Chesapeake boating/area question....
 

Ok. The wife and I have decided to sell our other home and buy/build a
place "around" the chesapeake. Problem is, I know NOTHING about the
chesapeake....never even been there. I'm picking it because it's close, yet
far enough away to feel like we are "away".

The ideal situation would be ground that I could purchase and maybe setup my
35' 5th wheel on until I built, but I'm not going to go through all that if
I can get a good deal on a house down there. I do NOT have to be "on the
water" but close enough to a dock/slip where I could keep my boat. I like
the area between the bay and delaware...I guess the "east" side most...that
way, we'd be close to the beach as well....

Anybody have any good suggestions to look? We are planning to take a ride
to that area and just drive around for 2 days and scope things out. I'd
like a place off the beaten path...small town close by, no telephone or
internet service either:-)

I'm looking at the area of Nanticoke river and north....Thoughts? Help?
Websites? Is there a GOOD boating map of the chesapeake I can download
somewhere?

I'm going to need some boating help as well....but that will come after I
buy one worthy of the mighty chesapeake:-) Right now I just have 3 jet
boats and a tritoon pontoon that I'll be selling.

Thanks
Don

mechtechlic sez:

-Anybody have any good suggestions to look? We are planning to take a ride
to that area and just drive around for 2 days and scope things out. I'd like a
place off the beaten path...small town close by, no telephone or internet
service either:-)-

Bilge- I think you're talking about Cambridge,Maryland. If you don't dig
Murrilyn's state tax scene, then there's the Virginia portion, which revolves
around the Norfolk/Hampton/Newport News "Tidewater". And as I understand it,
Delaware's taxes are lowest of all, although Delaware has it's own dang
bay...but it's just a hop through the C&D canal if you MUST float on the
Chesapeake.

I think you'll need more than two days to scope out the DelMarVa Peninsula.

-The ideal situation would be ground that I could purchase and maybe setup my
35' 5th wheel on until I built, but I'm not going to go through all that if I
can get a good deal on a house down there. I do NOT have to be "on the water"
but close enough to a dock/slip where I could keep my boat. I like the area
between the bay and delaware...I guess the "east" side most...that way, we'd be
close to the beach as well.-mechtechlic

Bilge-You can access all the realtors you need on the internet. Since I've no
clue where you live now, I can't tell you what would be a "good deal" for you.
I know that I'm agog at the reasonableness of realty down here in Hampton
Roads,(I live in metro DC).

If you really feel adventurous, sell your boats and buy a houseboat...tour the
place the way the colonists did...and in a craft not much smaller, for that
matter.

Regards




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M-Tech wrote:
Ok. The wife and I have decided to sell our other home and buy/build a
place "around" the chesapeake. Problem is, I know NOTHING about the
chesapeake....never even been there. I'm picking it because it's close, yet
far enough away to feel like we are "away".

The ideal situation would be ground that I could purchase and maybe setup my
35' 5th wheel on until I built, but I'm not going to go through all that if
I can get a good deal on a house down there. I do NOT have to be "on the
water" but close enough to a dock/slip where I could keep my boat. I like
the area between the bay and delaware...I guess the "east" side most...that
way, we'd be close to the beach as well....

Anybody have any good suggestions to look? We are planning to take a ride
to that area and just drive around for 2 days and scope things out. I'd
like a place off the beaten path...small town close by, no telephone or
internet service either:-)

I'm looking at the area of Nanticoke river and north....Thoughts? Help?
Websites? Is there a GOOD boating map of the chesapeake I can download
somewhere?

I'm going to need some boating help as well....but that will come after I
buy one worthy of the mighty chesapeake:-) Right now I just have 3 jet
boats and a tritoon pontoon that I'll be selling.

Thanks
Don



If you like a private, involved community, check out Chesapeake Isle,
located at the top of the bay. The town of North East is 10 miles up the
road. Private beach, moorings and boat ramp. The development, of less
then 300 homes is located in the middle of Elk Neck State Park.

http://www.chesapeakeisle.org

"Bilgeman" wrote in message
...

Bilge- I think you're talking about Cambridge,Maryland. If you don't dig
Murrilyn's state tax scene, then there's the Virginia portion, which
revolves
around the Norfolk/Hampton/Newport News "Tidewater". And as I understand
it,
Delaware's taxes are lowest of all, although Delaware has it's own dang
bay...but it's just a hop through the C&D canal if you MUST float on the
Chesapeake.

This is EXACTLY what I'm looking for....options. I never even considered
the delaware bay area.


