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I base my stars mostly on the aesthetics of the marina itself which is pretty, and the staff, who were all good.
However, I have no idea what the owner(s) are thinking..
Last year (2022) they suddenly hiked their prices up to $4 a foot, making it (to my knowledge) the most expensive on the lower Chesapeake Bay.
That was (IMO) a really bad choice, because:
a) the economy and inflation
b) as others have said, the place hard to get into, and it has a bad reputation with boaters.
Those two factors alone should cause a drop in rates, simply to attract more people..
It has shoaled terribly at the end of the long straight channel, and we have seen several sailboats aground there, some stuck for hours.
It's definitely fun trying to maneuver in that narrow, shallow channel if there's a large powerboat coming the other way.
I wouldn't even try it in a boat with a draft of more than 5ft, and definitely not on an outgoing tide.
Now, in 2023, they seem to have totally removed the marina from the website, it is all about the (expensive) restaurant, events, and their cabin rentals.
All very strange.
I'd advise avoiding here, and going to the Cape Charles town docks instead.