[Alberg30] Nova Scotia to Bermuda?

[Gord Laco]

HI Dan,

I'd recommend talking to the people at a marine store called The Binnacle in
Halifax.  They are good guys who can put you in touch with people who have
made that trip and tell you what they encountered.

Gord Laco
426 Surprise


----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Morley <dan.morley at sympatico.ca>
To: alberg mailing list <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 6:46 PM
Subject: [Alberg30] Nova Scotia to Bermuda?


> Hi Folks,
>     I have been dreaming of sailing my A30, hull #322, to the Carribean,
> and it looks like the dream may actually come true next winter.
>     I am near Morrisburg, Ontario, on the St Lawrence River, and had
> always envisioned a trip down Lake Champlain, thence to New York, and
> then into the Carribean by one of many possible routes (including
> Bermuda).
>     I have only recently wondered what it might be like to sail out the
> St Lawrence, past PEI, and depart North America from Halifax, Nova
> Scotia, bound for Bermuda.  I would be starting out at the end of Sept,
> and probably leaving Halifax by end of Oct.  I certainly realize some of
> the problems - fighting the Gulf Stream, possibility of late hurricane,
> possibility of Northerlies against the Gulf stream, fog, cold.
>     Does anyone know if  those concerns are absolute show-stoppers that
> no-one in their right mind would tackle, or if they just present a
> reasonable risk?  Has anyone out there ever done that route southbound,
> or know anyone who has?  Could I consider hugging the coast out of
> Halifax, down as far as New York?
>     Hopefully, not sounding too crazy,
> Dan Morley
>
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