[Alberg30] Nova Scotia to Bermuda?

[Brian and Elaine Timmins]

Sounds like a fun adventure to me. My only comment is you should leave a
little earlier in the season. In 1981 I left New York and coasted down to
Florida, leaving on Columbus Day Weekend (Thanksgiving for you Canadians). I
did a combination of inside and outside and ran into 4 real storms before I
got to Charlotte Harbor (west coast of Fla). End of October / November is
the start of Noreaster season. You don't want to be near the Gulf Stream
then.
Brian     #497
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Morley" <dan.morley at sympatico.ca>
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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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