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View Specs & Review806 mooring transfers, $16.3 million, all logged publicly — and 23 transient slips in the whole harbour
Yachting in Newport Beach
A Minted Location · Newport Beach, California
Over ten years, $16,317,734 of Newport mooring permits has changed hands across 806 transactions — and the City publishes the log, with prices paid.
| Year | Transfers | Total price paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (to June) | 62 | $1,351,451 |
| 2025 | 80 | $1,357,700 |
| 2024 | 176 | $2,536,200 |
| 2023 | 87 | $2,140,311 |
| 2022 | 118 | $2,337,389 |
| 2021 | 131 | $3,061,600 |
| 2020 | 91 | $2,038,150 |
| 2019 | 63 | $1,400,871 |
| 2018 | 91 | $1,827,644 |
| 2017 | 49 | $975,570 |
| Total | 806 | $16,317,734 |
Every one of those 806 transactions is a documented owner event, in a harbour the City describes as home to "more than 9,000 recreational vessels."
The mooring system is the spine of this market. More than 1,200 permits, a published size ladder running to 95 feet, a City-owned rental licence programme alongside the permits, and that transfer log — the whole of it is set out below.
⚠️ One thing a buyer should be told before signing. The State Lands Commission's report of 16 December 2025, linked by the City itself, concludes that "current mooring rates are below fair market value" and that "the City's mooring permit transfer program could be viewed as a relinquishment of the City's control of the permits to private parties, in violation of the Public Trust Doctrine and the City's grant statute." A 2024 City staff alternative would have stopped issuing new permits entirely.
One more line defines the market, and it falls at exactly 80 feet. Above 80 feet you can moor here — the City publishes a dedicated large-vessel rate line and a ladder running to 95 feet. Above 80 feet you cannot berth here. The only transient marina in the harbour tops out at 55 feet across 23 slips.
Where to keep a yacht in Newport Beach
Start with the moorings, because they are the inventory. The City states that "Newport Harbor has more than 1,200 mooring permits", and the Coastal Commission puts it the same way: "the City has managed over 1,200 moorings within Newport Harbor since 2017 with approximately 800 distributed as offshore moorings." There are 10 mooring fields, A through J, and the City publishes mooring maps for A, B, C, D, F, H, J and K.
The published size ladder, from the City's Offshore Mooring Specifications of January 2022, runs from 20 feet to 95:
| Vessel length | Minimum weight | Bottom chain | Top chain |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20–30 ft | 500–750 lb | 1/2″ | 1/2″ |
| 35–40 ft | 1,000–1,500 lb | 5/8″ | 1/2″ |
| 45–60 ft | 2,000–3,000 lb | 3/4″ | 1/2″ |
| 65 ft | 3,000 lb | 1″ | 1/2″ |
| 70–75 ft | 3,500 lb | 1″ | 5/8″ |
| 80–85 ft | 4,000–4,500 lb | 1″ | 3/4″ |
| 90–95 ft | 5,000 lb | 1″ | 3/4″ |
Onshore moorings are capped hard: "Onshore moorings are for vessels 18' and under. Vessels on onshore moorings must be self-righting on an incoming tide without flooding the vessel." And rule 7: "The length of any vessel attached to a mooring must be equal to or less than the City approved mooring length."
Permit rents (the permittee owns the tackle), 2025 rates, CPI-adjusted annually: offshore $3.41 per lineal foot per month — $40.97 a year — and onshore $1.70 per lineal foot per month.
Two permit rules catch people out. "No mooring or buoy shall be placed in the waters of City-owned or controlled tidelands without first obtaining a permit." And "No mooring may be leased or rented by the permittee to another person." Live-aboard needs a separate 12-month permit at $469 a year, and "permits are not transferable" in that sense.
A practical one worth having before you arrive: "Most of the moorings in the harbor are secured via bow and stern and may or may not be equipped with the tackle necessary to secure your boat. Be prepared to rig your own lines to the mooring cans."
Visiting on a mooring is possible and the terms are published. Guest and anchorage fees effective 1 July 2026: guest mooring offshore $1.53 per lineal foot per night, onshore $0.76, offshore large vessel 80 ft and over $1.89, multihull $1.82 (two hulls) or $2.13 (three). Other lines worth knowing: mooring size exchange $320, large boat permit at 80 lineal feet $570, interagency version $1,221, mooring extension evaluation $547, and an after-hours mooring assist at $212.
