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.

Thanks, Geoff
www.geoffschultz.org
geoff at geoffschultz dot org

Geoff,

In Baltimore Tidewater will haul and block. They just did this for the
Volvo boats, so they know what they are doing. Go to the Anchorage
Marina, then, and see Shadetree Canvas for that sort of work. They're
not cheap, but do fabulous work.

Jack

I wouldn't even bother with Tidewater Marina I'd just leave the boat in the
water at Anchorage Marina unless you need to do some bottom work.

Ric

In article ,
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.

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.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
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Jere Lull wrote:

In article ,
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.

Just to close the loop on this note that I started...I ended up in
Deltaville, VA at Dozier's Regatta Point Marina
(http://www.doziermarine.com/) and am quite happy with the facilities and the
availability of marine services. Jack Dozier, who publishes Dozier's
Waterway Guide and magazine owns and operates the marina. He's very hands on
and was there was July 4th to check us in.

The marina is relatively new. As a matter of a fact, the dock that we're on
was just constructed and they're still finishing it up. Unlike most of the
marinas in the area, they have floating docks which was important to me if
there was a tidal surge. I'm back in the Boston area and wouldn't be around
to adjust lines.

The marina has nice cruiser amenities. They have a courtesy car, 2 bikes,
the best marina WIFI that I've seen, a nice lounge area with a big TV with
DVD/VHS player and nice clean bathrooms. The whole area is very laid back
and eating out is cheap. We liked it a lot.

There's a large variety of canvas shops in the area. We're employing 3 of
them for all of the work that we need done. We're using Bay Canvas to redo
our salon in Ultrasuede; The Ship's Tailor to for a new bimini, bimini/dodger
insert and a jib cover; and Ullman's Sail Makers for a MackPack (Stack Pack)
main sail cover. They all seemed to do very nice work. We'll see when we
head down after Labor Day to cruise the Chesapeake. There's also a West
Marine and Boat US as well as vendors for every brand of equipment that you
can think of.

The Deltaville area has a ton of boats. I was quoted something like 4000 in
the immediate area. We've contracted with Schroeder Yacht's to haul the boat
in case of a hurricane. They're right next door and we have a spot reserved
in the yard and I feel very comfortable with them.

It's relatively shallow getting in there. We saw 7' at low tide.

If you have questions, drop me a line.

-- Geoff