I’d like to start off by saying thank you!! I’ve been reading this forum for the last year and found a ton of information.
I finally purchased an AI this past Oct. thinking I’d have at least a month or 2 of sailing before the weather turned. I even took the following week off of work and headed to Assateague Island, Md to play and learn the boat… Unfortunately a Noreaster hit around that time and wasn’t able to try it out. It’s sad but the boat hasn’t even seen the water yet.
The good news is Spring is coming…at least here on the east coast! So back to my questions. I’m looking for people who would like to coordinate a camping/fishing and of course sailing trip. I don’t know how many AI owners there are in the DC metro area but I’d like to find some. If not the camping part, just a day of sailing would be cool.
A few of the trips I was considering are: Harve De Grace – mid/late april (may have a scheduling conflict on this one), definitely Assateague Island backcountry either Spring or Fall, Westmorland State park, Annapolis or anything near Ocean City MD, Chincoteague. Seriously anything within a few hours drive I’d consider.
Somehow I want to recreate the Everglades trip that I keep reading about on the forum and are so envious of!! It’s inevitable someday I’ll need to make the trek down south and hopefully join some of you.
Just a little more background, I’m new to sailing / AI but not new to kayaking. I’ve been on a few kayaking trips around the states including a week long trip in Baja. Fishing is usually a priority but that may change now that I have the sail I can fiddle with.
Hope to hear from a few of the AI owners in the area.