On 4/5/10 11:47 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:
"Don wrote in message
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wrote in message
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My 28' sailboat is now in Stuart, Fl after transiting the Okechobee
waterway but I want to get to Bimini and then to the Berry Is. so I
need to get to Miami. However, I am now very tired of the ICW so I
would like to sail down the coast on the outside from Stuart to
Miami. If I stay within 5 miles of land, will I have any problems
with the Gulf Stream pushing me N.?


Wouldn't the charts point this out?
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explor...estongyre.html



It's amazing what the gov't does for people... oh wait....



It'll be the government that rescues froggy after his clapped-out,
poorly maintained boat falls apart halfway to Bimini.

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