Reviews from Pete Washburn (16)

Marina Review for Lucy's Branch Marina

Reviewed by: Pete Washburn , Spring Fling, on Oct 22, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

Agree with previous review. Had a nice overnight. Restaurant/bar open Tuesday to Saturday, so can't comment on it. $1 a foot plus $5 for power/water.

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Marina Review for Goose Pond Colony Resort Marina

Reviewed by: Pete Washburn , Spring Fling, on Oct 31, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

Agree with earlier reviews. Good marina. Friendly staff, courtesy van, good docks and facilities. Looks like a good maintenance business on site. Channel was clear on both of our stops.

Diesel on 10/30/23 $5.29

WiFi weak. AT&T 2 bars, T-Mobile none

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Marina Review for Erwin Marine Riverfront

Reviewed by: Pete Washburn , Spring Fling, on Oct 30, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

Eriwin's Bluff Docks
Location, Location, Location!

Located close to the Aquarium, several restaurants, and the free electric shuffle to get you around the rest of the downtown area (and the Choo-Choo and Lookout Mountain). Gated dock access. We didn't have any issues with homeless folks. No WiFi, but we had 4 to 5 bars on our AT&T and T-Mobile devices. Allegedly, Whole Foods and Publix across the bridge about a mile each way. No bathroom, showers, laundry on the dock otherwise it would have been a 5 star rating.

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Marina Review for Hales Bar Marina and Resort

Reviewed by: Pete Washburn , Spring Fling, on Oct 28, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 3

Basic marina. Old wood floating docks. 30amp and 50amp power. No water at transient locations. Does have free WiFi now. No diesel. Friendly staff. 1 bar of AT&T signal. None T-Mobile. Didn't check them out, but says they have baths and laundry. Be very careful getting in.

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Marina Review for Erwin Marine Riverfront

Reviewed by: Pete Washburn , Spring Fling, on Oct 25, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

Diesel $3.90 gallon with taxes

He might need to order another load soon, but thinks with fuel cost dropping, he might be able to keep it there. By far, the lowest cost we've found on the Tennessee River the last couple of months.

Call first of course, to check his current price.

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Marina Review for Birdsong Resort Marina

Reviewed by: Pete Washburn , Spring Fling, on Oct 4, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 3

If you are looking for an educational experience, you can learn how pearls come to be with a stop here. Also clear up some common misconceptions about pearls (they don't necessarily come from oysters). And a chance to buy some too.

Staff very helpful and super friendly. Let us borrow one of the 4 door pickups they had to head 7 miles into town for dinner. Never did find the bathrooms.

As previous review mentioned, it's 2 miles back in there. Bob Keast will talk you in when you get to the head of the creek. Follow the buoys and the old creek bed if your charts show that. Don't cross the horseshoe about a 1/4 mile in. Favor the north side of the bends to stay in deep water. At winter pool now, saw at least 8 feet of water until you can see the marina. Then it was about 4 to 5 feet of water the last way in.

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Marina Review for Paris Landing State Park Marina

Reviewed by: Pete Washburn , Spring Fling, on Oct 4, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

JC was very friendly and helpful. Just a heads up if you get put on a transient slip. They are 70' and only have 3 cleats per side. Not quite the right spacing for our 42' boat. Nice dinner at the Lodge about 1/2 mile away. There is a shuttle, but now that it is out of season, not sure when it's available. We rode our bikes over. Some small hills along the way, but there is a crossover the main road so you don't have to play Frogger.

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Marina Review for Green Turtle Bay Resort (Boat Works)

Reviewed by: Pete Washburn , Spring Fling, on Oct 2, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

Another great stay at GTB. Used the courtesy van to make a provisioning run to a Walmart about 12 miles away. Agree with Dick's comments about the yacht club's service.

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Marina Review for Prizer Point Marina & Resort

Reviewed by: Pete Washburn , Spring Fling, on Oct 2, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

Looping in segments and this was our home for 11 months. Staff friendly and helpful. G & G Boatworks did some work for us during that time and did a good job.

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Marina Review for Eddy Creek Marina Resort

Reviewed by: Pete Washburn , Spring Fling, on Oct 2, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

Restaurant is closed for the season at this point.

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Marina Review for Paris Landing State Park Marina

Reviewed by: Pete Washburn , Spring Fling, on Oct 2, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

If you get a busy when calling the listed number for Paris Landing, use this one: 931-356-8024. Apparently, they are setting up a new phone system and having issues. No reservations taken, first come, first served

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Marina Review for Sun Life Marinas Clarksville, Clarksville Marina TN

Reviewed by: Pete Washburn , Spring Fling, on Sep 18, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

Well run, clean, friendly marina. Diesel on 9/14/23 was $4.80/gal.

Good stop. 2 restaurants, ice cream, hardware, auto parts, local small pharmacy, dollar store all within walking distance. Enterprise 1 1/2 miles away. Nice biking/walking trails.

Earlier reviews are good.

We were dealing with electrical issues, so have been here for 5 days so far. Parts UPS'd to the marina. Rented a car and did day trips over to Nashville. About 1 hour drive.

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Marina Review for Mel's Illinois RiverDock Restaurant

Reviewed by: Pete Washburn , Spring Fling, on Oct 11, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 2

Passed thru in mid October '22. Apparently, they are closed on Monday and Tuesday at this point. Couldn't reach them on the phone on Monday, but a buddy boat did Tuesday and secured a dock reservation and will have breakfast there on Wednesday morning before departing for Grafton. It is nothing but a dock, but after 2 days of anchoring out, it might be enough :)

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Marina Review for Harrisville Harbor of Refuge

Reviewed by: Pete Washburn , Spring Fling, on Sep 1, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

Great marina and staff. Top notch. WiFi on the docks was excellent. Boater's lounge was very inviting. Agree with comments from 8/19/22. We'll add that there is also a nice coffee shop in town that's open until 3pm (we got there the first day at 3:15). Just got a new delivery of diesel but it came with a new price of $5.919.

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Marina Review for Harbor Beach Marina

Reviewed by: Pete Washburn , Spring Fling, on Sep 1, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

Held over an extra day until Lake Huron settled down. New docks and nice facilities. Not heavily used, so a little short staffed as a result, but friendly. Town is about a mile away and your typical small Michigan town. Nice bike/walking path or the staff will run you in. WiFi was typical of marinas we've experienced so far. The water here is a little "skinny" and if you draw more than 4 1/2', you'll want to be careful.

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Marina Review for East Tawas State Harbor

Reviewed by: Pete Washburn , Spring Fling, on Aug 31, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

Excellent place to spend 3 days. Marina top notch. WiFi great. Well maintained docks and facilities. Staff available to help with docking. Town of East Tawas has several restaurants, bars, nice grocery store in town. Wal Mart about a mile west.

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