[Rhodes22-list] R22 Delivery Options
Mike Cheung
mikecheung at att.net
Tue Jul 22 21:30:01 EDT 2008
You ought to be able to avoid 'blue water" by using the ICW.
Mike C. s/v Muireann 93/08 R22
cowie wrote:
>
> I plan to take delivery of a new R22 spring of 2009, am considering the
> following options.
>
> 1. Buy a trailer, drive to Edenton from Washington DC, pick up the boat
> and take it to Herrington Harbor in Deal Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay.
> This is probably what most people do and would be fine if I had a place to
> keep a trailer. I live in Washington DC and don't have any place to keep
> a trailer. Herrington Harbor would be happy to store the trailer for me
> but over several years it would probably cost me as much to store the
> trailer as it would be to buy a new one.
>
> 2. Have Stan deliver the boat to Herrington Harbor via one of his trailers
> including transportation. Probably pretty costly.
>
> 3. take possession in Edenton and sail the boat out of the Albermarle
> Sound, up the Chesapeake bay to Herrington Harbor. Probably not a very
> safe option unless weather conditions are just right. Has anyone actual
> taken possession of an R22 out of Edenton by sailing it out into the ocean
> and then home? Is the inlet from the sound to the ocean and easy passage?
> I have ocean sailing experience but it has been in a fixed keel boat
> significantly larger than an R22.
>
> 4. Have stan trailer the boat to Chesapeake Virginia near Norfolk and sail
> up the Chesapeake Bay. This option would limit the travel distance for
> Stan, eliminate an ocean passage.
>
> I would be interested in anyones input or ideas on these or any other
> delivery options.
>
> Thanks
>
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