The rate, per foot and per month — and whether they measure your boat or your registration.
A 24-foot boat with a bracket and a swim platform can bill as 27 feet.
What is not in the rate.
Power, pump-out, launch fees, winterisation and haul-out are often separate.
For a rack: how much notice to splash, and the cut-off on a Saturday.
The whole point of dry stack is that they put it in the water for you. If the last call is 3pm on a Saturday, that is your day.
For a slip: floating or fixed, and the controlling depth at low water.
A fixed dock on a four-foot tide is a different boat-handling problem, and a slip that dries out is not a slip.
Whether there is a waiting list, and how long.
The good racks on this stretch run waiting lists measured in years.
What happens when a hurricane is named.
Ask before you sign. Some yards haul everything, some require you to move it, some do nothing.