On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:36:18 +0000, Larry wrote:

Why people spend half a year going to live in a ditch in Florida is even
a greater mystery. There's nothing in Florida to see from a boat unless
you love Real Estate!

Yes, Florida is terrible, especially in winter when folks in South
Carolina are scraping ice from their windshields. Awful place.

Wayne.B wrote in
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On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:36:18 +0000, Larry wrote:

Why people spend half a year going to live in a ditch in Florida is
even
a greater mystery. There's nothing in Florida to see from a boat
unless
you love Real Estate!

Yes, Florida is terrible, especially in winter when folks in South
Carolina are scraping ice from their windshields. Awful place.


As usual, you missed the point. There's no place to SAIL and not much of
a place to BOAT in Florida. An old 8-wide trailer in one of those little
parks for $1500 and $200/month in rent is a much better way to stay in
Florida than to motor for weeks down a ditch just to stay there. A
little 12' fishing boat with a 9 hp outboard is more suitable to Florida
waterways....At least it won't go aground in the middle of the "lake" or
ICW.

Larry
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On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:44:37 +0000, Larry wrote:

There's no place to SAIL and not much of
a place to BOAT in Florida.

You obviously haven't spent much time in Florida. We've been putting
several hundred hours a year on two different boats and there are
still places we haven't been yet.

Wayne.B wrote:

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:44:37 +0000, Larry wrote:

There's no place to SAIL and not much of
a place to BOAT in Florida.

You obviously haven't spent much time in Florida. We've been putting
several hundred hours a year on two different boats and there are
still places we haven't been yet.

My husband's opinion is the same as far as the sailing goes. There's
plenty of boating - for motor boats. Lots of places to go - for shoal
draft boats with no masts.

Although there is the Atlantic on the east - it isn't at all
sheltered, and the Gulf Stream does make it tricky sometimes, and
occasionally dangerous.

There are places we really like in Florida, and even a few places
where there is good sailing, but not like the Chesapeake.

Although it is better than Georgia.

isn't the Atlantic Ocean still close to Fla.?

SBV


"Larry" wrote in message
...
.. Awful place.


As usual, you missed the point. There's no place to SAIL
and not much of
a place to BOAT in Florida.

"Larry" wrote in message
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As usual, you missed the point. There's no place to SAIL and not much
of a place to BOAT in Florida.

On 2007-09-07 22:34:02 -0400, "Scotty" said:

isn't the Atlantic Ocean still close to Fla.?

SBV

Can you say *boring*? It's okay to use the Atlantic to get to somewhere
else, but that's voyaging, not cruising.

Here on the Chesapeake, we have dozens of *favorite* anchorages within
an easy weekend range, too many to visit in any one season. We've done
about a dozen weeks all told visiting *only* new anchorages, and still
have two two-week (minimum) trips to do to reach just the best of the
rest.

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Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
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"Jere Lull" wrote in

isn't the Atlantic Ocean still close to Fla.?

SBV

Can you say *boring*? It's okay to use the Atlantic to get
to somewhere
else, but that's voyaging, not cruising.

Here on the Chesapeake, we have dozens of *favorite*
anchorages within
an easy weekend range, too many to visit in any one
season. We've done
about a dozen weeks all told visiting *only* new
anchorages, and still
have two two-week (minimum) trips to do to reach just the
best of the
rest.


Well, yeah! Ever been to Broad creek ( off the Magothy)?

Scott Vernon
Seidelmann 295
Middle River, MD

On 2007-09-10 21:42:44 -0400, "Scotty" said:

Well, yeah! Ever been to Broad creek ( off the Magothy)?

Of course! Close enough for a day trip and we have friends from there
that come over to our side from time to time.

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Jere Lull
Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's new pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI pages: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

Jere Lull wrote in news:2007091020270316807-
jerelull@maccom:

Here on the Chesapeake, we have dozens of *favorite* anchorages within
an easy weekend range, too many to visit in any one season. We've done
about a dozen weeks all told visiting *only* new anchorages, and still
have two two-week (minimum) trips to do to reach just the best of the
rest.



Charleston is like that. There are hundreds of uninhabited islands to
explore, many with Atlantic beaches unspoiled by real estate tycoons and
developers because they simply can't get there...except for Dewees Island
which has a ferry just N of the Isle of Palms. North of that to
Georgetown, the Atlantic beachfront is simply VACANT! You can lay out on
a half mile of nice beach and be the only footprints, or you can go to
other places where only boaters can go.

A great day tour is the Cooper River-Tailrace Canal from Charleston to
Moncks Corner. We even took Dan's Hatteras 56 motor yacht up there for
the weekend, much to the dismay of the lock operator...(c; Your only
cost to use the lock is to tell the operator the name of your boat and
where you're from. We anchored the Hat off a little island in the lake
for the night and came back downriver into the salt...all flushed out I
might add...the next day. Before we did it, I made a mark on the hull
labeled "Salt". Once in the lake, I made another mark further up the
hull marked "Fresh". They were still there when he sold the boat...(c;
It's amazing how much better salt water floats a boat. Even the missing
fuel from the trip couldn't compensate for the difference in density.

Some guy on a nice deck boat came over and asked us if we were lost! I
said, "Isn't this the way to Georgetown?? We're headed to Boston." As
he was curious about the inside of the yacht and had a really NICE mess
of landlocked bass to share for lunch on the flybridge lounge, it was a
great day. We left the Hat on the deck boat to tour around some
shallower water to sightsee. Not all the great places are in the salt.

Going through the no-wake zone by the waterfront seafood restaurant at
Moncks Corner was also great fun. The Hat looked like a SHIP was going
by, compared to the normal runabout/jetski/pontoon boats they see. The
dock was too crowded with small boats to stop for lunch on Sunday or we'd
have tied her up and ate there. Some restaurant workers were taking a
smoke break on the dock and I asked them, "Can I use your
boatramp?"...hee hee...(c;

Larry
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You gotta drive the Hat slow by the docks. The wake might take out
someone's LIVING ROOM!

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:23:42 +0000, Larry wrote:

A great day tour is the Cooper River-Tailrace Canal from Charleston to
Moncks Corner. We even took Dan's Hatteras 56 motor yacht up there for
the weekend, much to the dismay of the lock operator...(c; Your only
cost to use the lock is to tell the operator the name of your boat and
where you're from.

Larry, I'm interested in making that trip up the Cooper River some
time.

Some questions: What is the northern limit for a boat drawing 5.5 ft
and with an air draft of 28 ft? Are there any bridges or locks with
restricted operating hours? Would it be a good place to hide out from
a coastal hurricane?

I can reduce the air draft to about 19 ft by dropping the mast but
that is a lot of effort.