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Checkmate Weekend Chesapeake Bash 2012

http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwes...rows-Inn/Hotel-Overview.do?propertyCode=21049

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Re...den_Inn_Kent_Island-Grasonville_Maryland.html

Best western is right across from the Jetty Bar.Its with in walking from all the bars there. You would have to get a slip at jettys ,redeyes or somewhere right in that area. Hilton is right next to it and i think has its own slips but its $$$

These are 2 I have been too, might be others.

http://www.harbourinn.com/
Heres another but looks $$$$$ and boring.

I would think there are a few in and around annapolis also.
 
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im guessing i will be pulling the boat in and out of the water everyday. not looking good for a place on the water with slips. wanted to be around 125 a night but cant find anything on the water for that much.
 
demag67 said:
im guessing i will be pulling the boat in and out of the water everyday. not looking good for a place on the water with slips. wanted to be around 125 a night but cant find anything on the water for that much.
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You are more than welcome to tie off to the big boat and two of you can sleep on the big boat and two on your boat. Let me know:cheers:
 
RAM, I appreciate the offer. I have to talk to my friends and see what they want to do. I have a 45 foot bayliner that 2 of us may be able to stay on in the narrows just don't feel comfortable asking, I know my buddies dad probably wouldn't have a problem with it, I was his on board mechanic when he went to and from florida and bailed him out of some trouble on the way down. Just don't like to intrude like that.
 
Maryland bill seeks to rein in floating parties

Permits, security would be required for gatherings


Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS — The Magothy River’s Bumper Bash, Chesapeake City’s Canal Day and other large boat gatherings would be required to get permits weeks in advance and organizers could have to provide security under a bill being supported by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

The Senate bill would not apply to events required to have a Coast Guard permit, such as sail parades and regattas. However, gatherings that create unusual hazards would have to apply for a permit, pay an application fee and comply with conditions that could include providing security, time limits and placing buoys.

Col. George F. Johnson IV, the superin*tendent of the Maryland Natural Re*sources Police, said events such as the Bumper Bash, which has drawn more than 1,000 boats during the past two years, have become a drain on the department’s resources.

“It’s getting to the point where because of my reduced workforce that we have to dedicate every working person practically to these events,” Johnson said, adding the bill was an attempt to limit the gatherings so his department can handle them.

Last year’s Bumper Bash drew so many boats it prompted the Coast Guard to mandate a 40-foot-wide channel be kept clear of boats in case of emergency. The Canal Day event, meanwhile, has also been the scene of frequent alcohol-related arrests.

The bill originally would have required a permit for gatherings of more than 50 vessels and 60 days advance filing, but Johnson said the bill was amended in response to comments from lawmakers at a hearing in January. The amended bill also includes an appeals process for permit de*nials, he said.

In addition to the Bumper Bash and Canal Day, Johnson said an event known as Aquapalooza in Charles County has also drawn large numbers of boats. The police superintendent said the events have had had near drownings and accidents by boats going to and from the events.

“We have pictures of where people are jumping off the top of their boats into three feet of water,” Johnson said. “It’s quite a dangerous situation.”
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When we get up to 50 vessels we can worry about that.:D
Its the bumper bash being so out of control and unprepared for the attendence they get stirring all this bs. Its really not good for the island.
 
It should not be a problem. It is just that Bumper Bash got so big last year. I don't think they are even having Bumper bash this year.
 
if we show up with our 10 to 20 boats and then 40 other boaters show up just to hang out for the weekend and party by how it sounds they could ask us to disperse. my friends parents went over there last year, they ended up leaving because of being to crouded for them and the people partying isn't really their seen. it wasn't bumper bash just a normal weekend.
 
gotcha, wasn't thinking of it that way. If that was to happen we could move a bit theres other spots in there.
 
demag67 said:
if we show up with our 10 to 20 boats and then 40 other boaters show up just to hang out for the weekend and party by how it sounds they could ask us to disperse. my friends parents went over there last year, they ended up leaving because of being to crouded for them and the people partying isn't really their seen. it wasn't bumper bash just a normal weekend.
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Don't think that would happen. People have been going there since my parents were little. Usually pretty calm. I have never had any problems. It's just that Bumper Bash got a bad rap last year. I will be out there before our get together and will report back to everyone if I see any problems. I don't foresee any. I grew up down there. I feel we should be ok.

Check out some of the pics I have posted from the island. It is pretty family oriented:

http://checkmate-boats.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19708

http://checkmate-boats.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17543

http://checkmate-boats.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21660
 
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my buddies parents are older and like to find spots like dobbins island with the knee deep water. im guessing when they see more than 3 younger people there with beers in their hands they think it is partying. I think we should be alright. You can tell by your pics that it does get a good amount of boats there.
 
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