[C320-list] Wintering South vs drydock North

[Dennis Harris]

While the Carolinas and Florida are good places to winter, given the 
distance you would travel (and assuming that you have limited time to make 
the annual north south trek each year), consider the Annapolis/Chesapeake 
area.  When my son was at Edgewater/South River, lots of boats , including 
his, remainded in the water.  Lots of others pulled out for the winter, but 
those that remained didn't seem to have any ill effects.....maybe those 
living in that area could add comment.

Dennis Harris C320  #694

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Seastream" <robert.seastream at comcast.net>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 2:56 PM
Subject: [C320-list] Wintering South vs drydock North


> 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