Sub-permits are the visitor route: "Sub-permits are limited to 15 days (nights)." Guests check in with the Harbor Department with documentation, insurance and photo ID; the vessel must be present, seaworthy and mechanically operable; checkout is noon; and "mooring reservations are only allowed 48 hours in advance." City-owned moorings can be reserved; other vacant moorings are first come, first served. Time your arrival for office hours — "mooring assignments are not handled after hours. Visitors should check in with the Harbor Department at 8 a.m."
The Mooring Licence programme is the rental alternative to owning a permit, and it is genuinely different: "the City owns the licensed mooring tackle" and handles the semi-annual overhauls, on a month-to-month agreement, and "the fee for a mooring license is roughly 35% of the fee for a mooring sub-permit." Licences go only to natural persons, up to two per licence, who must represent 50 percent or more of the ownership of the assigned vessel; they are not transferable though the assigned vessel can change; "vacancy for more than 25 consecutive days is considered abandonment" without Harbormaster approval; and an applicant has 14 days to execute once notified. Fees adjust every 1 July, indexed to similar-sized slips in the Balboa Yacht Basin. Published examples as of 1 July 2026: a 30-foot offshore licence at $551.40 a month, a 60-foot at $1,305.00, and a 95-foot at $2,384.50.
Slips are the other half, and the ratio tells the whole story.
| Facility | Published maximum | Berths |
|---|---|---|
| Lido Yacht Anchorage | 135 ft — "home to the largest slips in Newport Harbor" | plus drystack to 40 ft |
| Balboa Bay Marina | 100 ft | 130, from 20 ft — members only |
| Four commonly-operated marinas | 100 ft | slips and end ties from 20 ft |
| Balboa Yacht Basin (City) | 75 ft | 172, from 31 ft — monthly only, no transient |
| Newport Dunes Marina | 46 ft | 450 published; 405 in the 2022 State Lands survey |
| Bayside Village Marina | call for the maximum | 124, average berth 28 ft |
| Lido Marina Village Marina | call for the maximum | 28, average berth 56 ft — the longest average in the bay |
| Marina Park (City) | 40 ft and 55 ft | 23 guest slips — the only transient marina in the harbour |
Against all of that, there are twenty-three transient slips in the entire bay. Marina Park is transient-only, with a 30-day maximum continuous stay, check-in 13:00 and out 11:00, bookable six months ahead, at $96.00 a night for a 40-footer and $133.00 for a 55, plus $2.44 per foot per night of overhang. The City lists its guest slips as "40' and 55'", with 40 and 50 on its own rate table — plan against 40 or 55 and confirm the slip with the Harbor Department on 949-270-8159 when you book.
Occupancy proves the demand. The State Lands Commission's 2022 benchmark recorded 100.00 percent occupancy at Balboa Yacht Basin, Bayside Village and Lido Marina Village, and 97.04 percent at Newport Dunes.
Fuel and service are unusually strong for the size of the harbour. One fuel dock publishes "the longest fuel dock in Newport Harbor – 120 feet – and can take vessels up to 180 feet", selling premium diesel and gasoline, open 365 days a year, weather permitting — the largest LOA published anywhere in this harbour. A second takes vessels up to 160 feet fully fendered and is the only fuel dock carrying 91 octane in Newport Harbor, with a 3,100-gallon delivery tanker.
The shipyard publishes a travelift to 90 tons and service for yachts "up to 50 meters or 150'", with a chandlery on site — and NOAA records that "the largest marine railway in Newport Bay has a capacity of 325 tons and can handle craft up to 150 feet." A second yard runs a travelift, waterfront crane and telehandler; confirm its lift tonnage and maximum LOA with the yard before you plan a haul-out around a date.
The yacht club guest docks work by arrangement, and one publishes complete terms. The clearest: "Our guest dock can accommodate up to a total of eighty (80) feet overall", three nights maximum, reservations up to seven days ahead, $2 per foot per night, with tiered complimentary nights for reciprocals. Another publishes "approximately 70 feet of guest dock space, limited to vessels of no more than 8 feet in draft and 14 feet of beam." At the oldest club, founded 1916, reciprocals send a letter of introduction to the general manager, and dock length, fee and duration are settled on that. A third club's marina page is open to members only. Call ahead at any of them.
