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On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:55:44 -0500, "mmc" wrote:


"Frogwatch" wrote in message
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On Jan 16, 3:17 pm, thunder wrote:
On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:08:22 -0800, Frogwatch wrote:
Basically, I am pondering whether to sail single handed on the outside
or to motor down the ICW during the day..

Well, for one thing, the weather window is considerably broader inside
than outside.

That is not as true for sailboats as powerboats. Windy weather in
which most fishermen would not go out might be ideal for a sailboat.
Otherwise, most weather that would cause one to not go outside would
also cause you to stay put and not use the ICW. Can you imagine using
the ICW in fog, terrifying, I'd rather be offshore.

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When it's 6' plus outside, you can still transit the ICW safely.


Weather like that is rare on the West Coast of Florida in the spring.
You get that kind of stuff a lot more on the Atlantic side.

I always thought the nasty chop in the Chesapeake bay was a whole lot
worse than anything you usually see in the Gulf. That is why you
regularly see 16' runabouts and 20' pontoon boats 8-10 miles offshore
around here.

Yeah, I guess it's a different animal on this side of FL.