| Title: | SAILING |
| Notice: | Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference |
| Moderator: | UNIFIX::BERENS |
| Created: | Wed Jul 01 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2299 |
| Total number of notes: | 20724 |
I'm trying to organize a last minute charter on the Cape, or perhaps
Rhode Island, for a long weekend this weekend was wondering if anyone
had any helpful tips to offer in finding a boat. I'm looking for
something around 30 ft. which would be comfortable for 4 people for 3-4
days and is well enough equipped to go out to Nantucket or Block
Island.
I thought I had a C&C 32 in Marion lined up through Cape Yacht
Charters, but that has fallen through (gory details in another note for
anyone interested). I've also talked to East Passage Charters in
Portsmouth, RI, but they didn't have anything appropriate available. I
just got a reference for Cape Water Sports in Harwichport, but haven't
talked to them yet.
Can anyone recommend other charter companies on the Cape or in Rhode
Island who might be helpful? How about other ways to get a line on
charter boats (yacht clubs, publications, etc)?
Any opinions on which of the following itineraries is best:
Newport (area) to Block Island
Newport to Elizabeth Islands
Newport to Martha's Vineyard
Cape/Buzzard's Bay to Martha's Vineyard and/or Nantucket
Because the weather is little bit more "iffy" this time of year and
because I expected boats to be more freely available than in high
season, I was trying not to organize this too far in advance. After
doing some initial checks on availability last week, I asked on Tuesday
to reserve a boat when it looked like there was a reasonable chance
that weather would be acceptable this weekend. Is this an unreasonable
thing to try and do? Do I really need to just pick time and hope for
the best with the weather?
If things aren't going to work for this weekend, I may try for next
weekend instead. Another possibility though is to look for someplace
that is still renting daysailers. Anyone have good recommendations for
places that rent daysailers (preferably with a performance bent) in the
same areas?
Tom
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| 2086.1 | Little Boats/ Hope they Floats | MILKWY::WAGNER | Scott | Thu Sep 23 1993 12:21 | 18 |
There are daysailors for rent in Edgartown that looked clean-
Didn't see any in the Pond at Block, tho that would be a ball- and
safe-
Several different models for rent in PTown-
Saw a rental J-22 in Newport-
Chartering: make it seaworthy for storms!! Do the charterers
include safety stuff like cannister rafts, harnesses, flares?
Not trying to be the voice of doom, just been thru a N'Easter or 2-
Have fun! Thie is a GREAT time of year!
Scott
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| 2086.2 | BGSDEV::MORRIS | Tom Morris - Multimedia Engineering | Mon Sep 27 1993 18:31 | 30 | |
After a bit of scrambling, I lined up another boat. Coincidentally, it was another C&C 32, this one owned by the owner of Prevailing Winds a charter management company (among other things) in Newport, R.I. The price seemed a bit high for this time of the season at $250/day, but I was happy to find something on short notice. We sailed a few hours off Newport on Friday afternoon after the checkout, then had dinner at Scales (highly recommended) and went out on the town in Newport. The boat was docked at Wait's Wharf which was centrally located and walking distance to everything which was a nice plus. Saturday morning we set off for Block Island with gorgeous weather and good wind (although almost dead on the nose). Block Island was a lot quieter than Newport and it was clear that the season had already wound down in a big way, but McGovern's Yellow Kittens was still hopping and was clearly THE place to be for music and dancing. Sunday we woke to driving rain and SCAs to make up for the good weather on Saturday. Newport was straight downwind with a following sea in the fog and rain which wasn't much fun, but overall it was a fabulous weekend. If anyone else is attempting this type of charter exercise in the future and is at a loss where to start, one thing I can recommend is the NYNEX Boater's Directory. You don't get anything more than a name and phone number in most cases, but you'll get a much longer list of places to work with than you will out of the back of sailing magazines. It seems like there must be an easier way to find charter companies, but perhaps most people do local charters by wandering down to the nearest harbor and seeing who has a sign hanging out. Tom | |||||
| 2086.3 | Re: Cape Watersports | AKO539::KALINOWSKI | Mon Sep 27 1993 20:06 | 13 | |
re .0
Cape Watersports used to rent Catalina's but for the past two
years they are into Benitueus (sp?) so I would image they would be
using them. Dave Nolan uses his own boats for this, ussally new demo
boats. He keeps them in Hyannis Harbor.
Not sure of the price. I can vouch for Dave though. I've known him
for 5+ years and have always had a good relationship with him. Phone
number is 508 432 7079.
john
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