Jere Lull wrote:

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Geoff Schultz wrote:

I'm looking for a marina in the Chesapeake where I can put BlueJacket for
hurricane season. BlueJacket is a 40' sailboat, 63.5' mast, 5.5' draft. We
will be pulling in around mid-July and will leave the boat there until late
fall when I'll move her to the Virgin Islands.

Marina ammenities aren't as important as security and safety should a
hurricane blow through. I need to have a lot of canvas/interior fabric work
done, so proximity to someone who does good work is important. I need to
have a new bimini made as well as a "Stack Pack" type of mainsail cover. My
salon cushions need to be re-covered in UltraSuede. Suggestions for this
would also be helpful.

Lastly I need to have the carbon fiber mast pulled, faired and repainted.

So, if you know of someplace that fits this bill, please let me know.

If a storm comes through, I'd prefer to be on the Eastern shore. If
you're really worried about it, park it up the Sassafras in Georgetown,
which is about as protected as it gets, though there was some damage
from high tides during Isabelle -- a hundred year event.

We had NO storm surge damage from Isabel, and the boats that were in
the yard were also protected from the wind. Our marina (Point Lookout
Marina on Smith Creek on the north side of the Potomac about an hour's
sail from the Bay) is in a kind of 'hole'. We were without
electricity for about a week, and there was no water available at the
marina because it was on a well with an electric pump.

I think they can pull a mast, and we had our bimini made down here,
but the person that made it was an automobile/motor boat person. He
did a good job, but we just had him copy the one we had. I don't
think he would have a clue about a Stack Pack. He might be able to do
the cushions. We would have done those ourselves if we wanted them
done.

If getting the work done is more important, I'd look into the marinas on
the Middle River, Baltimore. They're pretty safe, and dozens of great
anchorages are within 20 miles for when you're *not* working.