Another interesting way to ship awkward stuff like that is via Greyhound! Bill Coleman
On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 5:32 PM Randy Stafford via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hi Chuck, > > Yes, we saw a bunch of kiteboarders and windsurfers on the sound side of > Hatteras near Avon. We were there during a gale warning - the ferries even > shut down. > > Regarding the boom, I looked on Selden’s website for dealers in the US and > contacted a half-dozen of them. I learned that shipping a new boom to > Colorado was going to cost me $1K (yes, seriously). Meanwhile I already > had a three-week trip planned with my travel trailer to the Florida > panhandle (St. George Island State Park, fantastic place), St. Augustine > where a race week was happening coincidentally, Charleston, the Outer > Banks, and home via Nashville and Lake of the Ozarks. Omar Sails in New > Bern, NC is a Selden dealer and was one of the half-dozen I contacted. > Craig Beavers there was by far the most responsive and helpful of all the > dealers I contacted. He told me there is a Selden manufacturing site in > Charleston, and confirmed I could pick up the boom there myself and > transport it home in my travel trailer (which has 24’ finished space). So > I ordered the boom from Craig, and stopped at Selden about a week ago and > met the guys who built it, and we stuffed it into my trailer. It was an > obvious and easy way to save $1K in shipping. > > Annapolis was not on the itinerary for this trip, but thanks for the offer! > > Cheers, > Randy > > > On Apr 4, 2023, at 9:53 PM, CHARLES SCHEAFFER <cscheaf...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > > Hey Randy, > > Agree, Ocracoke is very charming. It has a cute little harbor and > marina and a wonderfully long beach where I used to drive my Subaru loaded > with windsurfers about twenty years ago. My wife and I made a windsurf > trip in 2020 to Hatteras and sailed the sound side behind Avon for a week. > Incredible seafood restaurants. "Apple Uglys" from the bakery in Buxton > are a must. > > > > Curious how you discovered a sailmaker in NC? > > > > I imagine you are driving around with that boom, sightseeing your way > back to Colorado? Let me know if you plan to get close to Annapolis. I'd > love to get you out on my boat. > > > > Chuck Scheaffer, Resolute 1989 C&C 34R, Magothy River > > > > >
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