[Rhodes22-list] Rob on southeast coast chartering....CharlestonSpecific Sailing

[Bob Weber]

Bill. I have had luck going to www.asa.com and look for schools 
geographicly.  A lot of schools supplement income by renting out the 
training vessel.  Bob


>From: "Wickman, William E" <WEWickman at spectraenergy.com>
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>Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Rob on southeast coast 
>chartering....CharlestonSpecific Sailing
>Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:47:05 -0600
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>I may be going to Charleston in March and am thinking of taking my
>Rhodes with me.  Has anyone sailed Charleston Harbor area?  Can you
>recommend a launch ramp where I could leave a trailer for a couple of
>days?
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>Or.... If I don't take the Rhodes, does anyone know of any outfit that
>would rent a small sailboat for day sailing.  When I search the internet
>all I come up with is big boat charter companies.
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>Bill W.
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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Rob on southeast coast chartering
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>Rob,
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>   Stan used to say own a Rhodes22 and charter anything bigger.  I
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>investigated his approach on the Carolina coast.  Last year there was
>not a
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>company in the Charleston area that did chartering.  The year before, I
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>believe that it was in Washington, NC, there was/is a small company that
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>does chartering.  To start with they required either that you take their
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>course or if you really felt qualified, then you had to rent their boat
>and
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>their instructor for four hours and prove it (they called it challenging
>the
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>course) .  It was about $75 less than taking the course.  By the time
>you
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>spent the $400-500 you were qualified to rent their boats.  Then if you
>look
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>at the map where Washington is, it takes more that a day to sail to real
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>coast.  Now I think that I saw a company that was going to start
>chartering
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>in the Wilmington, NC area this year.  There it would be blue water
>sailing
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>after you wind your way out of the ICW channel where they are located.
>The
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>ICW in that area is a narrow ditch with a number of draw bridges.
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>       I believe in the last couple of years somebody from this list or
>maybe it
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>was on another list, took the course off the Florida coast.  At present
>I do
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>not remember the name of the school/charter outfit.  Whoever it was that
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>reported on the course said it was worth it.  It was a multiday course
>that
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>included navigation and coastal cruising.  After you took the course,
>you
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>could rent their boats.
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>             I have also inquired about chartering on Lake Champlain and
>she
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>was willing to rent me their 30 foot Hunter requiring only about a one
>hour
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>cruise around the bay.  She said she just wanted proof that you would be
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>able to get the boat back to the dock.  See:
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>http://www.windsofireland.net/rentals.htm
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>I just noticed that Vermont now requires proof of a boaters course.
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>Somewhere, I used to have a ASA basic keel boat certificate.  I guess I
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>should make an effort to find it.
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>       In summary, you may want to take the course with the charter
>outfit so that
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>they are happy with the paperwork.
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>Ed K
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>Greenville, SC, USA
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