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• Getting to the Bahamas later in Winter?
  • Kind of cold?
    • Hoping maybe Jon will check in here.
  • If it were me ...
    • Oh yeah, the key to that trip is NOT having a schedule. Cheers, John
  • Jon is certainly the man to ask but..
  • I'm not too worried about the cold..
    • Sailor Bob
      • Claiborne Young
  • Route to the Bahamas
  • Different view
    • Thanks for that report - I don't think I can do the ICW anyway...
  • Here's a list of safe, all-weather inlets in the Southeast U.S.
    • Every couple of years a hurricane tries to blow a new inlet
      • LOL! The RED OCTOBER actually went thru Ocracoke, Jeremy... I got a good chuckle out of that one (grin)
    • Rounding Hatteras, Cape Fear is the first? How about Masonboro?
      • I've always rounded Hatteras and Lookout and then...
        • Charleston
        • Only problem with ducking into Beaufort or Morehead then...
          • Hi Jon; What I like about Beaufort is..
  • Earliest I've ever left NJ with my own boat was 16 December...
    • Yes, forgot to mention that, good point Jon ...
    • Point Counterpoint
      • I'd be more tempted to try your route from the Chesapeake Entrance, if I could find the chart that shows...
        • A little arm waving on my part
        • A bigger potential problem
    • Alright, thanks for all this advice! I think I am learning...
    • Jon, Pamlico Sound?
      • There's definitely more water than that...
        • Thanks Jon, I'll try contacting some of them.