Sabine Basin Yatch Club, Orange, TX

Sabine Basin Yatch Club, AKA Orange Basin Yatch Club, Orange TX.
Cruisers stay away from this marina!
We were totally exhausted after crusing from Stingaree's Resturant and Marina to Orange, TX. A distance of 68 nm. We had tremendous tug and barge traffic, two thunderstorms and head current to deal with for 10 hours. The "Cruising Guide" said that this yatch club is a nice place to stop. We pulled into the entrance and all that was left from Hurrican Rita was a 7 foot piece of a pier. All around us was partially demolished buildings, sunken boats and this little piece of a pier. We tied up to the pier glad to stop and rest for the night. We knew we had to run the generator for the A/C.

At about 7 o'clock a woman name Angie Carpenter knocked on the boat and said we owed her $30.00. We both said "for what". She said docking. No electricity, no water and we couldn't even get off the pier without walking through tall grass. Not something you want to do in a swamp. Ms. Carpenter said she was a representative of the owners and the owners demanded $30.00 from anyone tieing up to the pier. Ms. Carpernter said she would give us a receipt with the owners phone number on it. We called the owners and asked what the $30.00 was for. They said docking. They said if we didn't want to pay it we could "move on down the road". That is what we did. We both were exhausted but we moved to the bayou near a bridge and found two pilings. We tied a stern line and dropped the anchor. We had two points to hold the boat. Still, we did not sleep good because of the anger we had with the owners and were glad to leave Orange, TX in the morning.

So cruisers beware. This marina is located on Adams Bayou off the ICW at about marker 267 past the Dupont barge dock. Skipper Bobs calls the marina Adam's Bayou Marina. The pictures show what a mess the marina is.