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Most marinas have a vehicle that can move a boat trailer and do launchs and haulouts using the trailer. There is usually a fee for each haulout/launch, but it depends on the marina's policies.
Some marina have "rack-storage" for boats, and it is cheaper than having the boat in the water and the customers get a certain number of launches and haulouts as part of their storage fee. However, there is usually a certain window for doing launches and haulouts.
However, this means you can't just go down to the marina and go out for a sail when you feel like it...and it also means that if you've called to have your boat put in the water, and then decide the weather isn't good for sailing, that you have to wait to have it hauled back out, and may be charged for it if you cancel or change your plans.
Also, your prep time for the boat is generally a bit longer than if she is just tied up to a dock. So is your after-sail things to do list...
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New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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