Boat on water instead of camp - Grand Isle

I don’t have a camp there but have been a guest to friends that have a slip and those that doesn’t and we launch in the am. I’ve found it’s much easier to launch every time in GI. If you have a slip you have to carry your shite and ice chests etc every time you go fishing. When the boat is at your camp it’s much easier to pack etc. not to mention there’s never really any major traffic to launch.

Edit: I misread your post. If that’s your only option to have a boat on the island i would befriend someone that stays there often or lives there that could put their eyes on your rig on a regular basis. the last time I kept my boat docked in a buddy’s slip low tide came in during the night and a bad storm came through as well. There was a damn rail tie hammered into one of the pylons that you couldn’t see because it was about 2 feet under the water line. when my boat dropped due to tide and the storm came through the rail tie rubbed a hole in the side of my boat. That’s the last time I ever left my boat in a slip at GI

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know annual maintenance on a boat in the water is a consideration, but I can handle 10-20k a year in maintenance.

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Try constant maintenance.

a game boat salon will be too small.

I'd get something like this.
https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1995-viking-cockpit-sport-yacht-8709776/

1.Buy the land of a camp that was destroyed
2.Put an extra large/wade RV carport on the property
3. Park you a user camper underneath
4. Install large front doors and screen in the carport