The Newport area there is a transient peir there called ann st peir does anyone know if they are supposed to be charging for tieing up there my wife had to run across the street to use the bathroom and the guy there wanted 10.00 there is no price list nothing say you were on a mooring and wanted to come in and buy groceries is there a place to tie up your dinghy for free or is he in the right to be charging I asked to see the price list he cant produce one so do we make our prices as we go I said anyone know what transient peir means and is he in the right charging.
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all money transactions guarentee that you get a reciept if requested. then if there's any illegal activity you have proof of the transaction. The company name has to be on the top.

it sounds totally fishy! i'd call the B.B.B and check it out futher.

call the harbor master and ask him. They usually monitor 9 or 11 0r 16

Stay off 16. That is the Coast Guard emergency frequency.

NEVER, EVER glog that up with anything less than emergency requests or reports.

I second the advice to ask the harbor master. I'd talk to him face to face.

Beachwalker,
Ch 16 is both the emergency frequenct and a calling ahannel. Its perfectly alright to call another vessel on channel 16 and then switch to another channel to talk. The C.G. usually uses channel 22.

Mako,

I stand corrected. But I did have the Station commander in Rhode Island tell me those exact words 10 years ago. They monitor both and would hope that people do not stay on 16 longer than one communication.

Thanks, though