[Alberg30] Nova Scotia to Bermuda?

[Wally Moran]

Another suggestion - it appears from another post as if we owners of 
smaller boats are not welcome in the various group trips which go 
south each fall. Perhaps making an inquiry via various web pages and 
asking them to respond directly might find enough people interested. 
I might suggest too that since West Marine sponsors at least one of 
these group trips, they might be interested in assisting. For new 
voyagers, going as part of a group certainly eliminates some of the 
fear and nervousness - I know i would look for a group, or even one 
or two other boats, on my first trip except that when I do go, it 
will be via Chicago since I'm in Georgian Bay.
Dan, do you get the feeling that some of us are living vicariously 
through you at the moment?

Wally

>
>  > >----- 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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