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Any advice for first-time gulf sailors?
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Hey - I went the other way from St. Pete to Pensacola just a straight shot. I went attended UWF and was on the sailing team. Did a lot of racing in the area. Only problem may be winter storms/cold fronts. Pick a good weather window, leave after a front moves through. You many want to take some type of sea sickness medication two days before. You may want to bring long underwear and watch cap. It will be a short trip but fun. stu "Rob Laymon" wrote in message link.net... Hello folks, A friend and I hope to get his 36 footer from Pensacola to Tampa, leaving in early January. I've never sailed in the gulf for any length of time, and thought it might be sensible, and maybe humiliating, to lay myself open for any, and I mean any, advice you may wish to give me. If I had to ask particular questions, they would be: Is it sensible to stick to the coast or cut straight across? Anything out there I should know about? Do the currents present any sort of problem? I joke but I take this seriously. If you have any advice I'd take it very kindly if you posted it or emailed me at . Many thanks, Rob Sail near shore till you get to Carrabelle or off St. Marks. This allows you to put in at Apalach or Carrabelle or St. marks if you have probs and does not lengthen the trip much at all. At Carrabelle, jump to the marker south of St. marks and head generally SE till you arew about 25 miles S of Cedar key. If things get rough, you can either go into Cedar key or Steinhatchee. Sout of Cedar key, head for the N. end of Anclote key and if the weather holds head for Johns pass at St. Pete. I'd time my jump from Carrabelle to Anclote so I left just after a front looking to see if I had a window before trhe next one. Alternatively, Jump from Carabelle or St. marks to Cedar key (about 80 miles from St marks to Cedar Key) sea buoy about 5 miles S of Cedar key and if weather holds go on to Anclote or St. Pete. Winds will be light after a front and generally from SW off the N gulf shore. |
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