anyone sailed miami-ny in spring? need advice
 

Hi all!
I'm planing to sail a 31f from miami to new york starting eary march.
does anyone has experience with this route. any comment, any links most
welcome. I'm 42, have long experience behind me. as far as iI
underestood hatteras seem to be a unpredictable place in springtimes
with cold water and rougt sea. What are other *good to know* things?
thanks for any comment on that
kuba

anyone sailed miami-ny in spring? need advice
 

x-no-archive:yes cuba wrote:

Hi all!
I'm planing to sail a 31f from miami to new york starting eary march.
does anyone has experience with this route. any comment, any links most
welcome. I'm 42, have long experience behind me. as far as iI
underestood hatteras seem to be a unpredictable place in springtimes
with cold water and rougt sea. What are other *good to know* things?
thanks for any comment on that
kuba

Offshore?

Or ICW?

Or a combination.

We usually start north from the Keys or Bahamas sometime in mid March.
Normally we do the ICW, but sometimes we go outside - totally depends
on the weather. We have so far always gone inside to avoid Hatteras.
Bob wanted to go out Oregon Inlet, and we even ordered the paper chart
for it, but have never actually done it that way.

I have done most of my write ups for the trip down at
http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/4a9c6/



grandma Rosalie

S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
http://home.mindspring.com/~gmbeasley/id2.html

anyone sailed miami-ny in spring? need advice
 

x-no-archive:yes cuba wrote:

Hi all!
I'm planing to sail a 31f from miami to new york starting eary march.
does anyone has experience with this route. any comment, any links most
welcome. I'm 42, have long experience behind me. as far as iI
underestood hatteras seem to be a unpredictable place in springtimes
with cold water and rougt sea. What are other *good to know* things?
thanks for any comment on that
kuba

Offshore?

Or ICW?

Or a combination.

We usually start north from the Keys or Bahamas sometime in mid March.
Normally we do the ICW, but sometimes we go outside - totally depends
on the weather. We have so far always gone inside to avoid Hatteras.
Bob wanted to go out Oregon Inlet, and we even ordered the paper chart
for it, but have never actually done it that way.

I have done most of my write ups for the trip down at
http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/4a9c6/



grandma Rosalie

S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
http://home.mindspring.com/~gmbeasley/id2.html

anyone sailed miami-ny in spring? need advice
 

cuba wrote in message ...
Hi all!
I'm planing to sail a 31f from miami to new york starting eary march.
does anyone has experience with this route. any comment, any links most
welcome. I'm 42, have long experience behind me. as far as iI
underestood hatteras seem to be a unpredictable place in springtimes
with cold water and rougt sea. What are other *good to know* things?
thanks for any comment on that
kuba

I haven't exactly sailed from Miami, but from West End (Grand Bahama)
to NY in May/June 99. I had intended to go directly to Charleston, but
had to make a stop aat Port Canaveral (the marine toilet had come off
its bolts..). Better keep a sharp eye on squalls in the Gulf Stream;
the squall cloud may not pass directly over you but the ind ill pipe
up quite a bit, so reduce sail hen one seems to come within 3 or 4
miles. From Charleston I went to Beaufort NC where I entered th ICW
(didn't like the idea of flirting with Ca[pe Hatteras) here the 4'10"
draft and 41' height of my 29 footer's mast presented no problem (I
took 4 days to reach Little Creek (just inside the Chesapeake
bridge/tunnel at the entrance of the bay). From there it took a long
overnight to Cape May and another overnight to NY. My boat is equipped
with a windvbane, a Navico T100 (useless in the ICW's narrtow
stretches) plus a Furuno 1621 radar that's quite useful for a single
handing senior citizen
john

anyone sailed miami-ny in spring? need advice
 

cuba wrote in message ...
Hi all!
I'm planing to sail a 31f from miami to new york starting eary march.
does anyone has experience with this route. any comment, any links most
welcome. I'm 42, have long experience behind me. as far as iI
underestood hatteras seem to be a unpredictable place in springtimes
with cold water and rougt sea. What are other *good to know* things?
thanks for any comment on that
kuba

I haven't exactly sailed from Miami, but from West End (Grand Bahama)
to NY in May/June 99. I had intended to go directly to Charleston, but
had to make a stop aat Port Canaveral (the marine toilet had come off
its bolts..). Better keep a sharp eye on squalls in the Gulf Stream;
the squall cloud may not pass directly over you but the ind ill pipe
up quite a bit, so reduce sail hen one seems to come within 3 or 4
miles. From Charleston I went to Beaufort NC where I entered th ICW
(didn't like the idea of flirting with Ca[pe Hatteras) here the 4'10"
draft and 41' height of my 29 footer's mast presented no problem (I
took 4 days to reach Little Creek (just inside the Chesapeake
bridge/tunnel at the entrance of the bay). From there it took a long
overnight to Cape May and another overnight to NY. My boat is equipped
with a windvbane, a Navico T100 (useless in the ICW's narrtow
stretches) plus a Furuno 1621 radar that's quite useful for a single
handing senior citizen
john

anyone sailed miami-ny in spring? need advice
 

cuba wrote:
Hi all!
I'm planing to sail a 31f from miami to new york starting eary
march. does anyone has experience with this route. any comment, any
links most welcome. I'm 42, have long experience behind me. as far
as iI underestood hatteras seem to be a unpredictable place in
springtimes with cold water and rougt sea. What are other *good to
know* things? thanks for any comment on that
kuba

One route to consider is Miami to Charleston to Morehead City, then inside
to Norfolk, and then offshore to New York. A lot of folks don't like
Hatteras at _any_ time of the year, and early spring or summer could be
rough going unless you are well offshore. The route I suggested isn't the
fastest, but it affords a few good breaks for provisions, repairs and the
like. I have sailed it at least twice and am still here to write about it.

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://kerrydeare.tripod.com

anyone sailed miami-ny in spring? need advice
 

cuba wrote:
Hi all!
I'm planing to sail a 31f from miami to new york starting eary
march. does anyone has experience with this route. any comment, any
links most welcome. I'm 42, have long experience behind me. as far
as iI underestood hatteras seem to be a unpredictable place in
springtimes with cold water and rougt sea. What are other *good to
know* things? thanks for any comment on that
kuba

One route to consider is Miami to Charleston to Morehead City, then inside
to Norfolk, and then offshore to New York. A lot of folks don't like
Hatteras at _any_ time of the year, and early spring or summer could be
rough going unless you are well offshore. The route I suggested isn't the
fastest, but it affords a few good breaks for provisions, repairs and the
like. I have sailed it at least twice and am still here to write about it.

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://kerrydeare.tripod.com