"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:29:57 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

So, it is a toss up between really LOOooooonnggggg offshore trips to
get a long ways or taking many inshore jumps that take longer.

To safely do long offshore legs you need experience and good crew that
can manage everything while you sleep. If you try to pull all
nighters by yourself in coastal waters, bad things are going to
happen.

I can get you free dockage in the Ft Myers area for a week or so in
November/December. From here you can go across the state to Port St
Lucie on the Okeechobee Waterway in two or three days, a good jumping
off point for the Bahamas.

I'd second what Wayne has here and add that once you're in the Indian River
anchoring shouldn't be a big problem. I haven't heard of sailboats being cut
loose or vandalized in 22 years here. A few power boats stolen and stripped
or for joyrides by teens but sailboats seem to be fairly invisable.
More likely to have a B&E (extent of my cop lingo) at a marina.