I think you'll need more than two days to scope out the DelMarVa
Peninsula.

Well, I meant 2 days at a time. I'll be putting our other house on the
market right around Feb. It's a 2 story, 1600sq ft right on the
susquehanna....they've been going quickly around here for 130k. I should be
able to squeeze that a little harder since I'm on 2 acres with a private
concrete ramp/dock and a 2 story shop complete with elevator across the
drive.


-The ideal situation would be ground that I could purchase and maybe
setup my
35' 5th wheel on until I built, but I'm not going to go through all that
if I
can get a good deal on a house down there. I do NOT have to be "on the
water"
but close enough to a dock/slip where I could keep my boat. I like the
area
between the bay and delaware...I guess the "east" side most...that way,
we'd be
close to the beach as well.-mechtechlic

Bilge-You can access all the realtors you need on the internet. Since I've
no
clue where you live now, I can't tell you what would be a "good deal" for
you.
I know that I'm agog at the reasonableness of realty down here in Hampton
Roads,(I live in metro DC).

Harrisburg, PA. I don't want to contact realtors until I know where the
hell I want to go!!!

If you really feel adventurous, sell your boats and buy a houseboat...tour
the
place the way the colonists did...and in a craft not much smaller, for
that
matter.

That would be a little too adventurous for me at this point. I need to
LEARN a lot before a task such as that. I have a lot of river experience
and know about 16 miles of it like the back of my hand but I'd feel REAL
uncomfortable for the first 2 years out on the delaware/chesapeake bay!! I
need to find a person where we decide to buy that will take me under their
"oar" so to speak:-)

Great suggestions...thanks for your time.

Don

"JohnH" wrote in message
...
I keep my boat in Deale. If I had my way, I'd own a place down around
Solomon's
Island. The fishing is invariably better there than further north. What is
it
you want to do on the water? If cruising and visiting different ports is
your
bag, then there are many nice places to go in the mid-bay area, around
Annapolis.

I'll have to check Deale out on the map. I live in the harrisburg pa area
and of course, we don't want to go too far so I can shoot over there on a
friday afteroon and make it in like 3-4 hours. My main thing is cruising.
Sure, I'd prolly fish a little too but it's not my primary objective. I'd
love to get a displacement hull type boat with a diesel...or repower it with
a diesel. Something in the range of 30-35 feet. We'd like to sleep on it
occasionally. I don't know if such a thing exists. I'm a river rat, so to
speak. About 20 years on the Susquehanna. Totally GREEN to big boats....

If you need a map of the area that will be worthwhile, go to West Marine
and buy
a chart. It may take two or three to get from Baltimore down to Solomon's,
but
you'll definitely have the detail you want.

Ah, great idea....I found a couple on the internet as well..but they do not
seem very "complete".

Thanks!!
Don


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!

"John P Reber" wrote in message
...
M-Tech wrote:
Ok. The wife and I have decided to sell our other home and buy/build a
place "around" the chesapeake. Problem is, I know NOTHING about the
chesapeake....never even been there. I'm picking it because it's close,
yet far enough away to feel like we are "away".

The ideal situation would be ground that I could purchase and maybe setup
my 35' 5th wheel on until I built, but I'm not going to go through all
that if I can get a good deal on a house down there. I do NOT have to be
"on the water" but close enough to a dock/slip where I could keep my
boat. I like the area between the bay and delaware...I guess the "east"
side most...that way, we'd be close to the beach as well....

Anybody have any good suggestions to look? We are planning to take a
ride to that area and just drive around for 2 days and scope things out.
I'd like a place off the beaten path...small town close by, no telephone
or internet service either:-)

I'm looking at the area of Nanticoke river and north....Thoughts? Help?
Websites? Is there a GOOD boating map of the chesapeake I can download
somewhere?

I'm going to need some boating help as well....but that will come after I
buy one worthy of the mighty chesapeake:-) Right now I just have 3 jet
boats and a tritoon pontoon that I'll be selling.

Thanks
Don

If you like a private, involved community, check out Chesapeake Isle,
located at the top of the bay. The town of North East is 10 miles up the
road. Private beach, moorings and boat ramp. The development, of less then
300 homes is located in the middle of Elk Neck State Park.

http://www.chesapeakeisle.org

Great place. I'd surely consider it if I was ready to retire there. Right
now, I'm looking for something a little more "out in the open" so to speak.
Less "development" I guess I'm saying.

Thanks, we're still going to check it out!!

