Should We Stay or Should We Go?

Right now we are in Bert Jabin’s Yacht Yard in Annapolis, getting some warranty work taken care of. This place has a real operation going – a Bald Knob on steroids for those of you on the river who are familiar with that marina. They have three forklifts for providing in-out service for powerboats and small sailboats, but the surprise for me was the three large travel lifts they have for providing in-out service for large power and sail boats. Call ahead and your 45’ sailboat or cruiser will be picked up from the lot, trundled over to the dock and gently deposited in the water for your boating pleasure. At the end of your day or weekend, drop it off at the dock and they pick it up with the travel lift, power-wash the bottom and trundle it back to the lot where it waits for the next time you want it. All for about the same price than a regular slip. Not sure if the cost is more or less, but it’s close either way. Check out their web site at http://www.bjyy.com/ if you want to check out some photos that show one the travel lifts and the stacks of boats. Jen’s posting some pictures on our web site too.

Most of the scheduled warranty work was completed today and the rest will be finished tomorrow. The big decision in front of us is if we want to extend our stay several days or head on back to Rock Hall. We had planned on meeting Eric and Kristi Richardson this weekend, but with Hanna on her way, it probably won’t be a good weekend for a visit and a day sail! Hanna's due here in the Annapolis area late Saturday.


We like our spot here at Bert’s better than at Rock Hall with regards to riding out a storm. We’re on one of three long docks with 50’ between our dock and the next, so we’ll be able to string dock lines between the two and keep Mirasol out in the middle. Also, this marina is very well protected from almost all directions. The down side is that it is quite pricey here and we have a paid-up slip back at Rock Hall. We’ve decided to wait until Thursday to make the call. That way we’ll have a better idea of how strong Hanna will be if/when she hits. We’ll post updates as we figure out what we plan to do.