Today we will begin the search for our new baby's home.
Looked at marinas between Palm Coast and Ponce Inlet. Only a few made it passed the drive thru the parking lot. Here's how they stack up so far;
- Halifax: Clean, sturdy floating docks, location is great - close to downtown Daytona Beach. Kind of quiet, large with no pool.
- Inlet Harbor: WOW, most beautiful view that we saw all day. Clean, new floating docks, with restaurant and bar near by, but not on top of the slips. Very small marina. Most expensive of all that we saw. Will significantly increase the "float" time when heading north.
- Loggerhead: Clean, new sturdy floating docks, location is good, north of downtown Daytona Beach. Pool, restaurant and bar on the premises. Best rates of all that we saw today. Bar/restuarant really close to the slips and it might get loud or "old" after a while. Seemed to e lots of kids running around looking for something to do.
We checked out the travel distance and time from home to St.Augustine, just to see if we wanted to look up there for something. It's only 15 minutes further than Daytona and the Conch House Marina looks pretty nice on paper, so we will check that out next before settling on the order of preference.
Also looking for a mechanics and boating course to do over the next few months so check back and see what is going on. I will be posting the boat specs, now that we are close to finalizing and we will begin to narrow down the list of potential names.
