Joe wrote:
If you had 1-2 yrs to cruise would you go

Up the east coast, around Canada ,the NW passage, around Alaska, down
south, round the horn, back to Texas.


No. Icebreaking has no attraction for me. How about up the
St Lawrence, down the Mississippi, back to Texas, and then
on further down the Gulf? And then of course (for you) back
to Texas again.


Or Panama canal, hawaii, palmyra, phillipines, micornesia, marshalls,
soloman, vanatau, OZ, new calodonia, fiji, tongo, Cook, NZ, picard,
tonga, roratonga, Bora bora, tahiti, tuamotus, marqueses, panama canal,
texas.


You're missing some of the best parts of the Pacific. Not
visiting Japan or the PI?


Or up the east coast , nova scotia, greenland, iceland, norway,
amsterdam, london, france, spain, italy, greece, isreal, egypt, libya,
tripoli,morroco, canary's , bahama, florida, texas .


Again you're missing some of the best parts of the route.
What about Ireland and Scotland?


Or hondo, costa rica, venezuela, guyana, rio, uraguay, falklands, s.
georgia, capetown, hamibia, angola, cameroon, libera, sierra leone,
senegal, perto rico, texas.


Throw in Tristan de Cunha, St Helena, the Cape Verdes and
the Azores, and that's the best yet IMHO.


any other suggestions?




rgnmstr wrote:
I'd take a slow trip down the intercoastal then head for the Virgin
Islands and hang out for a month and come home early. Why would I want
to live on a boat for 2 years.


Why not? If you had the right boat for it, that is. A lot of
people cruise on 30-footers and smaller boats. In fact
smaller boats have a lot of good practical features (less
work). The ICW is a PITA for any boat drawing over 5' and
not much fun for boats over 4'; if you mix some of the nicer
ICW runs with hops offshore, you can make better time and
still see many of the "good spots."

A Bahamas cruise is great, I have not been as far 'out
island' as I'd like to go but we will spend some time there
I bet. Another good place for shallow draft.

My wife and I are planning to take a 1 year plus cruise in
the near future, making a "Great Loop" around the eastern US
via the ICW, Hudson River, NY State canals, Great Lakes,
some canals in Canada, the Chicago & Illinois Rivers to the
Mississippi, then a short run up the Ohio to the Tennessee
and down the Tenn-Tom waterway to Mobile, around the Big
Bend and Florida, back up the ICW to NC.

http://www.greatloop.com/

I've been reading up on canals & local history, interesting
stuff. For example there have been lock & canal improvements
on the Neuse & Cape Fear Rivers allowing 'navigation' at
least 200 miles inland, not in existance any more.
Pennsylvania & New Jersey were crisscrossed with canals, too.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King