To Get a Sailboat, or Not... That is the question.

[Kings Gambit]

Thanks again everyone. Not many clubs here since we are on the Potomac River. If we were on the Chesapeake it would be a different story. I called around this week and wet slips in the area go from $1500-$2000/yr. That seems to be the norm for Northern Virginia. Of course the cheaper one is on the far side of a RR bridge that I'd have to lower the mast to pass under!

That's only about $6.5/ft/mo. That's a deal. Buy the boat; get the slip for the summer; try it out! Reduce the hassle factor to a minimum. What's worse, a boat you bought sitting in your yard depreciating day by day and having little or no fun with it after a while, or having it in a slip and having fun with it? Sailing on your own boat is the highest quality fun. In my opinion it's worth every dime I've spent on it.

 

[teebutch]

Have u tried Herrington harbor south in deale, M.D. years ago that is where I kept my boat. Great sailing area.

 

[DAVA390]

First summer we had our 18 ft boat, trailering and rigging every trip :8 trips out (I keep my float plans and count `em)
Next summer, boat rigged on the trailer in the marina: 26 trips.
Makes weeknight after work dinner runs possible, coming back in moonlight was awesome!