Have you considered doing the (Van Sant) "milk run" ? George -------------- Original message from Truelove39@aol.com: -------------- > Penny and I are planning to take "the Horse" to the Eastern Caribbean this > fall. We intend to depart from Beaufort, NC sailing directly to either Virgin > Gorda or St. Martin. The rhumbline distance is approx. 1100 NM, so I figure > 7-8 days at 7 knots. This is the portion we are most interested in having > company for. From there we will head down the chain, arriving in Trinidad > before > the onset of the Christmas Winds and will likely spend most of the winter > there. We will go to Venezuela long enough to get some cheap Diesel before > returning, in May, to St. Augustine or JAX, via the Virgins, PR, the DR and the > Bahamas. > > Despite the fact that we have a get-home engine, we think it's prudent to > have a consort if possible. This is what we did in 1998 with the sailboat. > Then, we had custom weather forecasting from Bob Rice and thus avoided the > thrashing the 1500 fleet took from Mitch. We split that expense, and would like > to > do so again. We used Herb for Gulf Stream and intermediate waypoints and had > a good, albeit slow, passage (13 days). Each was on his own unless needing a > tow or in distress, and despite the fact that we were a hundred miles apart > at times, we arrived in within minutes of each other. > > That's what we'd like to do again. If you have made a passage such as this > before, have serious interest and can muster 2 additional experienced crew, > please email me details off-list. > > Regards, > > John > "Seahorse" > > "We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, > but sail we must, and not drift, nor lie too long at anchor." > > -Plagiarized from the works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, and modified without > his consent. > _______________________________________________ > Passagemaking-Under-Power Mailing List