"beaufortnc" wrote:

What is the prevailing wisdom about going offshore in the Winter/Spring

Talking mainly about Southeast US coastal hops.

What areas can be dangerous? How are weather patterns different than
other times of the year.

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

As long as you pick your weather window, you shouldn't have a problem
whatever the time of year. We've done it once in each direction from
Charleston to the St. Mary's River (Nov 21, 2003), and once from the
St. Mary's River to Charleston (April 10, 2004). We don't like the
harbor entrance in St. Augustine (I've seen a line of breakers
completely across the inlet several times), so we go in to the St.
Mary's River instead. That is a class A Inlet which is probably
maintained for the Kings Bay Sub Base. You could also come into the
St. John's River, but there's more traffic there.

grandma Rosalie