FYI --- "Stanley T. Winarski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 13:23:42 -0500 > Subject: Re: M_Boats: CBR 2002 > From: "Stanley T. Winarski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Doug Kelch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Doug, > > Vera phoned today. She's willing to open her > private ramp to us and permit > us to park our vehicles and trailers there for $5 a > day as long as we are > bringing her some business too. > > She is a bit concerned about the ramp - the 15s and > 17th shouldn't bother it > but she is concerned that the larger boats might > tear up the hard stand. > There is some question too whether her overflow > parking will be able to > accommodate all our trailers and vehicles. > > I've never been to her place. Is this worth > pursuing? Are you anywhere > near Vira's and able to check it out? Might it be > suitable only for the > smaller boats if we could find another launching > site for the larger boats? > > Your original outline of events included a stop for > dinner at Vira's. Would > it work that the group assemble at Vira's, have > dinner there, spend the > night anchored off her place, and sail off the next > day? That would please > Vira and give her the business in addition to the > nominal cost of using her > ramp and parking. I told her that some of us would > be returning Wednesday > and others could be as late as the following Sunday. > > I hope to get there on Friday afternoon, June 7th. > launch, anchor off Vira's > and have dinner there Friday night and do a little > shakedown sail on our own > while waiting for the rest of the group to > rendezvous on Saturday. We'll > have to call it quits on Wednesday or Thursday to > enable us to get back in > time for our granddaughter's graduation on Saturday. > > Vira is sending me a menu and I promised her I'd get > back to her with more > detail. Rather than intruding into your planning > cycle, would you pick this > up and run with it ? It seems to be a better place > to launch and leave our > vehicles but I'm not familiar with the area and you > are. > > She has a pool available too that we could use for > an additional fee but I > didn't think that would appeal to our group - at > least not at the start of > the trip. > > The $5 a night parking fee was my suggestion. > Should we offer more ? She > does sound as if the years have taken a toll and I > wouldn't want to short > change her. > > Let me know if you agree that you should take the > lead on this or if you > want me to stay in the loop with Vira. I don't want > to get in your way but > am willing to help however I can. > > Regards, > > Stan > >
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