On 14 Jan 2006 18:44:01 -0800, "beaufortnc"
wrote:

Any specific advice about the hop from Charleston to St. Augustine in
late January?

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Should be an easy run if you pick your weather window carefully. I
like to use the navy wave height forecast (Global Wave Analysis Model)
because it goes out 7 days and is very reliable in my experience.

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/WAM/all_natl.html

If you stay within 30 or 40 miles of the coast that will keep you out
of the Gulf Stream which is a good thing to do when southbound.

The St Augustine inlet was being freshly dredged when we were there
last November and should be in good shape in anything but a strong
easterly against an ebb tide. If conditions deteriorate in route, St
Mary's inlet at Fernandina Beach would be a good place to bail out.