"beaufortnc" wrote in
oups.com:

Any specific advice about the hop from Charleston to St. Augustine in
late January?



See my post followup to the harbor race in Charleston, yesterday. INSIDE
the harbor there were 5' seas, 40-45 knot gale, blown out main, broken
shrouds, wind so strong a 3 cyl Yanmar was powerless to push the boat
into the wind.....

I'm sure offshore would have been total destruction. Hell, we were IN
THE HARBOR!



Remember - south of the border B-e-a-u-f-o-r-t is pronounced
"Bu' furt"...