[Rhodes22-list] R22 Delivery Options

[Mike Cheung]

You ought to be able to avoid 'blue water" by using the ICW. 

Mike C. s/v Muireann 93/08 R22


cowie wrote:
> 
> I plan to take delivery of a new R22 spring of 2009, am considering the
> following options.
> 
> 1. Buy a trailer, drive to  Edenton from Washington DC, pick up the boat
> and take it to Herrington Harbor in Deal Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay. 
> This is probably what most people do and would be fine if I had a place to
> keep a trailer.  I live in Washington DC and don't have any place to keep
> a trailer.  Herrington Harbor would be happy to store the trailer for me
> but over several years it would probably cost me as much to store the
> trailer as it would be to buy a new one.
> 
> 2. Have Stan deliver the boat to Herrington Harbor via one of his trailers
> including transportation.  Probably pretty costly.
> 
> 3. take possession in Edenton and sail the boat out of the Albermarle
> Sound, up the Chesapeake bay to Herrington Harbor.  Probably not a very
> safe option unless weather conditions are just right.  Has anyone actual
> taken possession of an R22 out of Edenton by sailing it out into the ocean
> and then home?  Is the inlet from the sound to the ocean and easy passage? 
> I have ocean sailing experience but it has been in a fixed keel boat
> significantly larger than an R22.
> 
> 4. Have stan trailer the boat to Chesapeake Virginia near Norfolk and sail
> up the Chesapeake Bay.  This option would limit the travel distance for
> Stan, eliminate an ocean passage.  
> 
> I would be interested in anyones input or ideas on these or any other
> delivery options.
> 
> Thanks
> 

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