[Rhodes22-list] It is quiet - Next Year's plans?

[Mary Lou Troy]

Hi Vic,
We're up in Ft. Washington but keep our boat in Rock Hall, MD - for the 
summer - she's tucked away in the back yard now.

As near as I can tell everything folks have said about the Delaware is 
true. I've never actually sailed there but I've heard the same from others. 
When Tom was talking about the current he was talking about sailing the 
broader area south of Wilmington so I expect the currents are a problem 
everywhere. When took a Coast Guard Auxiliary basic sailing course a few 
years ago down in Philadelphia, some of the folks were talking about 
sailing the Delaware. They suggested always planning your sails so that you 
were coming back with the tide. I know that for the Chesapeake there are 
charts that show the tidal currents. There is probably something similar 
for the Delaware. Tide tables will tell you the times of high and low tides 
at various points so that you can estimate the currents. Make sure you have 
good charts as well. The folks at Liberty could probably tell you what's 
available

If you are looking for quieter waters, there's a good ramp at Elk Neck 
State Park just south of NorthEast MD that we used to use with our Com-Pac 
16. I think it would work well with an R22. Gil would know what the area 
around Elkton is like.

If you are driving to NC to pick up the boat see if you can take a day or 
two to sail the Albemarle. We learned a lot about the boat on a short sail 
with Stan and then sailed for a couple of days before we brought the boat home.

best wishes.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Ft. Washington, PA / Swan Creek MD



At 11:36 AM 12/15/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi,
>Stan is currently refurbishing an '87' for me. I'm hoping to use the ramp at
>the Commodore Barry bridge to drop it into the Delaware river. Have you
>sailed the Delaware? My total experience is a 2 day course from Liberty
>Sailing school. Any help a Rhodie could give me on my first sailings next
>spring would be greatly appreciated.
>Vic Huebner Broomall,PA
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mary Lou Troy" <mltroy at netreach.net>
>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 8:43 AM
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] It is quiet - Next Year's plans?
>
>
> > Finally got the mast put away up in the rafters - new fittings mostly
> > installed - thanks to all who gave advice.
> >
> > Now in the midst of holiday prep and still in the clutches of work.
> >
> > Starting to think about next season though. We plan to be back at Swan
> > Creek. Think we may give in and register the boat in MD. Next season, we
> > hope to spend more days and nights on the boat and anchor out more often.
> > We had so much fun on the marina hopping club cruise last year that we
> > might plan to do it again IF we can gather together enough vacation time
>to
> > do a cruise or two of our own.
> >
> > Hey all the rest of you Northerners, what are your plans for next season?
> >
> > Best wishes to all for happy holidays and an incredibly fine New Year.
> >
> > Mary Lou
> > 1991 R22  Fretless
> > Ft. Washington, PA / Swan Creek, MD
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 08:57 PM 12/14/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > >the list is quit, figuried everyone is snow in again.
> > >
> > >MJM
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