THE 80-FOOT DIVIDING LINE
Above 80 feet you can moor. The City's fee schedule has a dedicated "GM Offshore Large Vessel 80'+" line, a $570 large boat permit at 80 lineal feet, and a ladder to 95 feet — with a 95-foot licensed mooring published at $2,384.50 a month. The anchorage makes the same cut from the other side: it is free "for vessels under 80 feet", which necessarily means 80-foot-plus is accommodated and charged.
Above 80 feet you cannot berth. The only transient marina tops out at 55 feet across 23 slips. The largest yacht club guest dock is 80 feet for the whole dock.
A visiting 100-footer can fuel, haul out, moor and anchor in Newport — the transient berth is the one thing this harbour does not have for it.
Marinas
| Name | Where | Max yacht | Slips | Fuel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Newport Harbor mooring system"Newport Harbor has more than 1,200 mooring permits", with approximately 800 offshore per the Coastal Commission. The published ladder runs 20 to 95 feet; onshore moorings are capped at 18 ft. Permit rent is $3.41 per lineal foot per month offshore. A permit cannot be sublet: "no mooring may be leased or rented by the permittee to another person." And a practical one — "most of the moorings in the harbor are secured via bow and stern and may or may not be equipped with the tackle necessary to secure your boat", so be ready to rig your own lines to the cans. | Ten mooring fields across the harbour | 95 ft | 1,200 | — |
| The mooring transfer logThe City publishes its mooring permit transfer log with the prices paid: 806 transfers over ten years totalling $16,317,734, peaking at 176 transfers and $2,536,200 in 2024. Anyone buying a permit should read the State Lands Commission's tidelands report of 16 December 2025 alongside it — linked by the City itself, it finds rates "below fair market value" and warns that the transfer programme "could be viewed as a relinquishment of the City's control of the permits to private parties, in violation of the Public Trust Doctrine." | Newport Harbor | — | — | — |
| The Mooring Licence programmeThe rental alternative to owning a permit, and materially different: "The City owns the licensed mooring tackle" and handles semi-annual overhauls. Licences go only to natural persons who represent 50% or more of the vessel's ownership, are not transferable, and "vacancy for more than 25 consecutive days is considered abandonment" without Harbormaster approval. Fees adjust each 1 July, indexed to Balboa Yacht Basin slips. Published examples: 30 ft $551.40/month, 60 ft $1,305.00, 95 ft $2,384.50. | Newport Harbor | 95 ft | — | — |
| Lido Yacht Anchorage & Dry Slip"Home to the largest slips in Newport Harbor, with capacity to accommodate vessels up to 135' in length", plus drystack for boats to 40 ft. The top of the berthing market here. | Lido Peninsula | 135 ft | — | — |
| Marina Park Marina (City)The only transient marina in the harbour — 23 guest slips against a berthing inventory of well over a thousand. Newport is built to keep boats rather than to visit them, so book early. The City lists its guest slips as 40 ft and 55 ft, with 40 and 50 on its own rate table: plan against 40 or 55 and confirm the slip when you book. | Balboa Peninsula | 55 ft | 23 | In-slip pump-out; no fuel dock |
| Balboa Yacht Basin Marina (City)"172 slips for vessels ranging from 31 to 75 feet", in sizes of 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 40, 45, 50, 60 and 75 ft. The State Lands Commission's 2022 benchmark recorded 100.00% occupancy here — the mooring licence fees are indexed to these slips, which makes them the harbour's reference price. | Balboa Peninsula | 75 ft | 172 | — |
| Balboa Bay Marina · the CRC marinasBalboa Bay publishes "130 slips ranging from 20 to 100 feet." A group of four further marinas publishes "boat slips and end-ties ranging from 20' to 100'." Together these are the harbour's 100-foot tier — all of it long-term. | Newport Harbor | 100 ft | 130 | — |
| Newport Dunes · Bayside Village · Lido Marina VillageNewport Dunes publishes "450 slips of varying sizes" from 20 to 46 ft with a seven-lane launch ramp; the State Lands Commission recorded 405 in 2022, at 97.04% occupancy. Bayside Village has 124 berths averaging 28 ft at 100.00% occupancy. Lido Marina Village has 28 berths averaging 56 ft — the longest average berth of the four surveyed — also at 100.00%. | Newport Harbor and the Back Bay entrance | 46 ft | 450 | — |
Yacht clubs
