[MHml] Florida to Chesapeake Bay

[brian eiland]

Pick your weather carefully, and make sure you look at the fronts coming
across the east coast. You definitely want to avoid the Gulf Stream and its
eddies in a northerly blown which can occur in the spring thunderstorm
season.

The good news is these spring time fronts don't last as long as the winter
northerlies

And I would highly recommend a parachute anchor:

Parachute Anchors, Para-Anchor, Sea Anchor 
<http://boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?t=10448>

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> Hi David,
>  
> Congratulations on the new boat - I purchased at 44' trimaran from Texas
about 7 years ago and sailed across the Gulf in April as my first
> offshore Skipper experience. Now I have a 42' Atlantic, Indigo.
>  
> It is pretty easy to do overnight coastal hops when the weather is good
> and pop into the ICW on the bad days or when the current and wind oppose in
the Gulf Stream. With your new boat you should have the best of both worlds
because you have options.
>  
> I am taking Indigo south from New England to the Bahamas in coastal
> hops. I will be heading north the Chesapeake in early May to the Mobjack Bay
area -  so maybe we will see each other. Currently my boat is in GA but I am
in Boston.
>  
> Glenn
> Indigo
> Atlantic 42
> 
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> 
> From: multihulls-bounces at steamradio.com
> [mailto:multihulls-bounces at steamradio.com] On Behalf Of David Nees
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 4:24 PM
> To: multihulls at steamradio.com
> Subject: [MHml] Florida to Chesapeake Bay
> 
> 
> 
> After many years of dreaming about it and 2 years of active looking, I
> have finally purchased my first big sail boat.  It's a TRT1200GT.  It's
> located in SW Florida and I am going to be bringing it north to the
> Chesapeake Bay in April.  I've only been coastal sailing a few times (in
keel boats).  I have read about the dangers of the Gulf stream and so
> welcome any advice from those who have done such a trip.  It seems to be
wasteful of the boat's abilities to just go up the inside passage via
> the ICW, however I'm not ready for a trip north via Bermuda.  Perhaps
> something just off-shore?
 
> David Nees