[Rhodes22-list] Pam going to Texas

[Kroposki]

Pam,
	I am amazed at these comments from a R22 sailor.  R22 sailors
can launch and retrieve their own boats.  Don't tell me that you are
going to have a professional hauler take the boat down? 
Ed K                                    
R22
                                
-----Original Message-----
From: Pamela Trowbridge [mailto:rptrowbridge at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 10:10 PM
To: gulfcoast-list at sailnet.net
Subject: Re: [GulfCoast] Texas

Ray,

This is all most helpful.  Now I really do need to get
a chart!  Question:  are the marinas mostly on Clear
Lake (and then boats motor to the Bay) or are there
some on the Bay itself?  Do these marinas offer
launching/hauling and storing as the marinas in Maine
do? (The marina we have here does all the prelaunch
"stuff", launches, hauls and then winters over on jack
stands.  Since you don't have winter, and since that's
all I'm accustomed to, what happens there?  Are the
boats in the water year 'round? (wouldn't happen
here!)  What happens if owners leave for a few months?
 How do you prepare for hurricanes?  (Isabel and Juan
breathed on us, so I'm wondering.)  So much to learn.

Any help will be most welcome.  And thanks again.

Pam
--- Rayorr at aol.com wrote:
> Pam,
> 
> I sail out of one of the Clear Lake marinas and can
> add a bit to some of the 
> other replies to your post.
> 
> Nearly all sailing is done on the bay, but a some
> light sailing is seen on 
> the lake.  It is a bit shallow (3-5 ft in many
> places) so I don't venture out of 
> the channel with my 5ft draft.  The lake is a bit
> long, with several marinas 
> on both sides, north and south.  Marinas closer to
> the Bay have quick access 
> to the bay, and cost more than those farther to the
> West.  Where I am located, 
> in Marina Del Sol, it takes about 40 minutes to
> motor from dock out to the end 
> of the channel in the bay.  
> 
> Galveston Bay is a place with lots of weekend boats,
> and good breezes.  When 
> other areas of Houston have very light winds, there
> is usually always good 
> wind on the bay.  Most of the time you see 10-15
> kts, gusting to 15-20.  In the 
> winter, its frequently 15-18, gusting to 25.  
> 
> The East side of the bay is accessible to those with
> a shallow draft, mostly 
> because the spoils from dredging the ship channel
> create a very shallow ridge 
> along the channel.  I have hit it trying to cross,
> and discovered it to be 
> about 2-3 ft deep where I was.  There are a couple
> of places with openings so one 
> can cross the channel, but I have not yet navigated
> them successfully.  
> (Ouch.)
> 
> The East side of the upper Bay (around Clear Lake
> and Houston area) provides 
> for lots of good sailing.  It sometimes gets a bit
> crowded, so keeping a watch 
> all around is needed.  The biggest "hazard" to a
> leisurely cruise is the 
> fishing trawlers that drag nets in this same area. 
> During the season, there can 
> be a dozen or so that seem to roam randomly around
> the sailing waters and it 
> keeps one on your toes.
> 
> Hope to see you in the area.
> 
> Ray Orr
> s/v False Start, E-30
> Houston
> 


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