| Name | Where | Max yacht | Slips | Fuel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The yacht club guest docksRead the wording before you plan around it: 80 feet is the whole dock, not the boat. Another club publishes "approximately 70 feet of guest dock space, limited to vessels of no more than 8 feet in draft and 14 feet of beam." At the oldest club, founded 1916, reciprocals send a letter of introduction to the general manager, and dock length, fee and duration are settled on that; a third club's marina page is open to members only. Call ahead at any of them. | Newport Harbor | 80 ft | — | — |
Fuel docks
| Name | Where | Max yacht | Slips | Fuel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island Marine Fuel"Longest fuel dock in Newport Harbor – 120 feet – and can take vessels up to 180 feet." The largest LOA published anywhere in this harbour belongs to a fuel dock rather than a berth, which is the clearest single statement of what Newport is and is not. | Newport Harbor | 180 ft | — | ValvTect premium diesel and gasoline |
| Hill's Boat Service fuel dock"Dock accommodates vessels up to 160' fully fendered", with a 3,100-gallon delivery tanker for boats that would rather not move. | Newport Harbor | 160 ft | — | Diesel, regular and 91 octane — "only fuel dock to carry 91 octane in Newport Harbor" |
Figures are as each facility publishes them on its own site; blank cells mean the facility doesn't state a number. Confirm slip availability and current rates directly — or ask us to make the calls.
Cruising from Newport Beach
Newport is one of the few Southern California harbours with genuinely no air-draft problem, and Coast Pilot says so outright:
"There are no bridges over the main channel. None of the bridges to the islands in the bay restrict passage to the anchorage areas."
Air draft under the Pacific Coast Highway bridge at the Back Bay entrance is not posted — confirm it locally before you take anything tall up there. For the lower harbour, where every 40-to-200-foot boat operates, Coast Pilot is definitive: there is no constraint at all.
The entrance. Coast Pilot: *"Newport Bay, 64 miles northwest of Point Loma, is an extensive lagoon bordered on the seaward side by a 3-mile sandspit… offers excellent anchorage for large yachts and small craft under all weather conditions."* The entrance is "between jetties 275 yards apart", with a mariner-radio-activated sound signal at the west jetty light — key the microphone five times on VHF-FM channel 81A. The bell buoy is at 33°35.06′N, 117°52.69′W, with a flashing green (6 s) west jetty light and flashing red (4 s) east.
Traffic in the entrance channel is heavy and seasonal: "there is often heavy vessel traffic in the entrance channel, so please proceed with care, particularly during April through November when the bait barge is anchored close inside the east jetty."
⚠️ Depths, in the City's own words: "The approximate depth in the center of the channel is 20 feet, while the controlling depth on the outside of the channel is approximately 8 feet. Depths in the main channel are generally good, however the depth along Lido Isle can be as little as 9 feet. Boats drawing more than 6 feet should pay special attention to the tide and watch depths continuously when not in the main channel." The federal project provides a 20-foot main channel to a turning basin northwest of Lido Isle, and a 10-foot Balboa Island North Channel. "The upper reaches of the bay are extremely shoal."
Harbour rules are strict and the City lists them plainly: no wake zone · maximum speed 5 mph · no discharge zone · no dumping · no unreasonable noises between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. · deter sea lions from resting on vessels using approved methods. "Enforcement of the harbor's no wake rule and 5 mph speed limit begins at the harbor entrance and extends throughout the harbor."
Enforcement is split, and it matters when you need someone: the Harbor Department (949-270-8159, VHF channel 17, 08:00–18:00 seven days) handles moorings, guest slips, anchorage and code enforcement, while "law enforcement services and emergency services are provided by the Orange County Sheriff's Harbor Patrol Division by calling 949-723-1002 or using Channel 12."
The no-discharge rule is absolute and the City words it memorably: "No discharge means no discharge. Nothing but clean tap water can be released into Newport Harbor. It is illegal to discharge waste, including grey water, into the harbor and up to three miles off the coast." There are ten public pump-out stations around the harbour.
