Kelton Joyner wrote:

If you want to avoid all that slogging to windward, you should read
Bruce Van Sant's book "Passages South" and follow his recommendations.
Takes all the hard stuff out of it. Don't be in a hurry to get there
though. His method requires waiting for the right weather window for
those windward passages.
Kelton
s/v Isle Escape




thanks everbody for your help. I now get the general idea and can start
to make some plans. thanks again

The closest point on the U.S. east coast to Bermuda is Nantucket,
Massachusetts. You will be going twice the distance if you head to Beaufort,
South Carolina first!

"Listen to the live broadcast of 'Nautical Talk Radio' with Captain Lou every
Sunday afternoon from 4 - 5 (Eastern Standard Time) on the web at
www.959watd.com or if you are in Boston or Cape Cod set your radio dial to
95.9FM.

On 04 Nov 2003 12:02:52 GMT, (Capt Lou) wrote:

The closest point on the U.S. east coast to Bermuda is Nantucket,
Massachusetts. You will be going twice the distance if you head to Beaufort,
South Carolina first!

What?! You mean....(cough, choke).....get OUT OF SIGHT OF
LAND?!!....(c;

Cap'n Lou I'm gonna tell the Hilton Head Chamber of Commerce on
you....(c;

Stop in CHARLESTON and BRING US MONEY!
We'll even carry the wife to the city market in the marina bus so she
can distribute it!
Thanks!



Larry W4CSC

"Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!"

Larry, I love that southern hospitality! A bottle of cool wine upon docking,
bagles or donuts, coffee, and the newspaper delivered to the boat every
morning, a courtesy car to go shopping..............

When will those yankee marina owners learn how to treat their paying customers?

And by the way, tell the Chamber that I know the difference between Beaufort
(Bu-fort), SC and Beaufort (Bo-fort), NC.


"Listen to the live broadcast of 'Nautical Talk Radio' with Captain Lou every
Sunday afternoon from 4 - 5 (Eastern Standard Time) on the web at
www.959watd.com or if you are in Boston or Cape Cod set your radio dial to
95.9FM.

On 04 Nov 2003 21:45:50 GMT, (Capt Lou) wrote:


And by the way, tell the Chamber that I know the difference between Beaufort
(Bu-fort), SC and Beaufort (Bo-fort), NC.

Most Yankees don't.

It was about 87F here yesterday. My fall-spring window fan ran all
night, its thermostat never finding peace. Today, it's only going up
to 80F, so it'll be more comfortable in my truck without the AC going
to work.

What a great place to call home......(c;



Larry W4CSC

"Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!"

Isn't the southern one "Bufert" or maybe "Buferd"?

Jim Woodward
www.mvFintry.com

..
"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
...
On 04 Nov 2003 21:45:50 GMT, (Capt Lou) wrote:


And by the way, tell the Chamber that I know the difference between
Beaufort
(Bu-fort), SC and Beaufort (Bo-fort), NC.

Most Yankees don't.

It was about 87F here yesterday. My fall-spring window fan ran all
night, its thermostat never finding peace. Today, it's only going up
to 80F, so it'll be more comfortable in my truck without the AC going
to work.

What a great place to call home......(c;



Larry W4CSC

"Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!"

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 09:15:06 -0500, "Jim Woodward" jameslwoodward at
attbi dot com wrote:

Isn't the southern one "Bufert" or maybe "Buferd"?

Jim Woodward
www.mvFintry.com

Right....Beaufort, in SC is pronounced B(long)u-Fut

South Carolinians have a similar heritage to British colonies like
Maine. They don't prounounce R either. Bu-fut

Charleston has a special dialect called Geechee. You can also hear it
in Norfolk, Va, (pronounced in Geechee Nofuk, which is where the Navy
sailors got it, not from their sexual discoveries).

Charleston, here, is properly pronounced Chao-stun.....

