[Rhodes22-list] Rob on southeast coast chartering....Charleston Specific Sailing

[Wickman, William E]

I may be going to Charleston in March and am thinking of taking my
Rhodes with me.  Has anyone sailed Charleston Harbor area?  Can you
recommend a launch ramp where I could leave a trailer for a couple of
days?

 

Or.... If I don't take the Rhodes, does anyone know of any outfit that
would rent a small sailboat for day sailing.  When I search the internet
all I come up with is big boat charter companies.

 

Bill W.

 

 

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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Tootle
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 5:50 PM
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Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Rob on southeast coast chartering

 

 

Rob,

  Stan used to say own a Rhodes22 and charter anything bigger.  I

investigated his approach on the Carolina coast.  Last year there was
not a

company in the Charleston area that did chartering.  The year before, I

believe that it was in Washington, NC, there was/is a small company that

does chartering.  To start with they required either that you take their

course or if you really felt qualified, then you had to rent their boat
and

their instructor for four hours and prove it (they called it challenging
the

course) .  It was about $75 less than taking the course.  By the time
you

spent the $400-500 you were qualified to rent their boats.  Then if you
look

at the map where Washington is, it takes more that a day to sail to real

coast.  Now I think that I saw a company that was going to start
chartering

in the Wilmington, NC area this year.  There it would be blue water
sailing

after you wind your way out of the ICW channel where they are located.
The

ICW in that area is a narrow ditch with a number of draw bridges.  

      I believe in the last couple of years somebody from this list or
maybe it

was on another list, took the course off the Florida coast.  At present
I do

not remember the name of the school/charter outfit.  Whoever it was that

reported on the course said it was worth it.  It was a multiday course
that

included navigation and coastal cruising.  After you took the course,
you

could rent their boats.  

            I have also inquired about chartering on Lake Champlain and
she

was willing to rent me their 30 foot Hunter requiring only about a one
hour

cruise around the bay.  She said she just wanted proof that you would be

able to get the boat back to the dock.  See:

http://www.windsofireland.net/rentals.htm 

I just noticed that Vermont now requires proof of a boaters course. 

Somewhere, I used to have a ASA basic keel boat certificate.  I guess I

should make an effort to find it.  

      In summary, you may want to take the course with the charter
outfit so that

they are happy with the paperwork.  

 

Ed K

Greenville, SC, USA

      

 

 

 

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