Dry Stack or boat winterizing ?

In France we often mix dry stack storage up with wintering or even storage on a private plot.
Lots of professionals and private persons who possess a land at the seaside pretend to be a dry stack marina.
Here are the points to check:

	Winterizing	Dry stack marina
Use	No launch	Every-day launch
Temps de manutention	30 minute to half a day	5 minutes
Water infrastructure	Not necessary	Compulsory
On land infrastructure	Cradles, slips, travelift	Racks, forklifts
Tariffs	Storage plus fees for each handling asked	A full year storage with unlimited launching
Kind of boats	all boats	Only motor boats

Beware of counterfeits

Lots of professionals and private persons who possess a land at the seaside pretend to be a dry stack marina. However, it is very expensive to establish a dry stack marina and to buy the specific equipments to offer the best service. That is why a dry stack marina required expensive investments and so it takes time to make it profitable. To give you an idea, a dry stack marina has to store 300 boats to be profitable. So before storing our boat somewhere, check the following points:

• Is your boat available in 3 minutes ?
• Do you have to pay to get your boat launched ?
• Are there pontoons at your disposal?
• How is the quality of the service ?
• Is the financial situation of the company good?