Do a google search on geechee and learn it. When you come to
Chaostun, I'll take you out to Rockville on Wadmalaw Island and cut
you loose after we take off your blindfold. The Geechee people, black
and white, will direct you back to the city and if you make it (many
don't and we have to send out the rescue squad) we'll issue you a
Geechee Certificate and put a special code on your driver's license
indicating to the local people that you know Geechee and can accept
basic instructions in Geechee, endearing you to all of them,
instantly.

Of course, drenched in coastal island hospitality, many Yankees refuse
to be rescue, choosing, instead, to stay in Rockville. Many seem
attracted to the shrimp, which sells there for $2/pound, to their
astonishment compared to "back home".

Another interesting pronounciation is one of the major islands close
in, James Island. It's proper geechee pronounciation is Ji-mile.
Makes perfect sense....reduces a long name to nearly one syllable, as
do many Geechee words.

I learned Geechee sitting at the lunch counters of the old Eckards
Drug Store just South of downtown Chaostun on US 17. Old Geechee men
used to sit and talk for hours and eventually let me sit in so I
wouldn't miss anything. Don't ask for translations, though. They
figure anyone who's not crazy already KNOWS Geechee, obviously.

Your reporter in Chaostun,
Lah-e
(Larry)

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 09:15:06 -0500, "Jim Woodward" jameslwoodward at
attbi dot com wrote:

Isn't the southern one "Bufert" or maybe "Buferd"?

Jim Woodward
www.mvFintry.com

Right....Beaufort, in SC is pronounced B(long)u-Fut

South Carolinians have a similar heritage to British colonies like
Maine. They don't prounounce R either. Bu-fut

Charleston has a special dialect called Geechee. You can also hear it
in Norfolk, Va, (pronounced in Geechee Nofuk, which is where the Navy
sailors got it, not from their sexual discoveries).

Charleston, here, is properly pronounced Chao-stun.....

Do a google search on geechee and learn it. When you come to
Chaostun, I'll take you out to Rockville on Wadmalaw Island and cut
you loose after we take off your blindfold. The Geechee people, black
and white, will direct you back to the city and if you make it (many
don't and we have to send out the rescue squad) we'll issue you a
Geechee Certificate and put a special code on your driver's license
indicating to the local people that you know Geechee and can accept
basic instructions in Geechee, endearing you to all of them,
instantly.

Of course, drenched in coastal island hospitality, many Yankees refuse
to be rescue, choosing, instead, to stay in Rockville. Many seem
attracted to the shrimp, which sells there for $2/pound, to their
astonishment compared to "back home".

Another interesting pronounciation is one of the major islands close
in, James Island. It's proper geechee pronounciation is Ji-mile.
Makes perfect sense....reduces a long name to nearly one syllable, as
do many Geechee words.

I learned Geechee sitting at the lunch counters of the old Eckards
Drug Store just South of downtown Chaostun on US 17. Old Geechee men
used to sit and talk for hours and eventually let me sit in so I
wouldn't miss anything. Don't ask for translations, though. They
figure anyone who's not crazy already KNOWS Geechee, obviously.

Your reporter in Chaostun,
Lah-e
(Larry)

Isn't the southern one "Bufert" or maybe "Buferd"?

Jim Woodward
www.mvFintry.com

..
"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
...
On 04 Nov 2003 21:45:50 GMT, (Capt Lou) wrote:


And by the way, tell the Chamber that I know the difference between
Beaufort
(Bu-fort), SC and Beaufort (Bo-fort), NC.

Most Yankees don't.

It was about 87F here yesterday. My fall-spring window fan ran all
night, its thermostat never finding peace. Today, it's only going up
to 80F, so it'll be more comfortable in my truck without the AC going
to work.

What a great place to call home......(c;



Larry W4CSC

"Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!"

On 04 Nov 2003 21:45:50 GMT, (Capt Lou) wrote:


And by the way, tell the Chamber that I know the difference between Beaufort
(Bu-fort), SC and Beaufort (Bo-fort), NC.

Most Yankees don't.

It was about 87F here yesterday. My fall-spring window fan ran all
night, its thermostat never finding peace. Today, it's only going up
to 80F, so it'll be more comfortable in my truck without the AC going
to work.

What a great place to call home......(c;



Larry W4CSC

"Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!"