Don White wrote:
wrote:
Olive (her last name actually means olive tree :-) wants to
sail to the Caribbean before crossing the Pacific. So maybe
we're going to do this in 2007.

Should we plan on spending at least a year for this trip ?
How about 4 months to get from California to the Caribbean,
4 months in the Caribbean (January to April) and 4 months
(or longer) to get back ?

If I was on your side of the continent, I'd head for Tahiti,
not the Caribbean. Hire someone who knows what he's doing
to accompany you.

I would rather do that too. Maybe if we decide to keep going
west we can visit the Caribbean on the way back from Europe.

But what should I say to convince Olive that this is the best
way to go ?

We also have a good friend who has been sailing since before
we were born who may want to go with us.