Summer sailing destinations?

[Anonymous]

My kids both got really interested in sailing that camp this summer. Any good sailing destinations we could try next summer? Ideally driving distance (max ~16 hrs) so we can bring our water-loving dog too. But we could board him and fly for somewhere truly awesome. Lake, river, bay, ocean. Ideally, we'd rent a day boat and sleep in a rental house.

Annapolis is an option. Others?

Any waterways that limit motor boats?

[Anonymous]

Michigan. The Great Lakes are awesome sailing.

[Anonymous]

Do you know how to sail, or are you reliant upon your kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you know how to sail, or are you reliant upon your kids?

I am a little rusty but I do know how to sail. Would love a family sailing camp or class to refresh my knowledge.

[Anonymous]

Parts of the intercostal waterway are wide enough to sail. You can navigate all the to Florida, but part of it is narrow so you end up having to motor.

The St Johns River in Jax is a great place to sail, especially if you are less experienced. Hire a skipper or captain one day and take the family out in the blue water. The sailing is beautiful off the coast of St Augustine.

We have been sailing for years. We just sailed back from the Bahamas a few weeks ago. It's a great family activity!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parts of the intercostal waterway are wide enough to sail. You can navigate all the to Florida, but part of it is narrow so you end up having to motor.

The St Johns River in Jax is a great place to sail, especially if you are less experienced. Hire a skipper or captain one day and take the family out in the blue water. The sailing is beautiful off the coast of St Augustine.

We have been sailing for years. We just sailed back from the Bahamas a few weeks ago. It's a great family activity!

Thanks! We were fantasizing about a bigger trip down in warm waters in a couple years - hiring a captain!

[Anonymous]

Growing up, we always spend a week sailing the Chesapeake Bay. We would come into port most evenings for showers and dinner.

If you're rusty on sailing, I would take a course like this beforehand: http://www.saildc.com/instruction/learn-to-cruise

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Growing up, we always spend a week sailing the Chesapeake Bay. We would come into port most evenings for showers and dinner.

If you're rusty on sailing, I would take a course like this beforehand: http://www.saildc.com/instruction/learn-to-cruise

Did the same growing up. We'd rent an @24 foot sailboat in Annapolis (at Annapolis Sailing School I think) for @5 days and sail to various destinations (parent identified) around the Chesapeake Bay. I recall we'd always go to Annapolis, Oxford, and Rock Hall - sometimes anchoring and taking a water taxi to shore (Annapolis) and other times tying up in a pay-for-the-day slip at a marina. We'd go ashore every evening for bathroom/showers/food. I recall one marina we'd go to had a pool. One year we sailed all the way up to the northern part of the Bay. Always memorable (sleeping every night under the stars, swimming at deserted beaches we'd come across, running aground, learning to eat and love hard shell crabs) but definitely not fancy (sleeping bag sleeping; not sleeping well because we'd wake at @5:15am as it started getting light; sometimes hot and/or little to no wind).

If you want to do a multiday family sailing school but spend the night in a beach resort, check out something like the Offshore Sailing School.