On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:55:52 -0400, X ` Man
wrote:

On 6/17/12 11:18 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 08:30:38 -0400, X ` Man
wrote:

Also, if planning to
"live aboard" in a northern clime, the average old cruiser like this Sea
Ray really sucks.

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Living aboard in a northern clime really sucks regardless of the boat
except for the 3 or 4 months of decent weather in the summer. One of
our lessons learned from taking the boat north is to not arrive in
New England before mid-June and to be back in the Chesapeake headed
south by mid to late September.



We always enjoyed pretty good boating weather in Connecticut from May
through about the middle of October, five to five and a half months,
"mileage" varying. One of my school chums who was a competitive small
sailboat racer used to get started with practice in April.

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We used to start practicing in April also since the first weekend of
racing was typically the American Yacht Club Spring Series in Rye, NY
beginning first weekend in May. The weather was always very
inconsistent however, ranging from near gale force winds and rain to
sunny flat calms, and decidedly on the cool side at night.