[C320-list] Wintering South vs drydock North

[Jack McDonough]

Bob:

I've never done it, so I'm no expert, but I think the transit time to the 
Carolinas would be longer than you might imagine. And you'd have to do it 
twice a year. A number of fellow club members sail south each year to 
Florida or the Bahamas, and each segment of the passage often involves 
delays because of weather or maintenance problems. But I suppose you've 
already taken this into consideration.

jack
sure bet  #947







----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Burti" <clburti at gmail.com>
To: <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Wintering South vs drydock North


> $1100 would get you a slip with electricty and water in this part of the
> Carolinas and some sixty+ degrees sailing if you can leave on short notice
> to take advantage of the weather windows.
>
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Robert Seastream <
> robert.seastream at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> All:
>>
>> My wife and I discussed the following today:  Rather than drydocking our
>> 320 during the New England winters, why not lease a mooring anywhere 
>> south
>> enough (Carolinas, etc.?) where it's warm enough to remain in the water 
>> over
>> our winter, reversing the process for the NE summer?  We'd fly down to 
>> the
>> boat a couple of weeks each winter and enjoy her, rather than have her 
>> sit
>> on the hard up here.  Up here, our mooring leasing fee is ~$1200/season;
>> drydock fee is ~$1100.  If we could secure a southern mooring at similar
>> cost, why not?  There are a few other issues (vessel health, welfare, &
>> security, etc.) that would have to be addressed, but we don't think 
>> they're
>> insurmountable.  Has anyone else on list ever done this or considered it?
>>
>> Bob Seastream
>> Intuition # 906
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Chris Burti Farmville, NC