You're absolutely right!

It's no way to run a business but then that's the heart of the problem - it's NOT a business. It's a tax funded government operation & is under no incentive to be competitive or return a profit. Unless there's a budget cut & the operation is canceled, the paycheck comes reliably. The folks running it are paid the same if all the buoys are empty. You actually complicate their "jobs" by not renting for the entire year as soon as the season opens! How dare you?

If it were your business, wouldn't you be scheming for ways to fill every buoy? You please someone like yourself, w/reduced rate for shortened season, & he decides that towing the rig is a pita & is first in line to rent for the entire season next year. Word spreads that your operation is a great/convenient way to boat Brookville, business expands & soon you're looking @ adding a few buoys to the operation.

God bless the free market system!