Thanks much for all of the info, I greatly appreciate it. I'll look into all of those options. I was thinking that it would be nice to join a club, particularly one with a few other J-30's. But I wouldn't count out the public option.

We're moving next Thursday, hopefully the weather will be cleared up by then.

I sailed on the Hudson River as a kid -- Chelsea Yacht Club, north of Newburgh, south of Poughkeepsie. This past summer, I kept the boat in New York Harbor at the 79th Street Boat Basin.