[Rhodes22-list] R22 Delivery Options

[cowie]

Thanks Mike, I will check out the ICW options.  by the way your new old R22
looks pretty nice.

Mike Cheung wrote:
> 
> 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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