How far do you drive to use your boat?

[Mormandeus]

A minute walk or 20 second drive(if the cooler is too full), a few strokes of the paddle in the canoe and I am there. Hoist sail, cast off, sail toal time front door to full sail -10 to 15 minutes.

 

[Sailgunner]

Zero. My boat is on a canal in my backyard.

 

[Ed Schenck]

When the boat was in Florida, fifteen minutes. But it was over 30 to open water. Back in Ohio it is an 80 minute drive but less than ten minutes to open water. Well there is the Highlander, only 40 minutes. Open water is 50 feet.
Forecast tomorrow? "N at 3".

 

[Mark Juetten]

4 hr. and 15 min. Length of drive from the Twin Cties, keeps the uncommited at home.

 

[Scott B]

900 miles, Muskoka Ontario to Oriental NC I win !

You're in Midland? which is 2 min. to my boat and you drive 900 miles to NC? I guess the drive is worth being able to use it more than 4 months per year.

 

[Doug/Karen]

Two hours,135 miles, half Interstate and half country two-lanes.

 

[Dan Johnson]

52 miles typically takes me an hour and a quarter. I try to go down to the boat every weekend possible, and then some weekdays if I can. Heading down today for three days of sailing. Wo! Wo!

 

[MarineMonster]

31.5 miles or 45 minutes on a good day; if I leave Friday at 2-3pm it will take me 1.5hr. We spend every weekend from Friday - Sunday on the boat. It is worth every minute I spend in the horrible Houston traffic getting there.

 

[Happy Dolphin]

1.5 miles by bike or car? 1/2 mile from dock to raising sails... Gibraltar, Michigan and Lake Erie - A Wonderful place to play!
Pure Michigan - I sound like a commercial!

 

[dkdoyle]

Drive about 30 minutes

 

[Dan Hill]

25 miles, 30-45 minutes, depending on if i leave early to beat rush hour

 

[njsail]

From 1 1/2 to 2 hours each direction depending on traffic so it's preferable to just live on the boat. It's worth every minute. The payback is many fold. Of course my preference is to just stay on the boat and no need to drive at all. On some summer weekend it could be a 3 hour drive home.

 

[Lost Parent]

Mine is a 1 1/2 hr plane ride about 700 miles from Calgary Alberta to Victoria BC

 

[rgtet]

About 8 minutes....or 6 miles. If I have to wait at a traffic circle, it becomes 9 minutes.

 

[Steve W]

About an hour from Manhattan to Oyster Bay, depending on traffic.

 

[Richard Bryer]

About 8 min by car in good traffic, 30 min by bike, up to an hour if they are having one of summer's many Walks for XX, parades, the Molson/Honda Indy, Carribana, etc etc grumble grumble

 

[inarathree]

5 minutes... 7 minutes if I get stopped at the light.

 

[BrianH]

45 miles, 45 minutes on the interstate. Less then 1/2 mile from dock to sails up!!

 

[Joe Mullee]

70 miles usually takes me 1 hour & 20 minutes around the DC beltway from Northern Virginia into Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay. The slip is 5 minutes to open water and I go at least once a week all year long including the winters. Been making the drive since 2001 and as I tell my wife "I'm already there as soon as I start backing down the driveway".

 

[rfrye1]

390 miles. Phoenix to San Diego. Desert to paradise. Worth every mile!