captainpete
New Member
Next month I'll be headed to Jamestown, R.I. for family vacation. We've gone to Block Island for many years and the ferry made bringing the boat a prohibitive expense. This year I've got a brand new sail and I plan on sailing every day! I'm trying to plan everything out and I have some questions about the local waters...
1. Do I need any type of registration or permit? All I have on her now is a sticker for my local county park lake in PA.
2. Are there any prohibitions or rules for sailing through ferry lanes? (Other than to YIELD, of course)
3. I'd like to sail to Point Judith and also Block Island... any advice? Looking at a map I think it would be a nice, challenging sail for me to go from Jamestown down along the coast, then out to the Block... Looks like 14 miles, as the crow flies? What's the wind like out there?
4. Any other advice from the guys and gals that sail these waters? Does it get to be very crowded in certain spots? Any shipping activity to beware of? I learned to sail as a kid on jetski-choked Toms River in NJ, so I'm used to duckin and dodgin...
I can't wait to do some ocean sailing up there in New England with the big boys!! I know I have the experience, just wanna make sure I'm prepared and have the knowledge I need to hang!
Thanks Everyone!
1. Do I need any type of registration or permit? All I have on her now is a sticker for my local county park lake in PA.
2. Are there any prohibitions or rules for sailing through ferry lanes? (Other than to YIELD, of course)
3. I'd like to sail to Point Judith and also Block Island... any advice? Looking at a map I think it would be a nice, challenging sail for me to go from Jamestown down along the coast, then out to the Block... Looks like 14 miles, as the crow flies? What's the wind like out there?
4. Any other advice from the guys and gals that sail these waters? Does it get to be very crowded in certain spots? Any shipping activity to beware of? I learned to sail as a kid on jetski-choked Toms River in NJ, so I'm used to duckin and dodgin...
I can't wait to do some ocean sailing up there in New England with the big boys!! I know I have the experience, just wanna make sure I'm prepared and have the knowledge I need to hang!
Thanks Everyone!