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In general, aside from being cold the biggest problems with winter ICW travel
would be these:
Short daylight will limit how far you can travel each day.
Compared to spring and fall you should expect more layover days for bad
weather.
Fuel may be harder to obtain up north because the marinas are not really
expecting business.
Obviously as you move south the weather gets nicer and the open bodies of
water get smaller.
If your prudent ICW travel in the winter is safe. However in cold weather
boating your margin for error if something goes wrong is smaller. I would
not recommend it as your maden voyage with a new boat. It would really suck to
discover out in the middle of Delaware Bay that you have bad fuel, or a leaky
stuffing box.
ken
www.vagare.com
In a message dated 1/1/04 6:44:24 AM, writes:
> Happy New Year to all. I have just purchased a 34' MT located in New
> Jersey. I would really like to take it to Florida for the remainder of the winter.
> It would be my first time.Is it too cold and tricky this time of year? The
> use of a Captain at 300 per day plus is too expensive. Trucking it without
> major removal of the flybridge is also too difficult. Any thoughts by all of you
> ICW travelers would be welcome.
>
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