Don

mechtechllc:

-Great suggestions...thanks for your time.-

Bilge-Time, I have plenty of. I'm sitting on a ship moored at Newport News.
SS-DD, y'know?

Good luck on the house hunt. I wouldn't overlook the Atlantic coast of the
DelMarVa, either, Ocean City MD is fun in the summer, and there's lots of
sounds, bays and rivers you can fart about in your boat exploring.

Berlin,Maryland is a nice little town, and close to OC's restaurants galore.
Salisbury MD is the year-round big town on that end, and I s'pose it's okay, if
you don't mind the smell of the Perdue poultry plant in August...clears the
sinuses, good fer what ails ya.

I took the family on a weekender over the ChesBay Bridge Tunnel...far out.
Within 15 minutes you go from sleepy backwater farm country to urban
Norfolk/Virginia Beach.

And...I must pass this along for my deck colleagues...us heavies are in a
dredged channel all the way up and down the bay...vessel under power
constrained by draft, and all that Rules of the Road they chant at each
other....give us a break and keep clear of us in the channel, otherwise we all
have to lurn the "Tonnage Law of Navigation".

Who needs that?

Regards;


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"Bilgeman" wrote in message
...
mechtechllc:

-Great suggestions...thanks for your time.-

Bilge-Time, I have plenty of. I'm sitting on a ship moored at Newport
News.
SS-DD, y'know?

Good luck on the house hunt. I wouldn't overlook the Atlantic coast of the
DelMarVa, either, Ocean City MD is fun in the summer, and there's lots of
sounds, bays and rivers you can fart about in your boat exploring.

Berlin,Maryland is a nice little town, and close to OC's restaurants
galore.
Salisbury MD is the year-round big town on that end, and I s'pose it's
okay, if
you don't mind the smell of the Perdue poultry plant in August...clears
the
sinuses, good fer what ails ya.

I took the family on a weekender over the ChesBay Bridge Tunnel...far out.
Within 15 minutes you go from sleepy backwater farm country to urban
Norfolk/Virginia Beach.

And...I must pass this along for my deck colleagues...us heavies are in a
dredged channel all the way up and down the bay...vessel under power
constrained by draft, and all that Rules of the Road they chant at each
other....give us a break and keep clear of us in the channel, otherwise we
all
have to lurn the "Tonnage Law of Navigation".


My favorite is when you see a 21' day sailer crossing the path of an 800'
container ship that is headed up the bay to Baltimore. Who has the right
away all of the way to the bottom of the bay?

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
M-Tech wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
...
I keep my boat in Deale. If I had my way, I'd own a place down around
Solomon's
Island. The fishing is invariably better there than further north. What
is
it
you want to do on the water? If cruising and visiting different ports is
your
bag, then there are many nice places to go in the mid-bay area, around
Annapolis.

I'll have to check Deale out on the map. I live in the harrisburg pa
area
and of course, we don't want to go too far so I can shoot over there on a
friday afteroon and make it in like 3-4 hours. My main thing is
cruising.
Sure, I'd prolly fish a little too but it's not my primary objective.
I'd
love to get a displacement hull type boat with a diesel...or repower it
with
a diesel. Something in the range of 30-35 feet. We'd like to sleep on
it
occasionally. I don't know if such a thing exists. I'm a river rat, so
to
speak. About 20 years on the Susquehanna. Totally GREEN to big
boats....


Deale is a charming, dumpy little town. You'll find the price of housing
there interesting.

Dumpy and charming can be attractive at this time of the real estate market!

screw asks:

-My favorite is when you see a 21' day sailer crossing the path of an 800'
container ship that is headed up the bay to Baltimore. Who has the right away
all of the way to the bottom of the bay?-

Bilge-Depends on what ya mean by "bottom of the bay" don't it? (g)

I took the Wright out on an exercise back in 2000, and the Chief Mate and I
were hanging out on the bow to release the brakes on the anchor windlasses, if
needed...the "emergency brakes", so to speak.

While we're shootin' the breeze in the Bremerton Channel(?), I remarked to him
that he should be glad he wasn't on watch and checking the DARPA radars.

He asked me why, and I pointed out that it was a clear summer Sunday morning,
with a steady 10-15 knot wind from the northwest, and ascertained that he'd
never sailed past Annapolis under these circumstances.

Sho' 'nuff, the Bay Bridge heaves into view, and I directed his attention to
the veritable infestation of sails just visible beneath the spans.

I asked him what THAT target would look like on the radar plot. He chuckled
ruefully and admitted that he really did prefer "emergency brake" duty.

Regards;


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