Since the 5200 mile round trip to Anacortes in June is a bit much for me to make towing Griselda (M17 fin keel) with the dinghy on the top rack, I am looking at the Texas 200 instead. The 450 mile, one day, drive is far more appealing than 4 to 5 days each way to Pudget sound. My one concern is Griselda's 39" draft and the shallow water along the route. I do have my Fatty Knees row/sail dinghy that I can tow for shore access as long as there is 5 feet to anchor in near the camping spots. I realze that staying in deep water would add distance to the route but Griselda is pretty fast with the fin keel and her full batten main. Many of the smaller open boats would take as long for the shorter shoal water route. It would be nice to correspond directly with someone who participated in the 2008 event to help me decide if Texas 200 is an event I could enjoy. I have older charts for the texas coast but there is nothing like first hand experience. I am not worried about navagation because I have sailed for over 50 years and am an experienced offshore and coastal navigator. It is the people who make an event enjoyable and the Texas 200 folks seem to by the right kind of people to make for a fun event. RonM17 #14 (fin keel)Griselda > Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 06:10:38 -0800> From: doug_kelch@yahoo.com> To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: M_Boats: Texas 200 - Outer Banks 130> > I thought a couple of Montgomery sailors were going to do the Texas 200 - if so could you report a synoposis.> > I am thinking of doing the OBX130 and would like to hear about "beach" camping with an M15. Were you anchored too far off of the slowly shallowing beaches?> > Bill and Paul Moffitt are organizing a Texas200 type event called the> OBX130. It will take place around the Outer Banks of North Carolina.> They have set up a website with a forum. If you are at all interested, keep an eye on it for developements....> > http://www.obx130.com/> > > > > _______________________________________________> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _________________________________________________________________ Send e-mail faster without improving your typing skills. http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_speed_1...