"just me" wrote:

I am planning to move my boat, a 40' Jeanneau, to the ocean (one of them)
around the first of the year.
I'm trying to decide where and which one. I plan to fly to the boat every
month or so. I expect I'll spend anywhere from a long weekend to ten days
or so. Eventually, I'll retire and spend longer times aboard. Once there, I
would like to have places to go to, visit and explore. Choice A: San Diego
area. Choice B: Atlantic side, Florida to North Carolina. Direct and
numerous daily flights by more than one airline are important. Your
thoughts, experiences and opinions are welcomed.

The Florida east coast has very little sailing (IMHO) except Hawk
Channel along the Florida Keys (where there's very little in the way
of protected anchorages for a boat with any kind of draft to her, and
on the other side it's very shallow and iffy - ditto on the draft),
and in some sections of the Indian River. Possibly also the St.
John's River (Jacksonville). Miami and the St. John's River and the
St. Mary's River are Class A inlets. There are so many power
boats....

The other problem is FL is VERY VERY EXPENSIVE. More expensive in the
south than the north of course.

If I were doing it, I'd pick North Carolina around Albemarle Sound or
Pamlico Sound. I don't know about airline flights though.

But best of all for sailing is the Chesapeake. Lots of places to go,
visit and explore - enough for a lifetime. Baltimore has lots of
flights and by more than one airline. It does have colder weather
than Florida of course, but not much colder than NC, especially on the
lower bay in Virginia. I guess in that case you'd want to come in to
Norfolk. I've never done that so I don't know what airlines go there.


grandma Rosalie