The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-06-12, Page 30'PAGE 1SA—GODERICH S1GNAL-STAR,THURS Y, JUNE i'_', 1975
Visiting boaters fewer at Snug Harbor
Pleasure boaters on Lake
Huron have been frequenting
Cmderich harbor less and less
over the past few years and
there is no one thing that is
re.ponsible. Gasoline prices,
geography, high water, docking
fees, promotion of other har-
bors including American ones
and the cost of boats have
combined to hamper business
at Snug Harbor.
Four years ago when Greg
Reynolds, now the marina
manager, began working at the
Goderich marina 1,000 boats
came into Snug H, arbor to fuel
up, rest or stay overnight but
that figure has been declining
steadily and last year stood at
400.
"It could have been the fuel
shortage or the high cost of fuel
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here or the high water that has
done it," remar►ced Reynolds.
There are so many ifs in this
business it's crazy."
It's too early to tell how Snug
Harbor will.do this season. .Gas
prices have been cut and are
now at a par with other harbors
in the area. Last year gas was
74 cents a gallon, this year it is
70. Dockage fee's have been
altered and . are slightly
cheaper than previous years.
Last year it was a straight 20
cents per foot for overnight tie-
up but this year boats 25-30 feet
are charged 53.50 per night, 30-
35 feet 54.50 and anything over
35 feet $5.50.
The charge entitles a boater
to pump out his holding tank,
use the electricity on the pier
and make use of the shower and
washwoom facilities at the
nu►r•ir'ta.
High Water levels on the lake
which supposedly p�+ak� last
year and+ill be down this year
also caused some problems at
the marina. The marina
manager said that so far this
year the' water has been down
but the next month will be
Marina manager Greg Reynolds checks one of the boats tied up at Snug Harbor for the season
to make sure it is secure on its moorings. More seasonal boaters are making use of .the
municipal harbor and the manager is hopeful that visiting boats will increase this year over
last. (staff -photo)
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crucial in lake levels as they
affect harbor operations. Mr.
Reynolds recalled times 'last
year when the water ++ould rise
four -feet over its normal level
tht 1 drop uu.%u ►u a toot below
normal, all in the space of ten
minutes to half an hour.
-We would stand here and
watch it come up," he
remembered. "It would. rise
over the middle pier so fast it
++►old wash all the gravel off
carrying the garbage Gans
- away and leaving smaller boats
hung up on the dock,"
The rising water never did
any . damage to docked, boats
but according to the manager,
visitors riever did like to get off
their vessel into two feet of
water to buy some ice or fuel up
and wouldn't do so unless they
absolutely had to.
A change in boating trends
has had its effect on Snug
Harbor- as well as the weather.
More and more sailing boats
.are appearing on the lake and
now approximately outnumber
power boats three to one. The
manager feels that may make a
,,big difference in the gallonage
pumped at the fuel station but
. will not interfere with dockage
fees. He said fuel prices won't
effect travel and people will not
have to be concerned about
getting a mile to a gallon ,like
they did with power vessels.
The first two weekends in
July will tell the story this year
at Snug Harbor. Canadian and
American boaters taking ad-
vantage of the long weekends
will be swarming the lake if the
season is to be good.'Most of the
boaters that head north will put
into Goderich because of its
location.
Halfway between the Bruce
peninsula and Sarnia it is all a
power boat can make before
refuelling and sail boats 'wilt
have one good day's cruise
behind them when they arrive
here and should put in for a
night's rest. The . last two
weekends, however,' produced
only two boats` each for the
night.
A busy day at the marina is -
not obvious from the number of
boats tied ,up for the night. Mr.
Reynolds pointed out that two
boats tied up is not charac-
teristic of the number in. •
"We may have some 30 odd
boats in here that go right back
.out again." he said. "They may
come in for food or fuel and
only two stay. If 30. come in
we're busy."
Goder'ich's location on the
Lakeshore' route to the north is
advantageous, according to..the
rimanager. He points out that if
people are travelling north and
stop here for the night for some
supplies they will usually stop
again v hen they are returning.
"We get them on the way up
and we get them on the way
back down," he said. with a
grin.
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