The Party Deck

The Other Gary

The Other Gary

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Our dockominium has no real land ashore except the seawall and since there are many good restaurants nearby a clubhouse would lose money.
So, I designed and had built a 20 x 20 party deck at the end of our docks. we have a place to gather and have equipped it with a Kitchenaid all stainless BBQ, a beer fridge, a smoker for ribs and salmon and a stainless table for serving. We also added a picnic table and have enjoyed many great sunsets out there this summer. Everyone agrees that it is better than being on shore. I took this picture this evening, the 57 Marlowe is a visiting guest from Santa Barbara Yacht Club in California doing the cruise of a lifetime and a long way from home. We made them welcome as we do any visiting boat.
The 65 Princess is a Club member that just pulled in earlier than expected and we had a guest in his slip.

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If you are in our neck of the woods we welcome all reciprocal cruising clubs for a night, no charge.

Same goes for my BE friends, as Commodore I have a little pull here.
 
Nice work! That looks like a terrific gathering spot as long as no one is running the genny which there should be no eed for there anyway. .
 
What a great idea. Any issues with insurance, having the grill on the dock?
 
Actually, I will take a different view. The idea is great, and my liking of the idea is correlated with how far away I am from that "deck". If my slip was near that deck I would be livid that it was added.

And yes, I would be coming up with creative ways to enjoy my dockominium while lets say, not caring about those using the party deck.
 
No insurance issues at all, in fact the underwriters were on the dock inspecting last week and sat enjoying the view and a beer, they were from New York and cover some LI dockominiums and City Island marina. They liked what they saw. Insurance has been problematical wih us as this was the first ever Dockominium in Ontario and the local Insurers did not undertand us.

This was voted on by the entire Dockominium ownership at a special meeting prior to the build and was unanimously approved and we had the money already. We allow BBQ's on boats here so the fact that there is a central bigger BBQ lowers the use of those on the boats.
I have a second dock in the works for 70 foot slips and we will incorporate the same thing right in the design.
 
Great place to hang with good friends and enjoy life on the water! Any negative attiude dudes can just go away.......
 
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Originally posted by Flutterby

Great place to hang with good friends and enjoy life on the water! Any negative attiude dudes can just go away.......

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You mean those that don't want large parties 10 feet off their stern, smelling what they are cooking on the grill, listening to their obnoxious conversations.

So equally so, when they decide to eat, no problem if the dockominium owner decides to idle their engines and while trying to diagnose that "noise" they heard, put on some inspiring opera music, all the while a crew member prepares the chum for tomorrow's fishing trip.

So because they decide to put in a party deck, everyone here should just butt slap and high five and agree that it is a great idea with no discenting opinions?
 
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Originally posted by The Other Gary

This was voted on by the entire Dockominium ownership at a special meeting prior to the build and was unanimously approved and we had the money already.

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Originally posted by BJL

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Originally posted by The Other Gary

This was voted on by the entire Dockominium ownership at a special meeting prior to the build and was unanimously approved and we had the money already.

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Is there a point in there somewhere?

I never disputed the process in which it was built approved. I clealry, and with specificity wrote that I would be livid if that thing was built near my dockominium.
 
I like the idea, I like the concept, however, its not for me.

If that were my dockominium, I would be looking for another place to stay. I dont mind talking to my dock neighbors, but there are those people who have to know everyones stuff.

For example, I live in a co-op right now, I keep to myself. People wonder who I am, where I get my money because I do not work. I hear the snickering as I walk by, I know people are talking about me. If I had to deal with that while trying to enjoy my boat, then boating would not be fun.

I used to stay at Tobay for a few nights, but the dock marys there wouldnt stop with the gossip.

Gary, if it works for you guys then good for you.

Who is responsible for cleaning up and taking the garbage away?
 
The property manager does a walk every morning and empties the garbage. The grill is cleaned by those who use it and the one incident where a boater used it and failed to clean up was quickly resolved by printing colour pictures from our srcurity cameras and posting them on the bulletin board. On land our garbage is collected daily by summer student workers of the Parks Department.
We have a separate area for beer cans and bottles which they collect and return for the deposits. They have quite a good end of season party from the deposit money.

It all works.
 
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Originally posted by In the know

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Originally posted by Flutterby

Great place to hang with good friends and enjoy life on the water! Any negative attiude dudes can just go away.......

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You mean those that don't want large parties 10 feet off their stern, smelling what they are cooking on the grill, listening to their obnoxious conversations.

So equally so, when they decide to eat, no problem if the dockominium owner decides to idle their engines and while trying to diagnose that "noise" they heard, put on some inspiring opera music, all the while a crew member prepares the chum for tomorrow's fishing trip.

So because they decide to put in a party deck, everyone here should just butt slap and high five and agree that it is a great idea with no discenting opinions?

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WTF did that come from? That's boating I would love to have that at the end of of our dock.
 
Looks cool to me! As for know's objections I see the point, but the vote was unanimous. I just wouldn't expect anyone in the future to buy one of the slips adjacent to the deck if they're not the social type.
 
"WTF did that come from? That's boating I would love to have that at the end of of our dock."

Really? Thats what you call boating? Clearly all these years Ive spent on my boat at various locations without a bbq or a mutual place to meet and have a parties, wasnt boating. Schucks
 
I like it. Looks like a great place to hang out, socialize, and bbq; I thought that was part of boating.
 
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Originally posted by knotheadcharters

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Originally posted by In the know

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Originally posted by Flutterby

Great place to hang with good friends and enjoy life on the water! Any negative attiude dudes can just go away.......

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You mean those that don't want large parties 10 feet off their stern, smelling what they are cooking on the grill, listening to their obnoxious conversations.

So equally so, when they decide to eat, no problem if the dockominium owner decides to idle their engines and while trying to diagnose that "noise" they heard, put on some inspiring opera music, all the while a crew member prepares the chum for tomorrow's fishing trip.

So because they decide to put in a party deck, everyone here should just butt slap and high five and agree that it is a great idea with no discenting opinions?

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WTF did that come from? That's boating I would love to have that at the end of of our dock.

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Maybe to you, but to me, boating is that boating. You know actually USING the bopat for a purpose, whether it be fishing, diving, or an anchorage by ourselves our with invited/mutual friends.

Boating to me is not having a floating party deck aft of my dockaminium to disturb my space - you knowm, while diagnosing engine noise, listening to opera and preparing chum.
 
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