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Olive (her last name actually means olive tree :-) wants to
sail to the Caribbean before crossing the Pacific. So maybe
we're going to do this in 2007.

Should we plan on spending at least a year for this trip ?
How about 4 months to get from California to the Caribbean,
4 months in the Caribbean (January to April) and 4 months
(or longer) to get back ?

Poopie:

Jamakame crazy. You're going to spash a new Tayana in Kalifornia, sail the
Big Ditch, across the Carib for four months and then reverse the route to
the Indian Ocean? What's the rush?

That's an itinerary that could take a year or two to really enjoy. One could
tack on the Great Circle Route and add another year and never see the same
water twice. (There are parts of the ICW that would present draft problems
but a little off-shore near the Carolinas would be a welcome side trip.)

Tell Olive to chill. It's called cruising not rushing.