And the wear and tear on the crew can be even worse than that on the boat.

I wouldn't do it on *any* schedule.

Don W wrote:

And that is without figuring in the cost of going through the Panama
canal.
These days it is not cheap.

Later,

Don W.

Ron Thornton wrote:

I once asked a neighbor, who owns a local boat repair shop, why he
shipped a boat his father had given him from California to Virginia
instead of sailing it around. He said the where and tear bringing it
around would have been much more than the $3,000 or so he payed in
shipping.

Ron


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