[Rhodes22-list] Early Spring Chesapeake cruising?

[Mike Cheung]

Actually, something like that is an option.  It's about a 12 h drive for us
to get to the Rhodes factory from home.  Driving down there and launching
from the factory ramp or the Edenton town ramp (I thought I saw one the last
time we were there) is an option.  With an early start we could do it in a
longish day and have Muireann anchored near Edenton or tied up at their nice
little harbor before dark.

If we were to rent a boat, we'd probably go all the way to the Gulf to do
it.  It's only about a 6 h flight in the Mooney to Punta Gorda with a stop
near Columbia, SC.  I can make in just over 5 h w/o the stop, but the
Admiral wouldn't go for that.

Mike Cheung, s/v Muireann



cowie wrote:
> 
> Mike:
> 
> I drove from DC to Edenton April 17 2008, five hour drive, stayed
> overnight at Stans not so Hilton Friday night and then took one of his R22
> boats out from his dock for an overnight Saturday Sunday sail.  The
> weather in Edenton was much warmer than in DC and I had a nice warm summer
> like day Saturday and a bad rain squal on Sunday.  It was a great weekend
> and solidified my decision to become a new owner this year.  Maybe a trip
> to Edenton to sail one of Stan's boats is an option?
> 
> 
> 
> Mike Cheung wrote:
>> 
>> We're exploring options for Spring Break (mid March) and wondered if that
>> was too early to think of a road trip from Ohio to cruise the Chesapeake
>> for a few days.  That would be the easiest East Coast water for us to
>> reach (and the most northern we'd think about for that time of year). 
>> Any thoughts, recommendations, etc from you East Coasters?  Plan B would
>> probably be the Albemarle or Pamlico Sounds, but they're about twice the
>> drive time for us.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Mike Cheung
>> s/v Muireann 1993/2008 Rhodes 22
>> 
> 
> 

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