Raft-ups require a signed, approved application at least 30 days in advance, and "only raft-ups of twelve or fewer vessels will be considered, with no more than two raft-ups to be considered per calendar day."
Two anchorages, both published. The Newport Harbor Anchorage is "marked by four yellow buoys… a minimum depth of approximately 10 feet with good holding mud", free for vessels under 80 feet, with a 72-hour limit extendable by up to 48 hours with Harbormaster approval. The Corona del Mar outer anchorage runs 20 to 30 feet with "fair holding in the sand and rock", a 72-hour maximum, continuous occupancy dusk to dawn and one three-hour shore excursion daily — and the City's own caution, worth taking literally: it "can put you on a dangerous lee shore when the weather blows."
Tide: NOAA station 9410580, epoch 1983–2001 — MHHW 8.74 · MHW 8.01 · MSL 6.11 · MLW 4.25 · MLLW 3.33. Great Diurnal Range 5.41 feet, mean range 3.76. The City warns it matters: "as the depths of the harbor varies, boat owners are responsible for monitoring conditions with the changing tides."
Weather is benign with one exception. Coast Pilot: "Severe storms are rare. The Santa Ana is an exceptional wind that blows from the northeast or east with great violence, although of short duration."
THE BACK BAY IS CLOSED TO POWERED CRAFT
Upper Newport Bay is a 752-acre ecological reserve, and the rule is absolute: "Powered watercraft are not permitted in Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve without a Special Use Permit."
The history is worth knowing for a market read. By the late 1960s, rapid development "spurred plans to transform Upper Newport Bay, including construction of a luxury marina featuring waterfront homes with private docks." Local opposition prevailed, and in 1975 the property was designated a State Ecological Reserve.
The Back Bay is permanently closed as a growth path for berthing. Newport's slip inventory is effectively capped — which is exactly why the mooring transfer log reads the way it does.
- Newport Harbor Anchorage — Inside the harbour, marked by four yellow buoys"Marked by four yellow buoys, the anchorage offers a minimum depth of approximately 10 feet with good holding mud… Use of the anchorage is free of charge (for vessels under 80 feet)." That parenthesis is the other half of the 80-foot dividing line — above 80 feet is accommodated and charged rather than excluded.
- Corona del Mar outer anchorage — Outside the entrance"Depths range from 20 to 30 feet with fair holding in the sand and rock… can put you on a dangerous lee shore when the weather blows." The City's own caution, and worth taking literally — treat this as a fair-weather anchorage and move inside if it comes on to blow.
- Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve — The Back BayA 752-acre reserve of salt marsh, mudflat and estuary, closed to powered craft without a Special Use Permit. By the late 1960s there were plans to build "a luxury marina featuring waterfront homes with private docks" here; local opposition prevailed and the reserve was designated in 1975. The Back Bay is permanently closed as a growth path for berthing, which is why Newport's slip inventory is effectively capped and why the mooring transfer log reads as it does.
Service, refit & supplies
Shipyards & refit
| Name | Where | Max yacht | Dockage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Harbor Shipyard"Travelift capacity up to 90 tons and the capacity to service yachts up to 50 meters or 150'", with a full-service chandlery on site. NOAA records that "the largest marine railway in Newport Bay has a capacity of 325 tons and can handle craft up to 150 feet." | Newport Harbor | 150 ft | — |
Chandleries & specialty suppliers
- Basin Marine · Minney's Yacht Surplus — Newport HarborBasin Marine publishes "a haul-out facility with a Travel-Lift, waterfront crane and JLG Skytrak Telehandler", with its chandlery attached — confirm lift tonnage and maximum LOA with the yard before you plan a haul-out around a date. Minney's Yacht Surplus deals in used sails, propellers and marine antiques, "open Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays from 9 to 5".
On the Newport Beach calendar
Newport runs year-round. The City's guest mooring and guest slip fee schedule has no seasonal tier at all — a single annual adjustment every 1 July rather than a summer/winter split. Mooring licence fees adjust on the same date. The Harbor Department is staffed "daily from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m.," seven days a week. One fuel dock states it is "open 365 days of year (weather permitting)." The oldest yacht club puts it simply: "NHYC is fortunate to enjoy year-round racing."
