Gordon wrote:

As for your six man crew, to quote someone or another, "I don't know
six people I'd want to go to sea with" :-).


Bruce in Bangkok
(brucepaigeatgmaildotcom)

Bingo!

That's why we don't sail to Bermuda and down to the Virgin Islands
which is what Bob wanted to do. I said I wouldn't do it without at
least one other person to help stand the watches, and he said he
didn't want anyone else on the boat. So we don't go.

We have gone with another couple (on our boat) down the ICW for a
couple of weeks, but that wasn't offshore - it was just an extended
series of day trips.