The cost of docking in The Boat Basin
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If you qualify to tie up in Nantucket's Boat Basin, the following fees are currently in effect. Boaters with excessively loud exhaust systems will not be accepted, and the decision of the dockmaster is final.

Slip map of The Nantucket Boat Basin

Please note that the minimum stay is two nights, with advance reservations from June 21 through Labor Day. The minimum acceptable boat length is 35 feet. Costs according to vessel categories: 1. 35 to 59-feet - $5.25 per foot per night 2. 60 to 99-feet - $6.10 per foot per night 3. 100 to 124-feet - $6.75 per foot per night alongside, but $6.25 per

foot for those willing to do a

"med-mooring," which is

when vessels dock next to one another with their sterns facing the dock. The term comes from

the method of how boats are berthed in the Mediterranean.

4. 125 feet and over - $7.25 per foot per night alongside, and $6.75 per foot for a med-mooring.

Alittle contrast: Joe Lopes, the official first dockmaster at the Boat Basin, said that after 1968, when the new Boat Basin opened, vessel owners were charged $5 for the first 25-feet of boat length and 25

cents per foot thereafter. I