[Rhodes22-list] New here - intro and some questions

[Mary Lou Troy]

For anyone considering a Rhodes and wondering about trailering vs 
keeping the boat in a slip or on a mooring, Greg's mention of the 
stored boats brings to mind another option often called dry-sailing 
or dry-lease. We did this for a couple of years and it is a more 
affordable way than a slip to keep your boat ready to sail. Basically 
you find a place with a ramp that has storage space that allows you 
to keep the boat on the trailer with the mast up and the boat rigged 
and ready to go. It's generally a lot cheaper than a slip. When you 
want to sail, you load up the boat, hitch it up and launch it and 
away you go. Bowley's Marina on the Middle River (north of Baltimore 
(south of Aberdeen) has facilities for this. I think we paid about a 
third of the price of a slip and we had access to the pool (for a 
very small fee) and all the other facilities of the marina. It was a 
great arrangement but we finally decided we would rather be on the 
Eastern Shore. We looked but couldn't find a similar arrangement over 
here so we ended up keeping the boat in a slip.

Best,
Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD



At 06:26 PM 11/14/2010, you wrote:

>Mike
>My boat is right by the Turkey Point Lighthouse. There is a great boat ramp
>that was just re-done called Rogues Harbor. It puts you right at the
>lighthouse where the Elk and Northeast Rivers meet:
>http://www.dnr.state.md.us/boating/pdfs/BoatingAccessInformationCecil6.pdf
>http://www.dnr.state.md.us/boating/pdfs/BoatingAccessInformationCecil6.pdf
>
>My boat is moored right there from may until October about 60 yards out. I
>have a dinghy or just walk out. After the story of the 8' Bull Shark in the
>Potomac we started to use the dinghy more.lol
>
>There was an ad on craigslist from a guy with land that stored boats right
>by a ramp for $200/season. I would have done that if it wasn't for the
>mooring.
>
>
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