Dingy's at Marinas

A 15 BW pretty well crossed over from dink to boat. I'd expect to pay and certainly would not expect to put that into a slip with your main boat.

It all depends on how big the main boat is and how much the marina is getting for it. A normal boat up to about 45 /50' will have a BW13 or similar but its all incremental.

Fish

15' Tender

If you're towing it with your Cabo 43 you mentioned in previous posts then I would expect to pay extra for the 15 footer. If you were paying for an 85 foot or above I would think they would find a place for your 15' dingy.

Having said that, in this climate, almost everything is negotiable. Call ahead and ask about accommodations and you might be surprised what "perks" they might throw in just to get your business.

Good luck!

Main boat is a 43 Cabo. No way a 15 BW goes into the same slip with that. That's a separate 15' of dockage.

If you bow in with the Cabo, you could most likely tie it across your stern. The 15' Whaler is about as long as the same beam on the Cabo.

Needless to say, when making reservations, if you tell them ahead of time that you have a 15' Tender (stress the word tender), they'll usually tell you it's not a problem and not charge you from my experiences. Most Marina's I go to have a 30' minimum charge and most dockmasters are usually pretty easy going. Throwing them a nice tip usually works wonders also. Marina's usually have spots that are dead space (too small to rent to a paying boat). A 20' Mako would be a different story.

If you're towing the Whaler behind the Cabo, I would look into cutting the pitch on your props so you're seeing rated RPM at fuel throttle (without towing the whaler of course)

The beam on the 43 Cabo is 15'1" at the flair. I suspect the transom is about 13'. With the outboard down that BW is 17' (up it's almost 19'). I'd be real unhappy pulling in next to that. Be stand up; be a good neighbor; do it right and pay the price to dock it in it's own spot.

Echo what most others have said.
Calling ahead. Telling them you of course have a dingy / RIB along with it.
Being very polite, and tipping the Dock/Harbormaster goes a long long way.
We've never paid for an 18' RIB that comes off the aft deck and usually tied off across the bow, or stuck in a corner (too small to rent, but just right for a couple of RIB's)
We have on occasion paid for a 26' center console tow behind. However in most cases, that's often negotiable.
9 out of 10 marinas are more than happy and willing to negotiate.

If a dockmaster tells you that it is ok to tie up the whaler behind it, they'll usually either put you in a wider slip to accomodate it so as to not inconvenience other slip holders or have you put the whaler in a different spot.

Then again I cannot remember how many times I was put in a slip that had inches to spare to get into and out of the slip......Sometimes that's just the way it is.