[Rhodes22-list] Ed, Bob, Luis - Locales

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Dave,

With your sailing experience on the bay, you have a sense of coastal versus lake sailing, winds, tides, etc.  Lanier can be crowded on holiday weekends, for retired folks with open agenda, not such a challenge.  Winds nice, although not as consistant as a sea breeze.  Amenities fine, property costs higher on the shoreline obviously.  Access to major metro Atlanta benefits excellent.  Not a bad choice as a hub, whether your boat is in the water (waterfront property at the marina) or kept on the trailer (with mast stepped, ready to go).

I try to trail to Savannah/Brunswick as often as possible, actually keep a second boat there for convenience.  What an excellent venue for sailing, all the way up and down the coast.  Unlimited variety.

West has a few excellent guides on the GA/SC Coast.  It has been untouched by the storms that affected most coastal areas.

Art

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>From: DCLewis1 at aol.com
>Sent: Mar 7, 2006 8:54 PM
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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Ed, Bob, Luis - Locales
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>Ed,  Thanks for the Lake Thurmond lead, I?ll probably pass on that  though.  
>Living on a lake named after old Strom could give me pause.   Which raises an 
>issue I?d overlooked: will eclectic Yankees fit in different  parts of South 
>Carolina?  Could be interesting. 
> 
>Re sailing north of Amelia, the guy we spoke with about that (we were  
>actually in Brunswick Ga at the time) showed us the area you might be referring  to. 
> The area he highlighted was approximately elliptical; with channels in  and 
>out.  It looked more than wide enough to sail in, not just a  channel.  He 
>said small boats did sail that area, as I recall.  I  measured off the long axis 
>of the ellipse,  it was about 6 mi.  I  think that area may be the Cumberland 
>Sound, I?m looking at a different map now,  the original is still with the guy 
>in Brunswick.  There may be another area  you?re thinking of.  
> 
>Regarding the Amelia Island link in your post: I have to tell you we saw  the 
>public marina shown in your link, all the recreational boats in the water  
>were literally sitting on mud - I?m not exaggerating. Not a lot of water, at  
>least when the tides out.  Larger commercial/tourist boats  were  docked at the 
>end of piers that extended well off the shore, probably in a  dredged area.  
>There is also a private marina as you come on the  island,  the marina operator 
>told me it was a dredged area (I have nothing  against dredged areas, it just 
>suggests the area is intrinsically  shallow).  Also, with the private marina, 
>and probably the public marina,  you?ve got to navigate what appeared to me 
>to be a maze of channels to get to  open water.  
> 
>Bob, I followed up on your suggestion and touched base with Tom Scott,  thank 
>you for that lead.  His response was that PG/PC was indeed hit hard  with the 
>hurricane, that they are rebuilding (not yet rebuilt).  The  marina is 
>closed, ramps aren?t great, and the best shot at sailing is to have  
>waterfront/canal-back property.  Tom said there is a lot of good  sailing there.  
> 
>Luis, You likely hit the source of bias in our assessment of  
>Sarasota/Bradenton, we tried to stay close to the coast.  That?s pretty  much what we saw.
> 
>Dave
> 
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