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Oscar
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Response Posted - 03/31/2003 :  11:57:08  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
>are the two of y'all starting a new trend for C-250 owners? <

Nope, I'm actually a C42 owner, trapped in a 250WB, we're just having a minor glitch in the plan at the moment......(Continental Airlines)<img src=icon_smile_blackeye.gif border=0 align=middle> As soon as they nuke Saddam, and jet fuel goes down to 40 cents a gallon I'll be OK. Meanwhile, I'm enjoying the flexibility of trailering, and the fact that you can wax the thing in two hours.........

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 03/31/2003 :  21:09:23  Show Profile
I love looking down on the Chesapeake from an airliner, but hate it when it passes in 11 minutes! What a spectacular cruising area! (Just look at a map and drool!) When I die, I want to haunt a historic schooner in Oxford, MD on the Eastern Shore.

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 04/01/2003 :  09:44:10  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
Having only scraped the surface, I can confirm that one could spend a lifetime on the Chesapeake without getting bored. Its big enough to get a serious sail going.....but the shores are protected enough to go gunkholing and find an infinite supply of really protected anchorages, with uninhabited shores as a backdrop. Then there are lots and lots of towns and cities, quaint, quiet, or big and bustling. There are many many marinas that cater to every need......
There's always a selection of destinations from 4 to 40 hours away.........

Gues you can tell we like it there...

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 04/01/2003 :  11:29:42  Show Profile
It sounds like a perfect sailing venue, Oscar. But can you sail it year round...??? <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>
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Response Posted - 04/01/2003 :  16:35:05  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
Sure, provided you have three inches of insulation in the boat, a 30000 BTU heater, and Navy Seal issue survival suits for all on board...<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 04/01/2003 :  18:39:56  Show Profile
But let's see, Derek... How much sailing did you get in on your lake last year??

Generally, the Chesapeake is good sailing from early April through the end of November, but boats are out there on occasional nice days all winter. Rarely does it overflow or dry up... <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 04/02/2003 :  11:00:32  Show Profile
Good point Dave - we lost a whole TWO MONTHS when Canyon Lake flooded...but since the end of August we've been able to sail every week.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
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Ben
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Response Posted - 04/02/2003 :  15:41:53  Show Profile
Speaking of waiting two months, my docks will not be put in until at least June! I'm not happy about it. A local sailing club has been lobbying the State of Ohio for years to put in a sailboat-only marina on Alum Creek Reservoir, and finally the State signed off on it if we could come up with a certain amount of money for construction. The sailing club is going to own the facility, but lease the land from the State, if I understand it right. So anyway, we got the money just barely ahead of the deadline, but it took the State months to approve the construction documents. Now the Army Corps of Engineers has to approve it, which we're told will not be a problem, since the State finally okay'ed everything. But construction is expected to end in June, at the earliest! Ugh!



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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 04/02/2003 :  16:24:17  Show Profile
My club has floating docks with several anchors for our 130 boats. While each dock section is already made, we will put the docks in and assemble the various components on a Saterday morning and early afternoon. Not to mucky up the water, but that might be an option for y'awl. Even making the different dock components, which could probably be started before Corps approaval wouldn't take to long. Five or six crews of 3 or 4 guys could probably assemble our sections in maybe three or four weeks. Once you understand the procedure they go to gether fairly quickly. We repair and replace components periodically and that generally takes us one w/e day.

It's an idea.

Don Peet
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