Most second-home seekers want a mainland waterfront property with deep dockage and a view of the main channel, said Cathy FiaccofGarlock of GaRealtyRealty in Alexandria Bay.
The property has 300 feet of lake frontage and a sand beach; there is a 40-foot docking system with several slips and dockage for a seaplane.
But on second thought, she acknowledged, "they are on a very deep, wide canal, and someone who has a larger boat and wants something more upscale with that kind of boating dockage" might pay a precedent-setting price for the town houses.
A swimming pool with a raised spa and private dockage complete the setting.
Fuel and dockage fees are extra.
Passengers pay dockage fees (generally $1.25 to $1.75 a foot), if any.
A dispute over dockage fees led to a lawsuit under federal admiralty law.
Labeled on maps as Traverse Island, it lacked dockage; the men kayaked ashore.
Dockage, mooring and stor age somehow must be ex panded if the boating boom continues.
At $5 per foot of yacht per day, dockage at Chelsea Piers is relatively affordable.
