On 8/14/2016 10:42 AM, Wayne.B wrote:

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Yes. We once stayed in Bar Harbor, Maine until after Labor Day
weekend. It was a chilly ride back down the coast but no big
nor'easters fortunately. We did have one in late September however as
we were going south from NY to Cape May, NJ. We could see the waves
breaking on the beaches from 3 miles offshore and spent the day
surfing down 10 to 12 footers. It was blowing so hard in NY harbor
that morning that the coast guard shadowed us fo a while, probably
thinking we were crazy and headed for disaster.

Ah, either you were lucky or I unlucky. In the year I tried it, the
storms followed each other every few days. It was, for me singlehanding
a new for me boat, a matter of sailing in the windows between storms.