[Rhodes22-list] 1st Sail of the Season

[Mary Lou Troy]

Mike,
The Kent Island ramps are all county ramps. Here's the Queen Anne's 
Cty brochure
http://www.parksnrec.org/images/stories/art2008/QA-FINAL_Boat_Ramp09_Brochure.pdf

Info is available from the MD DNR on all the public ramps in the 
state. Try this link. The listings will tell you who operates the 
ramp and collects the fees.
http://mddnr.chesapeakebay.net/fish/state2.html This list does not 
include ramps operated by marinas.

You'll have to find out about overnight parking from the entity 
operating the ramp. I know most of the Kent County (not Kent Island) 
ramps where I live do not allow overnight parking but some of them 
have marinas right next door where you could make arrangements.

An additional source of information is Maryland Cruising Guide, a 
chartbook published by Williams and Heinz.
http://www.whmap.com/cruise.html
In addition to good reproductions of the NOAA charts for the Maryland 
portion of the Bay it has listings of marinas with their services. 
That list indicates if the marina has a ramp. It also has a distance 
table which is great for planning a cruise.

If you don't need the charts, similar info is available in the Guide 
to Cruising the Chesapeake Bay published by Chesapeake Bay Magazine 
which has good descriptions of popular destinations:
http://www.chesapeakeboating.net  (it's a choice on the right hand side)

Mary Lou
1991 R22  Fretless
Rock Hall, MD  (Kent County)



At 02:16 PM 3/23/2009, you wrote:

>Lee,
>
>Parking sticker?  From Maryland DNR I presume?  Hope I can get that from
>them by mail.
>
>Yeah, guess it's fair to be jealous ... looking forward to a few days on the
>water.
>
>Mike
>
>
>Leland wrote:
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > It depends on where you want to cruise.  I've never been to the marina at
> > Sandy Point but the park is huge, parking probably isnt an issue, and you
> > get immediate access to the Chesapeake right next to the Bay Bridge.
> >
> > Parking isn't an issue at the county ramps at Kent Narrows, Shipping
> > Creek, or Crab Alley.  Not that anywhere is dangerous, but you'll probably
> > feel more comfortable leaving your car at Kent Narrows and it has more
> > parking and two ramps.  Don't forget to get a parking sticker--you'll
> > probably want your car when you get back.  If you're motoring, it's over
> > two hours to get to the Chesapeake from all three ramps.  Not bad
> > locations if you're going north to Rock Hall or south to St. Michaels or
> > Oxford.
> >
> > I'm jealous.
> >
> > Lee
> >
>
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