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[Austin Carter]

Haha, creative thinking. Only problem is I'm about 1200 miles away from
maimi, FL, I"m in PA roughly $500-$600 in fuel to get there one way I
figure. So that is prolly not a realistic option, however I could see it
working if I was closer. My original idea was to launch in the cheasapeake
and sail the ICW down to the keys, which is only abot 2 1/2 hours from
home. But I would only have a few weeks in the keys, and it just seems more
simple and fun to start and end the trip in FL.

Austin

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Rob Granger <rgranger at sbc.edu> wrote:

> Hi Austin
>
> How far would you be driving to launch?  I'm wondering if you couldn't hire
> some teenaged kid to ride down with you, bring your truck and trailer back
> home and pay him to be on call to come fetch you?  You could probably pull
> that off for a few hundred bucks and a pizza.  Or you launch, pay transient
> slip fees (usually $1.50/day/foot) while you drive the truck home and fly
> back or rent a car one way back.  Then reverse the process when you return?
>
> Now that I think on this more... the one way car rental idea would leave
> you the option of starting and ending your cruise in a different location,
> (WHAT!?)  ...
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Austin Carter <acarter250 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Good question, I haven't gotten that far into planning yet, but I have
> been
> > thinking about it. Right now I'm getting together all the places I would
> > like to see and things I want to do when I'm down there. Interesting
> state
> > parks, museums, islands, etc. The dry tortugus is a must on my list,
> > weather permitting.
> >
> > I'm going to be pretty flexable on my launch site, because it's simply a
> > sailing trip, so if I'm further from the keys I'll just have to sail
> > further :-) no big deal. But as you said, finding somewhere secure to
> keep
> > my truck and trailer for 2+/- months is going to be interesting without
> > paying a fortune. Hopefully I can find a marina that will let me launch
> and
> > store my truck for a resonable price. Or a though was a storage facility
> > nearby a marina, but I think they are going to want to charge by the
> month.
> > I don't want to have to pay for 3 months if my truck's there for 2 months
> > and 1 day, and I don't wanna have to rush back before my time is up
> either.
> > We'll see, that will be a good rainy day project.
> >
> > Austin
> >
> >
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