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jerlim
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Initially Posted - 11/01/2010 : 18:10:46

We are considering a new location to tie-up...currently we drive about an hour, the new location is much closer, but certainly less comfortable - it will be a mooring, not a floating slip, few/poor amenities...I was wondering how long do most of us travel to get to our boats?

I know some are within minutes, whether from work or home and others a greater distance...How long do you travel to get to your boat?

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Jerry

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 11/01/2010 : 18:17:58

From home 15 min.
From work 1 hour, 20 min.

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 11/01/2010 : 18:26:18

From home, 30-45 minutes, depending on traffic, distance is about 22 miles.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 11/01/2010 : 18:28:51

From home it takes me about 45 minutes, from work about 25 minutes.

How far do you have to travel from the new location to get to where you can sail?

I moved to a different marina that was about 7 or 8 minutes closer to home just before Hurricane Ike came through. I stayed for 3 or 4 months after Ike. While 7 or 8 minutes closer by car it took an hour by boat to get to the bay vs 15 or 20 minutes from my old marina.

It was a very nice marina but didn't have much in the way of landscaping. Needless to say I moved back to my old marina with 3 pools, lush landscaping, and much friendlier people.

My 2 cents, stay with the slip, the amenities, and the ease of boarding.

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Stuff4Toys
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Response Posted - 11/01/2010 : 18:31:34

10 minutes from home - takes longer to get in the truck and back out to get there from work.

Yup we got lucky to find a spot on a canal just 5 minutes by outboard to open water.

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Chris Z
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Response Posted - 11/01/2010 : 18:49:25

I drive 55 minutes to my boat. Interesting that I moved from a mooring at a different lake that was very close, like 3 minutes. The mooring was okay if it was nice. One Sunday, we had heavy rains come in and I had to get it back on the mooring and dingy ride back to shore in the rain. Decided then to not do the mooring again.

The first time out from the dock, I realized how much time I saved being at the dock.

Also, you have to consider the social park of being at a dock. When we were at a mooring, it was strictly about going day sailing. Even when I am putting things away on the boat at the dock it is nice to have the conversation of our dock neighbors.

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 11/01/2010 : 19:03:33

I think your question should be: How long from your hose until you're sailing? I'd bet it'd be close after the dinghy ride to themooring, loading from a dinghy, etc.

My time from my driveway to hoisting sails in open water is about 1 hour 10-15 minutes. The time from my house to the marina is about 1 hour. +/-

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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 11/01/2010 : 19:06:50

I travel 3 - 3.5 hours, so there are no brief evening sails and we usually stay 2 - 3 days, sometimes longer. I am retired and do contract work on my schedule and Chris works part time, so we usually make the trek 2 - 3 times a month and I go alone some too. One place I frequently contract with is only about an hour from my marina, so I spend my weekends aboard then.

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 11/01/2010 : 20:00:11

I live 49 miles from the marina - takes 55 mins to get there (this is Texas, remember!)

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 11/01/2010 : 20:07:17

30 minutes from the house to the boat in its slip. Going sailing after work is a favorite time.

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 11/01/2010 : 21:05:05

I'm 5-10 minutes from work and about 35-40 minutes from home.

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two port feet
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Response Posted - 11/01/2010 : 21:25:55

I left my C25 in storage in Anacortes WA. To sail the San Juan Islands again next season, 13 1/2 hours driving time. I'm now thinking it was a mistake. If I find she all mildewy. clean up time could take a big bite out of our sailing time. Our other boats just 20 min. away.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 11/01/2010 : 21:59:38

It takes us about 40 minutes to get to our boat, about 20 miles away.

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jerlim
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Response Posted - 11/02/2010 : 05:06:07

John - interesting point about time from house to boat, not house to marina...I think I'll stay put for next season, given the extra hassles and constraints of a mooring vs. a dock.

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Patrice C25
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Response Posted - 11/02/2010 : 05:20:12

For us, it's a one hour drive to the marina.
We are at a dock, so brigning stuff in the boat is a lot simpler.

We could be at a closer marina, like 20 min less, but the sailing area is not as nice, so we rather drive a bit more, so we can enjoy the ride as soon as we leave the dock.

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Jack Schafer
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Response Posted - 11/02/2010 : 05:20:23

about a 3 min walk and I don't work.

