On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:54:21 -0400, "Skip Gundlach"
wrote:

Not yet
decided; we'll either do a one- or two-jump (all the usual
disclaimers/allowances) trip (Charleston maybe if not direct) to Miami
when we leave here (Atlantic Highlands)...

This is not a good time of year for heroic offshore passages. In
addition to the hurricane threat there are a steady stream of frontal
systems coming off the coast and the occasional fall gale.

A far more prudent route is to head back to the northern Chesapeake
and take your time working south until late October. You really do
*not* want to be caught "out there" in a 3 day nor'easter. They move
up the coast with incredible speed.