Truck it to Texas then sail across the gulf, spend a few days in Tampa, St
Pete, Then go through the Okeechobee waterway to the east coast. You can
skim the Gulf Coast along the"Redneck Riviera" and duck inside to the ICW if
things get too bumpy outside.

"Wolf" wrote in message
m...
Hi all,

We are thinking about moving to Florida and one of the problems we have is
to figure out how to get our Beneteau 361 there.
Should we sail it, use a trucking company?

Any information would be great and appreciated!

Thanks

Wolf

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:37:29 GMT, "Wolf"
wrote:

Hi all,

We are thinking about moving to Florida and one of the problems we have is
to figure out how to get our Beneteau 361 there.
Should we sail it, use a trucking company?

Question - Did it come with SAILS or a TRUCK?

Any volunteers to help Wolf sail his nice Beneteau from LA to FL
besides ME?!

When do we leave, Wolf? I need to pack....(c;

Hmm....if we don't hurry, we could spend Christmas in Panama enjoying
the warm weather....maybe stop and visit Belize on this side just to
make sure hurricane season is REALLY over....hmm....

We should get to Florida by, maybe, March? April? So many islands,
so little time!



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

Another option. Sell your boat there and buy another in Florida. Boats
are generally much (?) cheaper in the southeast. You'd probably come
out ahead in the deal or at least even considering the cost of
shipping...and *plus* the un-rigging, haulout, re-stepping the mast,
bottom paint, storage while looking for a slip, yadda, yadda, yadda.

(paul martin) wrote in message . com...
Another option. Sell your boat there and buy another in Florida. Boats
are generally much (?) cheaper in the southeast. You'd probably come
out ahead in the deal or at least even considering the cost of
shipping...and *plus* the un-rigging, haulout, re-stepping the mast,
bottom paint, storage while looking for a slip, yadda, yadda, yadda.

Ahoy Captain:

I think the last option--sell/buy local--the most interesting. But if
you're not a racer (who would ship without asking us) and have even
a hint of wanderlust in your soul, then sailing it IS the answer.

Of course the logistics of sailing it will be overwhelmingly more challenging
that trucking. But aaaaaaaah the price of rum in the islands. g And
think of the mileage you'll get at work when you calmly say, "No I can't
make next month's sales meeting. My Captain wants me to be there
for transiting the Panama Canal."

Allan
"Man's reach should ere exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?"
(And I'm NOT trying to sign-myself-on. Did 25,000 cruising/delivery
miles and then swallowed the hook. But it has stuck in my throat, as
you may have guessed.)