"Janet O'Leary" wrote in message
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With a clearance height of only 45', and a depth of only 4' .. that
eliminates many
sailboats, for sure.

In fact, I was just looking at a boat on the net, nice older boat. .. the
draft is 5' 10" I think.

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So,, if the boat can't go through .. ?? then it is down and around?

How does that trip go? Where is the cut through point?


If you're just buying a boat and have little to no passage-making
experience, you'd be well-served by looking for a boat that's already in the
area where you want it to be. If you have your heart set on one particular
boat and nothing else will do, you might want to look into having it trucked
to its new home port -- with older boats, though, this is rarely cost
effective. But the heart wants what the heart wants.

Regarding "cut through points" in the Florida Keys -- not advisable without
good local knowledge, up-to-date charts and good sailing experience in all
weather. Water there gets really thin, really fast, and weather can kick up
just as quickly. It's a good way to run aground and end up with a "totalled"
vessel. The safest route is to stay away from shore and in deep water, going
around the keys rather than through them. This advice has been disregarded
in the past with predictable outcome.