On Sat, 05 Sep 2015 09:35:34 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 05 Sep 2015 08:39:31 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sat, 05 Sep 2015 08:02:45 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 04 Sep 2015 23:20:10 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Fri, 04 Sep 2015 11:29:18 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 04 Sep 2015 08:36:24 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

It also looks like it would be a good short cut on
the way north to Newfoundland and Labrador.


Sounds "cold" ;-)

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Yah but...

...what I'd really like to do is cross to Europe by way of Greenland,
Iceland and Scotland. Crazy? Of course, and it will probably never
happen. A few weeks in Labrador might cure me with any luck, and I've
always wanted to cruise Nova Scotia. When you grow up in the lake
effect snow belt of upstate NY the ice never totally leaves your blood
stream.

:-)

I read a while back about a group crossing made by owners of some brand of boat that
I can't remember right now (Nordic Tug?). Perhaps there are brand or club group
crossings that you could latch onto?

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You're probably thinking about the Nordhavn Trans Atlantic Rally in
2004.

http://www.nordhavn.com/rally/voyage/welcome.htm

I followed that event closely and have corresponded with several of
the participants. We met one of them last summer up in the Chesapeake
and had dinner with them at Solomons. They say it will probably never
happen again, and if it does, it will start without them. That rally
took the southern route: Lauderdale to Bermuda, Bermuda to the Azores,
and Azores to Gibralter. They encountered some really nasty head seas
on the last leg to Gibralter and there were a number of boats that
developed mechanical problems.

Nordhavn's are quite a different boat than ours. They have a very
long fuel range, long enough to cross oceans without refueling. We do
not. On the other hand we have twin engines, more speed, and a lot of
other redundancy so there are offsetting factors to an extent.

The northern route that I'm thinking about has much shorter legs, the
longest being about 3 or 4 days, and well within our fuel range. The
advantage there is that you can get fairly reliable weather
information over 3 or 4 days. The disadvantage is that the water is
cold, there are ice hazzards, fog, and frequent weather changes.

Yup, that's the one I was thinking of. Didn't know what route they took.

If I were in your shoes, I'd sure be looking for some company along the way. It
sounds like it would be a great adventure. Actually, the year beating around Europe
is what I found really appealing.

You mentioned shipping the boat back. Could you ship it to Rotterdam? Or would it be
more cost effective to rent a boat in Europe to do some cruising?

Sounds like a great idea.

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It's entirely possible to ship the boat both ways and a fair number of
people do that. One of our local boats from this area has been in the
Med all summer, mostly in southern Spain and offshore islands. They
have professional crew and a large operating budget however. It costs
about $40K each way but saves a lot of fuel plus wear and tear on the
boat. There's something about making the crossing via Labrador,
Greenland and Iceland that appeals to my sense of adventure however.