"Frogwatch" wrote in message
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On Apr 6, 6:22 pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote:
"Larry" wrote in message

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Don White wrote:
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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...round/geology/...

He would need real-time information. That wasn't a chart, BTW.

Umm... why? Did sailors of earlier times need real-time information to
make
such a trip? Sure, it'd be nice, but I doubt it's a matter of need.

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Nom=de=Plume

A. I am a chicken fair weather sailor (really)
B. 5 kts is slow and I want to get there.
C. Knowing stuff keeps bad stuf from happening.
D. Did I mention I am chicken?

True, that was not a chart and so far it has been useless.


While I enjoyed your list and certainly agree about erring on the side of
caution, I was really responding to the nonsensical notion of "needing" real
time information beyond simple observation.
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Nom=de=Plume