RE: Put-in-Bay summer 2006 meet
Looks like there's nothing going on that weekend in August, but that's okay. I may end up heading back down in September as well.
http://www.putinbay.com/calendar.htm
Now it's just a matter of coming up with cash to make the trip. I'm figuring it's about 80 miles each way by water, and i figure i'll burn about 80 gallons round trip. Plus another 20-25 miles each way to cedar point, so that would make it closer to a 100 gallon round trip. So $325 in gas. Probably only $100 or so in gas if i tow it down there, plus gas in the truck. Then there's dockage. $1.40 / ft on the public docks, that comes to $38 / night. Cedar Point dockage is $50 for the night, minimum.
If i head down Thursday afternoon, do PIB Thursday night, Friday night, and Saturday night, take it easy Sunday, head to Cedar Point Sunday afternoon, stay there Sunday night, do Cedar Point Monday, and come back Tuesday, that's $114 at PIB, $100 at Cedar Point, $30 admission to Cedar Point, plus figure $70 spending at Cedar Point (3 meals and some beers), probably $200 spending at PIB (that may be on the light side), that comes to... a lot. $840 round trip. If i skip Cedar Point and just come home Sunday (probably will have to), that means i'll only spend about $600. If i tow, it'll be more like $450 for just PIB and $650 for both.
Plus golf cart rental
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I should be able to get someone to split the gas with me, maybe even two people. But they'd be camping so they wouldn't split dockage. That should bring the cost down. But that still leaves me a month to squeeze an extra $500 or so out of my budget.
If that's not doable, i'll just come down Friday and leave Sunday, tow the boat and launch in Port Clinton. That should cut the total cost down to $300 or so, if i bring a friend it'll be totally doable.