Larry wrote:

"Armond Perretta" wrote in
:

Really? Have you actually _tried_ it, or are you relying on a set of
assumptions? The "boat" thing, of course.

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://home.comcast.net/~kerrydeare



Motored the ICW from about Wilmington to the ditch down the E Coast of
FL....BORING...except when the 6' keel was dragging and snagging the crap
on the bottom from no dredging. Florida was awful....a constant series of
no-wake zones to protect the manatees who are overrunning the place. The
"channel" at Lake Worth was very noteworthy. 6' is too much draft for it.

If you have only done Wilmington NC south, you have missed the best
part - namely the sounds of NC (Albemarle and Elizabeth City) and the
Chesapeake. And you've picked the worst place to go - i.e. the E.
coast of Florida, which except for the ocean side of the Keys and some
places in the Indian River area are absolutely horrible.

It's pretty here in SC, but after you've seen 1 mile of swamp, you've
pretty much seen the next 100, unless you count the dock owners screaming
and shaking their fists as you RACE by at 6 knots. How many swamp reeds
can you look at per mile?

Nope...just point me N up 80W until we see Kiawah Island and we'll be close
to home in no time....
Boats belong OFFSHORE in the OCEAN, not in someone's backwater bathtub.

grandma Rosalie