Miami boat / trailer parking - last week of July - The Hull Truth

Parthery · 06-14-2007, 02:00 PM

Fellow THT partners, we will be vacationing in Miami from July 25-30th. I am strongly considering bringing the boat. The challengeis that we will be staying in a condo on Brickell, sothere is no place to park the boat and trailer overnight.

Can anyone make any recommendations on a place where I can leave the boat? Not super picky about location, as much as I would be about security. Will likely launch from either Crandon Park or Matheson Hammock, although I can be flexible if a better plan is hatched.

Thanks in advance...

SouthFla · 06-14-2007, 02:54 PM

Hey there. Matheson Hammock is my home "port," and I launch there routinely. Additionally, I leave my unattended car & trailer in the marina parking lot for up to a week at a time when I cruise to the bahamas/keys/tortugas etc. I've never had a problem with vandalism or theft in the lot. I do secure the vehicles, don't leave anything in the car, and lock the trailer to the car and attach a "boot" to the trailer. The marina entrance is controlled by security at dusk as well.

If you do go there, and it's on a weekend, definitely try to launch B4 845-9am, and return either early (2-3pm) or later in the day (6-8pm) to avoid the weekend clueless boat-newbies

Good luck!

John

tlhmiami · 06-14-2007, 10:43 PM

Call the dockmaster at Matheson and get a daily or weekly slip. No problem in summer.

reefraft · 07-06-2007, 12:56 AM

Crandon Park also has transient slips, and they have a fenced in area for boats. I do not know if that is long term. Call them they will inform you. Crandon is closer to Brickell. Good Luck... have a great time.

boat-newbie · 07-22-2007, 07:14 PM

clueless boat-newbies? - so, you was fish-expert-born, right?

Keep in mind you only know fish, outhere is thousands of things you're CLUELESS-NEWBIE

SouthFla · 07-22-2007, 08:45 PM

Lmao, wow, great first post

You take all aspects of life so seriously?? I mean really, it's just a light-hearted post...

But if you'd like to continue the sarcastic duel, then yes I'm an expert in everything, and if you ask any more questions I'll have to start charging you