fancy thay have liability for any slip and slides and these are both more likely and more dangerous on snowy icy docks. So they want you to have some pretty massive liability insurance and many underwriters will not cover a liveaboard. If you're dependent on shore power, the cost is huge and the consequences if it goes off - really pretty likely - can be dire.

Good prep on these issues helps.

[S.V. Airlie]

Ian.. I know. Hence my posting for thoughts and suggestions early.

This is an interesting problem. Although I was not tech living aboard Uncas, two falls ago, I was the only one at an unnamed boatyard on a Sat. night in the rain who discovered a fire at the yard. If I had not been aboard at 10pm, that yard would have gone up in flames. The fire chief said that if it had not been disacovered, the entire building would have gone up in less than an hour.
One would think a yard would like to have a bit of human security especially if such situations occurred and they do.

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

Swansea.

[Hwyl]

Pilots Point loves wooden boats, but they're expensive.

Aren't you planning on going South for the winter?

Simpson Bay Marina Sint Maarten.

[S.V. Airlie]

I need a home port. And yes, I am planning on not being in one location, east,west,south or north. But, those winter months.. well...

[sawcutmill]

as i said before......"Wickford Shipyard,ri Pilots Point Marina,ct"

and YES, woodenboats are welcome, as long as you float.There is also one more up river... wickford marina, also takes em, ....so 3(three) in Wickford.stephen

[Mike Vogdes]

Don't know if your considering the northern Chesapeake as "north"
but the Gregg Neck Boat Yard in Galena MD on the Sasafrass is a good spot. And you would be in good company as well, mostly wooden boats.

[Tom Hunter]

Hawthorne Cove Marina in Salem Mass. has some folks who winter over. They also host the Boston Antique and Classic Boat Show every summer.

There is another Marina in Beverly that has live aboards as well, but I don't know the name.

[S.V. Airlie]

Thanks all.
I am going to be a live aboard but will also be travelling a lot. So, not in a slip for 12 months outta the year. I need a location to use as a home port with perhaps some time spent there if the ice moves in.

I was asked whether I was gonna head south. Not for the first year. I'll spend my time wandering around and up and down the NE and NS coastlines. I think it is gonna take me that long to get used to operating a schooner anyway.

[Don Z.]

Remember folks Airlie is wood.. Boatyards don't like wooden boats.

Heck, I'm on a 1959 Chris Craft... The boat next to me is a Rhodes 33. Across the way is a '70 wooden boat, an old fisherman, I think. He lives aboard too. Then there's the topsail schooner across from me. Ditto. Behind me is a rather large ketch. And those are just the wooden boats.

I'm not the only liveaboard. Electric is included in the slip fees, as is the cable tv, if you're so inclined. The manager is very easy to get along with, and yes, the like liveaboards for the very reason Jamie mentioned: it's nice to have the extra eyes around.

I think we lost the electric once... for a day, 65kts, from the NE. Dire consequences? Not hardly. I fired up the generator, just until I had things warm. Water temp was like 40 degrees, so no big deal with anything else freezing.

The only down side is that it's really only a good place between 15 October and 1 May. After May, the hotel is in business for the daily transients again... Not that there's not a good anchorage just a cable's length away. Summer is going to be tough no matter what, but I'd imagine you'd be doing more cruising then. Doesn't affect me, as I have a slip just a little farther north... giving me a whole 400 metre walk into work.

YMMV.