Ping Wilbur WRT FL-ME passage

Wilbur, your recent posts suggest I should seek counsel from you,
being the true conservative I am, as the fount of all wisdom herein.
Thus, here I am. Others may chime in attempting assistance, but, of
course, you are the definitive source...

Early this summer (late June/early July, or so) we'll be going from
the FL-GA border (St. Mary's river) to (somewhere in - we've not yet
put our destination in stone, but likely - the Portland/Cumberland-
Foreside area) ME, in one jump.

While I know that your 6, almost 7, circumnavigations likely didn't
include this particular leg as a part of their routings, I find it
impossible that your vast cruising experience would not have included
at least several trips incorporating this area, whether from Key West
to Nova Scotia, Charleston to Cape Cod, or some other similar segments
from which to draw appropriate experience, from which I might glean
your infinite wisdom.

As I'm quite certain your modus would be superior to anything my
feeble and tragedy-prone planning might produce, I humbly solicit your
suggestions in all regards as to making this non-stop (barring
emergency) passage, in Flying Pig, with Skip and Lydia as crew, in
this time frame, leaving any thoughts on the matter I might have in
silence.

Thanks in advance, I remain, your humble student, aspiring to even
Grasshopper status, let alone practitioner.

PS to another of your posts, we have both an offshore life raft, new,
and 406EPIRB, along with SPOT, IC-M802 SSB, Ham Radio, PactorIII and
other comms aboard, all also new.

L8R

Skip

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"Skip Gundlach" wrote in message
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Ping Wilbur WRT FL-ME passage

Wilbur, your recent posts suggest I should seek counsel from you,
being the true conservative I am, as the fount of all wisdom herein.
Thus, here I am. Others may chime in attempting assistance, but, of
course, you are the definitive source...

Early this summer (late June/early July, or so) we'll be going from
the FL-GA border (St. Mary's river) to (somewhere in - we've not yet
put our destination in stone, but likely - the Portland/Cumberland-
Foreside area) ME, in one jump.

While I know that your 6, almost 7, circumnavigations likely didn't
include this particular leg as a part of their routings, I find it
impossible that your vast cruising experience would not have included
at least several trips incorporating this area, whether from Key West
to Nova Scotia, Charleston to Cape Cod, or some other similar segments
from which to draw appropriate experience, from which I might glean
your infinite wisdom.

As I'm quite certain your modus would be superior to anything my
feeble and tragedy-prone planning might produce, I humbly solicit your
suggestions in all regards as to making this non-stop (barring
emergency) passage, in Flying Pig, with Skip and Lydia as crew, in
this time frame, leaving any thoughts on the matter I might have in
silence.


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Wilbur Hubbard

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:33:46 -0700 (PDT), Skip Gundlach
wrote:

Early this summer (late June/early July, or so) we'll be going from
the FL-GA border (St. Mary's river) to (somewhere in - we've not yet
put our destination in stone, but likely - the Portland/Cumberland-
Foreside area) ME, in one jump.

I've made the trip several times in the last few years and have a few
comments, hopefully constructive.

Why in one jump? Although certainly doable with a decent weather
window and sufficient crew, I question why you would not only set that
goal, but announce it to the world. You create unrealistic
expectations for yourself, and may take needless risks as a result.

It's very easy to break the trip up into logical jumps, each one
offering a chance to get rested up again, take stock of things that
aren't working quite right (and every boat has a few), reprovision as
necessary, reassess the weather, etc. Although the weather is
generally good that time of year, the odds of hitting a nasty little
cold front, squall or gale are quite high on a 10 to 14 day offshore
passage. If you are already tired out from a week of non-stop sailing
when bad weather hits, you leave yourself open to all sorts of
unfortunate events. If you can't picture some of the bad outcomes
that are possible, all the more reason not to take the risks.

In short, I wouldn't do it, and it's not at all conservative.

Here's how I would plan the trip if I were in a hurry to get north:

1. St Mary's to Beaufort/Morehead City with bail out points at
Savannah, Charleston or Southport if needed.

2. Beaufort to Norfolk, VA after carefully assessing the weather off
Cape Hatteras for the next several days. (this is the most exposed
leg offering no bail out other than turning back).

3. Norfolk to Cape May, NJ. (possible bail out at Ocean City, MD
although I regard it as a dangerous inlet).

4. Cape May to Atlantic Highlands, NJ. (possible bail outs at
Atlantic City and Barnegat although Barnegat is risky).

5. NJ to Block Island via Long Island Sound. (many options).

6. Block Island to Maine via Cape Cod Canal. (many options).

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Dave wrote:
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:33:46 -0700 (PDT), Skip Gundlach
said:

Wilbur, your recent posts suggest I should seek counsel from you,
being the true conservative I am, as the fount of all wisdom herein.
Thus, here I am. Others may chime in attempting assistance, but, of
course, you are the definitive source...

ROTFLMAO.

That must qualify as tongue-in-cheek smackdown of the year.

Very interesting to see a sensible post in the sportsgear and watches NG!

Dennis.