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[Rob Granger]

Austin

That makes sense.  I'm a teacher so I have the opposite constrictions on my
time.  My winters are booked and I have more flexibility in the summer
months.

So the Albemarle and Pamlico are my stomping grounds and I do one or two
Chesapeake trips/year... just because they are close enough for a three day
weekender.

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 7:13 AM, Goodness <spreadgoodnews at gmail.com> wrote:

> I live close to st augustine florida near the st john's river.  Winter
> sailing here is superb!  For cruising however i would still look at tekfoil
> hull insulation and a cabin heater. Nights can be cold.  The st johns
> "flows" from orlando north to jacksonville and goes to sea.  The keys via
> water is available via intracoastal on the east or a short drive to cedar
> key to launch then down the west coast along the nature coast,tampa,sanibel
> etc.
>
>
>
> On Feb 14, 2012, at 9:00 PM, Austin Carter <acarter250 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > No doubt, the chesapeake has plenty to offer and if I wanted to see it
> all
> > I probably couldn't even do it in a summer. I own a landscaping company
> so
> > summer time is hard to get, at least for extended periods. However, the
> > winter, other than snow plowing can be empty. So that's why I chose to go
> > to the keys. It's a possibilty that next summr I'll take a few trips to
> the
> > chesapeake, but this summer's budget is going to be limited to make the
> > winter trip happen.
> >
> > Austin
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Rob Granger <rgranger at sbc.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> Oh well  :-(
> >>
> >> The ICW idea sounds nice.   I've not yet done that... and I also dream
> of
> >> doing the keys someday.  I have family in Louisiana so my plan is to
> leave
> >> the truck and trailer at a cousin's house..maybe start in the Vermillion
> >> Bay... but right now it is still a ways off... until then  I have sailed
> >> the Chesapeake bay, Albemarle and Pamlico sounds a good deal.  AND LOVE
> >> IT!!!  You could easily make an entire summer out of the Chesapeake bay,
> >> and if you get wander lust you can ICW to the Albemarle/Pamlico sounds
> and
> >> spend another summer there and hit the outer banks... and never get to
> >> Florida...  at least not yet  :-)
> >>
> >> Fair winds and if you ever hit the Albemarle or Pamlico let me know and
> >> maybe we can raft up some time.
> >>
> >> ... the other Rob
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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Dr. Robert Granger
Department of Chemistry
Sweet Briar College
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