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Baltimore, Maryland provides visitors ready access to boating on the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is easily reached by air, car or train and the city’s refurbished inner harbor provide a charming access to boaters who want to explore the Bay. There is an excellent choice of yacht rental sources in Baltimore, MD.
Chesapeake Bay is one of the premier boating resources in the United States. The Bay is an estuary, meaning it is a body of water where fresh and salt water mix. It is the largest of the 130 estuaries in the country. Here are a few of the interesting facts about Chesapeake Bay:
Baltimore's Inner Harbor
Size: Chesapeake Bay 200 miles long. The wdWidth ranges from 3.4 miles to 34 miles near the mouth of the Potomac River. The surface area of the Bay is 4,400 square miles.
Depth: Average depth is just 21 feet. Over 700,000 acres of the bay is less than 6 feet deep. The deepest is 175 feet in one of the few deep troughs. The troughs are believed to be the remnants of the ancient Susquehanna River.
- The Chesapeake Bay has over 11,000 miles of shoreline, more than the entire west coast of the U.S.
- The bay supports over 3,600 species of plants fish and animals including 348 species of fish and 173 species of shellfist.
Visitors to this boating beauty have a choice of yacht rentals in the Baltimore, Md. area. Baltimore is one of the two major ports along with Hampton Roads on the Chesapeake Bay. Superpages.com provides a listing of boat and yacht charters and rentals. Here is a culled list of actual yacht rentals in Baltimore along with their website links:
Blue Goose Yacht Charter Service, phone: 410-647-2583.
Getaway Sailing, phone: 888-342-3709.
Pintail Yacht Charters at the River Plantation, phone: 410-539-3485.
These different yacht rental companies in Baltimore offer a range of crewed and bareboat vessels, power or sail. Whether your goal is fishing, sailing or just cruising the many nooks and crannies of the bay, one of these companies should have a yacht rental that fits the bill.
Sunset on Chesapeake Bay
The most popular fishing in the bay is for stripers or rockfishing as the local fishing guides call it. Striper season is limited to certain months of the year and the season usually opens in April. Trophy stripers can reach up to 40 pounds in size. Float or bottom fishing and crabbing are also popular angling activities. Make sure to check the permit seasons if you plan on fishing from your rental yacht.
The Chesapeake Bay has numerous attractions for the boater to visit. Beaches, parks and even small marinas with nightlife can make a yachting vacation on the bay something you will alway remember and probably repeat in the future. So check out the yacht rentals in the Baltimore, Md. area and start planning a boating vacation.
Sources: Chesapeakebay.net
