With respect to the west coast of Florida, there's plenty of water. But
beware, there are also some mighty tall rocks where you least expect them.
So keep them charts handy all the time.
BF


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If you have a 23 foot trailer sailer, come to Maine. Fantastic
scenery, cool enough to sit in the sun all day in Summer comfortably.
The many islands provide lots of protection if it blows. No crime to
speak of, no immigration hassles. If you start about Rockland and
head east, it will seem plenty exotic pretty quick.

As a Chesapeake sailor I used to get real annoyed with naw'thun boaters
who raved about May-un. But then I worked for a film workshop on the
shore in Rockport, and used to look out over the water... and visit
Camden on days off, and see all the boats... Got a job on a documentary
that had us traveling around Penobscott Bay on a 30-some footer gaff
cutter. I was convinced. Maine truly is a great cruising ground. And my
new (to me) cutter that lacks shoal draft would be no problem there.
Just wish it weren't so damn far away.