cuba wrote in message ...
Hi all!
I'm planing to sail a 31f from miami to new york starting eary march.
does anyone has experience with this route. any comment, any links most
welcome. I'm 42, have long experience behind me. as far as iI
underestood hatteras seem to be a unpredictable place in springtimes
with cold water and rougt sea. What are other *good to know* things?
thanks for any comment on that
kuba

I haven't exactly sailed from Miami, but from West End (Grand Bahama)
to NY in May/June 99. I had intended to go directly to Charleston, but
had to make a stop aat Port Canaveral (the marine toilet had come off
its bolts..). Better keep a sharp eye on squalls in the Gulf Stream;
the squall cloud may not pass directly over you but the ind ill pipe
up quite a bit, so reduce sail hen one seems to come within 3 or 4
miles. From Charleston I went to Beaufort NC where I entered th ICW
(didn't like the idea of flirting with Ca[pe Hatteras) here the 4'10"
draft and 41' height of my 29 footer's mast presented no problem (I
took 4 days to reach Little Creek (just inside the Chesapeake
bridge/tunnel at the entrance of the bay). From there it took a long
overnight to Cape May and another overnight to NY. My boat is equipped
with a windvbane, a Navico T100 (useless in the ICW's narrtow
stretches) plus a Furuno 1621 radar that's quite useful for a single
handing senior citizen
john