Neal slurps, and then vomits:

:Written like a man green with envy.

I have no envy for another man's folly. A vessel such as yours is best suited
only for her current use. I have seen enough small cruisers up and down the
island chain to know yours has not been much beyond the safety of Hawk's
Channel. I doubt it's Hong Kong sails or Boot Key helmsman have ever felt the
power of the Christmas winds. And, while she might go to weather in a chop, I
doubt she, or you, would track well down the face of a trade wind swell.

Loaded and in cruising mode? Tanks full? Supplies for a couple of months?
What supplies? How much Spam and tuna fish do you carry for two month's? What
tanks? How much fuel, how much water? My guess is that the only full tank is
the holding tank, and after two months I think "ripe" not "sweet" would be the
operative word!