I kept my boats in slips for 15 years, when I used my boat 5 or 6 days a week year round. For many years, the slip was behind my house or down the street. Used to be I could just tie up at day's end and go home without loclkn anything or even takin the key out of the ignition. By the time I gave up my slip (also 15 years ago), I was strippin the boat every day and lockin what I couldn't take off. That, weather worries, and a lack of mobility for the slipbound have made me a trailer boater all the way. Add CB's point about gas prices to the list.

Nowadays, you could not pay me to keep my boat in a slip. She sleeps safely in my driveway.