RE Mayo - at a $0.40/ft dock (with electricity, sometimes)

 

The docks are sturdy but rough. At least now you don’t have to avoid holes in the docks. 
They’ve been redone with new walkways.

RE Mayo is not a marina. There’s no bathrooms, no showers, no laundry facilities, no help coming into a facedock. You’re on your own docking. The electricity consists of a 120 v outlet. If you hook up, you’ll need a adapter for 120v standard plug to a 30 amp marine boat connection. Even then, the line to the docks is only good for 20 amps. If you exceed it (or a second boat tries to connect), the circuit breaker will trip and you’ll need to go back to the office to get it reset. We are the only boat on the circuit at the moment and our A/C draws 10 amps which is fine, no problem there. 

This is a view of RE Mayo’s electrical panels. A second boat tried to plug into power and 
It popped the circuit breaker. It’s only a 20 amp line. The guy told the clerk I talked to, “Just go over the 
Reset the circuit breaker” and pointed at this! The clerk said, “No way am I going to fool with that!” 
The guy then walked over, looked for a thrown switch and reset it, I had power again.. 
Want to guess which switch he reset?

On the other hand, the dock only costs $0.40/ft and the electricity (with the limitations above) and WiFi are free. Best of all, they stock blister packs of frozen shrimp for storing away in your freezer, we had some tonight, delicious. They usually have fresh shrimp too but they come with heads still attached - which is no big deal, you just remove the heads and clean the shrimp as you would frozen shrimp. I bought a pound of the largest size, $10/lb. They used to have scallops but no more. They do have local flounder though. 

You need a 120v to boat 30 amp adapter for power. They conveniently 
Provided some string to support the power cord. 

We are expecting big storms tonight after midnight but they’re due to pass through and be done by daybreak. We’ll look for an opening and make a dash for Dowry Creek Marina Saturday morning, it’s only 22 NM north of here. According to the latest forecast, there’s going to be strong north winds for the next four days at least so it looks like we will be staying at Dowry Creek for a while - looking at weather everyday.