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 11/02/2010 : 05:28:06

When I bought my house in 2008 the main criteria was distance from work and boat, so it's a mile to work and a mile and a half to Bamboo. It's awful nice

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 11/02/2010 : 06:36:47

From home: 35 seconds (walking slowly)... From work: ......what's that?? Then 35 minutes or so to get through the highway and railroad bridges and out to big water (satellite photo below--click for airplane view). But it's nice when I'm working on a project and realize I need a something that's "at home". I'm there.

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piseas
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Response Posted - 11/02/2010 : 11:12:39

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkpotter
 From home: 35 seconds (walking slowly)... From work: ......what's that??
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From home: less than 10 minutes (car drive doing speed limit)... From work: .... what's that? Well that pays my slip fees each month so I have a 10 minute drive to boat!

Steve A

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islander
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Response Posted - 11/02/2010 : 14:19:05

For us 20 min. But like stated above you have to consider the extra work/time involved in hauling things from the car to the tender then to the boat and reverse it all at the end of the day. Next is how close you are to sailing water from the new location. Also If its a tender service, What times do they run. They might not fit your schedule.

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 11/02/2010 : 16:29:01

It's 7 miles from my house to the marina, so it's 15 minutes depending on the lights.
Once at the marina, I walk to the boat slip with my stuff (supplies, food, drinks, equipment, etc) and people, but from there, it takes between 20 minutes (with the current) and 40 minutes (against the current) to get out of the river into LI Sound. From there I unfurl sails and go sailing.

I have to allocate at least 3-4 hours to do any sailing at all and more like six. If I leave the house at 10AM, I don't expect to be home much before 4pm (my wife says 6pm).

Last week and this week were my first encounters with a mooring. I don't like it much, but see how you could get used to it (especially if you have a nice dinghy and you can save money). I've tried floating finger docks which are a lot easier to manage than a ball.

Last week, I set the boat on the mooring, and locked it up, paddled back to shore, put the kayak away and was driving home when the light bulb went off! I left my cell phone on the boat. Took another hour to retrieve it. Very inconvenient.

The cost difference is very great - $3000 per season on the slip versus $400 a year on a ball. If you like to sail a lot you have to ask yourself - what's your time worth?

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JohnP
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Response Posted - 11/02/2010 : 16:30:02

From home, about 30 minutes. From work about 60-90 minutes, depending on Beltway traffic. Priorities !!!

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tinob
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Response Posted - 11/03/2010 : 07:06:49

From home to boat is two miles distance, walking takes about thirty minutes, biking about ten or so, and driving perhaps five minutes.
Val on Calista,#3936, Patchogue, N.Y.

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PCP777
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Response Posted - 11/03/2010 : 12:03:01

The marina is about the mid point between work and home, if I'm going straight there I can make it in 10 minutes or less from either work or home. Takes about 3 minutes to get out of the car and walk down the docks to my boat. Takes about 15 minutes to prep the boat (stow gear, ice down cooler, attach snatch blocks, undo main cover, start engine) and go out. Typically the wind comes from the south so as soon as I'm in the fairway I unroll the head sail and kill the engine. Once I'm out of the fairway I typically raise the main.

I'm afraid if it took much longer, I wouldn't go out half as much. To go home, I literally have to pass my marina on I-30. Pretty damned tempting.

As ChrisZ says, there's a nice little community here on the docks, lots of friends, we go hang out on each other's boats, help each other work on them etc. Heck, I'm flanked on either side by C-25 forum members. (We have four C-25's in a row and then my friend's C-27. We jokingly call it "Catalina City") All the sport boats and the guys I race with are right there on the same dock as well and at the end of the dock is the covered pavilion where everyone meets to eat and have a beer after the races.

I would never consider a mooring ball. I haul too much stuff in and out, my wife and I like to be able to walk to the restroom, pool or the night club, have people come back from the club etc. I'm too much the social sailor, so I'll pay the extra money.

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jbkayaker
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Response Posted - 11/03/2010 : 18:43:40

60 miles in 75 minutes to get to my boat dock on a 78 square mile lake. Could have a 45 minute drive to a smaller lake with no competitive racing to speak of. I'd rather drive farther for a better quality experience.

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Tom Gauntt
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Response Posted - 11/03/2010 : 20:28:21

I'm a ten minute drive from the house to the boat. It's about five minutes from the slip to the Chesapeake Bay. Our marina is full of great people, is very social, and has a great pool. With a wife and three kids, the slip fees are almost worth it just for the use of the pool! A mooring would be a lot cheaper, but having the comforts and security of a slip is worth the extra dollars.

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