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Default Queen For A Day - or, Free Wheels in St. Pete FL

On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:01:49 -0000, Skip Gundlach
wrote:

Current thinking includes the possibility for getting on the Gulf
Stream wherever it's convenient and just riding it all the way, but we
may well do 36-hour jumps up the coast, too...


Take it slow Skip. Riding the Gulf Stream is like riding the tiger:
it's fun until it's not, and then you have to get off. That's when
you realize the nearest port is 50 to 70 miles away and you've got
another day's sail to get there.