Hello,

Good Luck, I wouldn't consider the hassel of taking
w/surfing equipment anywhere I couldn’t drive. Take my
advice: either take up kite boarding, or save your
marriage, and avoid being thrown in jail from the
charges of potential child abuse- rent your stuff!
Plus in the keys you will have many more non-sailable
days then sailable days.

Gary

--- "randysmom2 <randysmom2@...>"
<randysmom2@...> wrote:
> Hi,
> I need some advice on traveling by air with our
> equipment. We are
> going to the Florida Keys the end of this month for
> 9 days and are
> very tempted to take our equipment with us. Jet Blue
> charges $60 each
> way for a board, boom, mast and sail. What I would
> like to hear from
> other sailors is: what special protection does
> equipment need when
> you're putting it on an airplane? Anyone have
> good/bad experience with
> Jet Blue handling your equipment? And last but not
> least, what do you
> do when you get to your destination as far as
> transporting the board,
> etc.? I hesitate to bring our Thule rack - so is
> there any other way
> to secure things on a rental car? Renting a van is
> more expensive than
> we want to pay, so the car would be a sedan of some
> sort.
> Sorry for the barrage of questions, but avoiding the
> high rental fees
> does sound tempting - except for all the other
> hassles of getting our
> equipment there and back! Plus we are traveling with
> 2 young children
> so we already have a fair amount of luggage, car
> seat, etc.
> Thanks for any ideas you may have.
> Jenny & Mark
> Sterling, Va.
>
>


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