All:
We are taking possession of a Hunter 41DS next Spring. The boat is located on the hard in Rhode Island and I am moving it to Hampton Virginia next Spring.
I am a Chesapeake Bay sailor and am somewhat apprehensive about bringing the boat down to the mouth of the Chesapeake from Rhode Island.
I contacted a delivery captain service just to find out what would be involved in having them help bring the boat from Rhode Island to Virginia. His recommended plan was to essentially motor along the coast by staying in the Long Island sound, go down the East River in New York City, come down the Jersey coast, go up Delaware Bay across the canal and down the Chesapeake.
After realizing what a delivery captain's plan would be, I thought, heck, I would have no problem doing that with some sailing friends ourselves. (This instead of a straight shot from Newport Rhode Island to the mouth of the Chesapeake)
A part of me that says it's actually a lot safer to come down the coast including New Jersey and the Delmarva Peninsula rather than coming down the bay. My concern stems mostly from sailing down the Bay at night (if we do so) because there are so many things like crab pots that you can run into.
Any comments on these options would be greatly appreciated?
If I do this myself I will eventually need some advice for navigating the Long Island sound, the East River and along the Jersey coast. Growing up we used to sail Hobie's in the Great South Bay and off of the beaches on the South Shore of Long Island. That was a lifetime ago.
Thanks all.
We are taking possession of a Hunter 41DS next Spring. The boat is located on the hard in Rhode Island and I am moving it to Hampton Virginia next Spring.
I am a Chesapeake Bay sailor and am somewhat apprehensive about bringing the boat down to the mouth of the Chesapeake from Rhode Island.
I contacted a delivery captain service just to find out what would be involved in having them help bring the boat from Rhode Island to Virginia. His recommended plan was to essentially motor along the coast by staying in the Long Island sound, go down the East River in New York City, come down the Jersey coast, go up Delaware Bay across the canal and down the Chesapeake.
After realizing what a delivery captain's plan would be, I thought, heck, I would have no problem doing that with some sailing friends ourselves. (This instead of a straight shot from Newport Rhode Island to the mouth of the Chesapeake)
A part of me that says it's actually a lot safer to come down the coast including New Jersey and the Delmarva Peninsula rather than coming down the bay. My concern stems mostly from sailing down the Bay at night (if we do so) because there are so many things like crab pots that you can run into.
Any comments on these options would be greatly appreciated?
If I do this myself I will eventually need some advice for navigating the Long Island sound, the East River and along the Jersey coast. Growing up we used to sail Hobie's in the Great South Bay and off of the beaches on the South Shore of Long Island. That was a lifetime ago.
Thanks all.