"Frogwatch" wrote in message
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On Apr 7, 9:46 pm, anon-e-moose wrote:
Larry wrote:
Don White wrote:
wrote in message
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Nom should know about this.
Without any protected way to get from point A to B such as the ICW on
the east and Gulf coasts, isnt it a bit difficult to sail north up the
coast? Do people sail northwards near shore or do they all go
WAAAAAAAY offshore?

Since the Gulf Stream turns westward two hundred miles south of us...we
don't have that worry.
The Labrador current may affect boats up around northern Cape Breton,
but
that's what we have the Bras d'Or lakes for.
Along our 'mainland' coast, people sail where they want to...out far
enough
to avoid dangerous areas but not so far that ducking into numerous
small
harbours for the night is difficult or time consuming.
You'd fit right in up here Froggy...the nicer marinas are few& far
between
along the coast but every small community has a government wharf for
the
commercial fishermen. If you like roughin' it...you could stay
anywhere at
minimal or no cost for the night.

How big is your sailboat, Don?

http://www.sandpiper565.com/

Don: I'd really like to get up your way some time cuz it looks very
pretty. It would require a change of mental attitude toward the
cold. I just expect water to be warm enough to swim in so I'd prob
jump overboard with no thought and die of hypothermia.
Once I talked to a guy from there and I could hardly understand
anything he said (it was probably mutual) his accent was so strong.
Even us educated North Florida rednecks seriously mangle the language.

The photos you see at that site provided by JungleJim are at least 1000
miles west of my sailing area .... some more like 1500 miles.