Harborage Marina

We stayed at the Harborage for a few months during the spring. Nice, very clean and good neighbors. Pros: Clean, secure, floating docks, responsive dockmaster and GM, nice (but very small) captain’s lounge, inexpensive laundry facilities, somewhat pet friendly. Cons: A bit far from downtown, continuous problems with accounting, a bit pricey, crazy deposit refund policy.
Suggestions: If you head to Harborage check your electric meter upon arrival, record the numbers and monitor yourself. If you set up ‘auto pay’ double check with the office. We had to request that payments be deducted each month. Know that they will refund your deposit in two weeks via check. This is a bit problematic for some cruisers. Expect accounting problems.

Location is good, but not as convenient to downtown as Municipal Marina. You’ll have to park quite a distance from your boat and the docks are in disrepair.

I’ve used the in-​water end of the Harborage Marina for four years now and the experience has been consistently good. The staff is friendly and helpful as are fellow boaters, all of it is very clean, and most amenities are offered except for a place to eat and drink on the property. However, there are plenty of good places to get to walking, boating, or cab in St Pete (public slips in the Muni Marina).

POOR Review for this place! I had Mike Shepard to work with my boat. In 6 months, there was NOBODY interested to take it on the water.
When I picked up my boat, it’s amazing how destroyed it was. My boat used up 60 extra hours on it when nobody paid for the ride test… There were a list of missing items:
Emergency wrist strap
Two sport life jackets
Six orange life jackets
Boat Plug
Two damaged scratches
Cup holders
60+ extra hours on it.
Before I picked up my boat, I shared my concern that Mike mentioned several times that my boat wasn’t in good condition. I assumed it is because of the rain and lack of maintenance that probably could have done better. I was yelled at. It was horrible. It’s hard because I moved to Texas while he was still in Florida. I was totally helpless, but no choice to pick it up in badly damaged shape.
Don’t go to this place especially Mike. He was a nice guy at the beginning though. I’m not sure what happened.

I really wish I could write a favorable review of this place. Brian, and all of the boat hands are great, but be-​ware of Cindy their accountant. Before she worked here the place was great, although there was a mix up with on our account that took several months to figure out, and we had since been paying MORE every month, to fix a mistake that they had made. Once she began working, she was made aware of the situation. A few months went by, and she started tacking on fee’s that were completely unnecessary because she wanted us to pay in full the amount THEY messed up on. This was not the arrangement we made with Brian. When my husband went to speak with Cindy about the changes, she said «Its our responsibility as adults to make sure our accounts are correct» My husband and I are younger, we both work well over 80 hrs. a week, and because we are paying back on a scheduled plan, we are very aware of our bank accounts, thus the reason for a payment plan. I don’t need a women who doesn’t know my personal financial situation telling me how I should spend my money. She recently decided that she was not going to allow us to take our boat out until we «promised her to pay in full because my husband was „upset“ with her last time they spoke.» This doesn’t sound like correct protocol, no phone call or anything in the mail. I will not, nor should anyone else spending money on a luxury item be told what to do, by a rude, person such as this. We have never complained about the fact that our boat-​now has permanent rust damage due to the leaking roof in dry storage– bat feces because bats lived in the ceiling of the dry storage, replacing and paying for a new depth finder because they broke ours off of the boat, or grease shoe stains on the newly detailed seats. Their are plenty of other Marina’s in the area that won’t give you such a bad headache.

The boat was cool, the deck hands were knowledgable and friendly. There was a 10.00 per adult which was a bit pricey in my opinion give the small size of the boat.

Harborage Marina is one of the nicer marinas in Tampa Bay. Their concrete floating docks make for easy docking and access, and they have decent facilities for restrooms, washing machines, and captains lounge. They also have the Bayboro Café at the property which I’ve reviewed separately and like it a lot,
If you are boating to St. Petersburg, this marina is ten times superior than the municipal marina or the Vinoy. The fixed concrete docks in those two are, to put it mildly, not nice. Harborage is located next to the old Dali Museum, which is a short walk from downtown St. Pete. The municipal marina is much closer, but I’d rather walk and extra mile or two and dock in a nice, protected area.
For those looking for permanent mooring this is a good spot, albeit a bit pricey. When planning a getaway in the St. Pete area, Harborage is on my short list.