Doug, I dunno what your budget and daysailing tastes are like, but I can
tell ya that Getaway is
pretty urban when it comes to the scenery (I kept a boat there for 5
years). It is a great location
if you want shopping and restaurants and there are places to eat
literally just around the
corner (like Bo Brooks, a once proud crab house that is now pretty much
more of a tourist
haunt, unfortunately...but it's okay).
Back when we actually had discretionary income, we were thinking of
chartering out of
Annapolis via Sunsail. I've never been found of their website but you
can get a
price eventually if plug away at it or call their 1-800 number (sorry
Toybox!)
Annapolis on a week day is tolerable and a lot more scenic than Balto
(unless you
prefer an industrial, working harbor/waterfront in which case it IS
pretty neat). From
Getaway it's a good 1.5 hours to the mouth of the Patapsco to the actual
Bay. Kind of
a neat ride down passing Ft Carroll (Robt E Lee's first commision after
W.Pt was there)
and under the F. Scott Key Bridge, etc.
however if it were left up to me, I'd try to charter out of someplace
farther south like
Solomons Island...a better taste for the Bay, fewer powerboats (a few
jet fly-overs
from Pax Naval Air, but no biggie). This place sounds pretty low-key:
http://www.ecalvert.com/guide/boatrent.htm
see baileywick.
send me a note off list if you get desparate...my schedule sox in
August, but
anything is possible.
tf
old road bay
patapsco river
Doug Kuschner wrote:
I'll be in DC for a week in August on vacation. Anyone know a good
outfit that can rent a family cruiser type sailboat to us on the bay
for like a day sailing trip?
Suggestions appreciated.
