Rosalie, great information. The type of detail that allows one to begin
to figure things out.

I usually only have about a week. Driving from Vermont is likely to eat
2 to 4 days. So even if we go for two weeks, we'd need to boogy some if
we want to see Baltimore/Annapolis on the same trip. Hence the urgency.

But I will check out the spots you note and listen to other suggestions
and see if I can figure out something that works.

Thanks again.

harlan

In article ,
Rosalie B. wrote:

Harlan Lachman wrote:


BTW, do either of you know how long a ride it is from Point Lookout and
whether there are speed limitations? 70 - 100 miles is not long at 25-35
mph. At 10 mph it gets old fast.

If you put in at the Little Wicomico (Smith Point) and went all the
way to Georgetown (past Gangplank Marina) it would be around 108
nautical miles. That would be about 125 statute miles so would take
about 4 hours at 30 mph.

If you put in somewhere in Northern VA, or southern MD, it will be
correspondingly less. I don't know about speed limitations - there
aren't many out in the river on the lower Potomac.

But why do it all in one day? Why not stop at Colonial Beach or
someplace like that on the way up, and somewhere like Smallwood State
Park on the way back?

I'd get the ADC map of the Chesapeake. It has most of the marinas and
their locations facilities and phone numbers in addition to the charts
for everywhere on the bay.


In article ,
JohnH wrote:

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 12:07:37 -0400, Harlan Lachman
wrote:

In article ,
Rosalie B. wrote:

And of course in a small power
boat, one could get all the way up the Potomac to D.C.

How small. Ours is just under 25 feet.

harlan

A 25'er should have no trouble getting up to Georgetown, and even a
little further. The bridges won't be a problem. North of Georgetown
the water gets pretty shallow in places and not all the rocks are
marked on the charts.

The ride from Point Lookout up the Potomac to DC is a pretty long one,
but the views in and around DC are well worth it. The Potomac is a
beautiful river.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

There are 10 kinds of people in the world,
those who can do binary and those who can't!

grandma Rosalie

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Harlan Lachman wrote:

Rosalie, great information. The type of detail that allows one to begin
to figure things out.

I usually only have about a week. Driving from Vermont is likely to eat
2 to 4 days. So even if we go for two weeks, we'd need to boogy some if
we want to see Baltimore/Annapolis on the same trip. Hence the urgency.

But I will check out the spots you note and listen to other suggestions
and see if I can figure out something that works.

I could usually make it from RI where I used to live to Baltimore
where my parents lived in one day driving a car. So I think 2 days
would be plenty.

I'd make the Potomac and the upper/mid bay (Baltimore/Annapolis) into
two different trips, and I would want to have alternate plans
depending on the weather. The Potomac and the Bay can be really nasty
in bad weather.

You do not want to be driving up the Potomac against a strong NW wind.
(note - there is current in the Potomac too), nor do you want to be
going north in the bay against a north wind or south in the bay
against a south wind. You get short square waves when the wind
opposes the tide and there is a long fetch.

So you might want to drive down (you could stay at Schiebles motel for
the night) and put the boat in near there, and then go up via Mt.
Vernon to DC, stay in DC another day to sightsee and then come back
and stay in Colonial Beach and then back to the Pt. Lookout area and
drive home. That would be doable in a week with two weekends on each
end.

You could also put the boat in on the upper somewhere like Rock Hall,
and go over to Baltimore, down to Annapolis and then back to Rock
Hall. Getting to Rock Hall by car ought to be quicker than to
southern MD..

grandma Rosalie