And the marquee event is in DECEMBER
Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade — 16 to 20 December 2026. From the organiser: "As the 118th Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade moves its way through the Newport Harbor this December… [it] will begin at approximately 6:30 p.m. each night from December 16 – 20, 2026."
A 118-year-old event is the strongest possible seasonality signal, and it lands in December. Any content calendar that treats Southern California as a summer market will miss the single biggest thing that happens in this harbour.
Other dated events:
- Cal Dreamin' Match Race Series — 7 to 8 February 2026
- Carrie Series — 14 to 15 March 2026
- Harry Wood Regatta — 29 March 2026
- 66 Series — from 18 April 2026
- Governor's Cup — 27 July to 1 August 2026
One club publishes a complete 2026 sailing calendar running 3 January through 5 December.
Other race and regatta dates — including the race to Ensenada — are set by the organising clubs, so confirm them directly with the organiser.
Yachts we'd shortlist for Newport Beach
Reviewed the same way as everything on this site — specifications verified against the builder's own numbers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there dock-and-dine in Newport Beach?
Less than the reputation suggests. The harbour's most specific published policy — the Dock & Dine Lagoon at Lido Marina Village — states plainly that dock capacity is limited and not guaranteed, and that it cannot accommodate boats exceeding 24 feet LOA, which rules out every brokerage-relevant boat. One waterfront grill genuinely invites you alongside its patio with a guest dock; call ahead for its length and time limits. Beyond that, the City's public short-term docks around the harbour, with time limits posted at each, are the reliable option.
Can a large yacht visit Newport Beach?
It can moor, fuel, haul out and anchor — but there is no transient slip for it. The City's only transient marina tops out at 55 feet across 23 slips, and the largest yacht club guest dock is 80 feet for the entire dock, three nights maximum. Above 80 feet, mooring is explicitly provided for: the City publishes a dedicated large-vessel guest rate at $1.89 per lineal foot per night, a $570 large boat permit at 80 lineal feet, and a ladder running to 95 feet. Fuel takes vessels to 180 feet and the shipyard services yachts to 150.
When is the biggest boating event in Newport Beach?
December, which surprises people. The Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade runs 16 to 20 December 2026, starting at approximately 6:30 p.m. each night — the 118th edition. A 118-year-old event is about as strong a seasonality signal as exists, and it means any calendar treating Southern California as a summer market will miss the single biggest thing that happens in this harbour. The rest of the year is genuinely year-round: the City's fee schedules carry no seasonal tier, one fuel dock is open 365 days, and one club publishes a sailing calendar running 3 January to 5 December.
How much water is there in Newport Harbor?
About 20 feet in the centre of the main channel, per the City, with roughly 8 feet as the controlling depth outside it. The federal project provides a 20-foot main channel to a turning basin northwest of Lido Isle and a 10-foot Balboa Island North Channel. The City warns specifically that depths along Lido Isle can be as little as 9 feet, and that boats drawing more than 6 feet should pay special attention to the tide and watch depths continuously outside the main channel. The upper reaches of the bay are extremely shoal. Great diurnal range is 5.41 feet.
Can you buy a mooring permit in Newport Harbor?
Yes, and the City publishes the transfer log with prices paid: 806 transfers over ten years totalling $16,317,734, peaking at 176 transfers worth $2,536,200 in 2024. There is a live risk a buyer should know about first. The California State Lands Commission's report of 16 December 2025 concludes that current mooring rates are below fair market value and that the transfer programme could be viewed as a relinquishment of the City's control of the permits to private parties, in violation of the Public Trust Doctrine. A 2024 City staff alternative would have stopped issuing new permits altogether.
How does the Newport Beach mooring system work?
The City manages more than 1,200 mooring permits, roughly 800 of them offshore, on a published size ladder running from 20 to 95 feet — with onshore moorings capped at 18 feet. Permit rent is $3.41 per lineal foot per month offshore and $1.70 onshore. Permits cannot be rented out to another person, and live-aboard needs a separate 12-month permit at $469 a year. There is also a Mooring Licence programme, where the City owns and maintains the tackle, on a month-to-month agreement at roughly 35 percent of the sub-permit fee — but licences are not transferable and a vacancy of more than 25 consecutive days counts as abandonment.