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Old 09-24-2008
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Alan...I agree with you about any boat for the Bahamas....but a LOT of standard production boats would be quite dangerous once you get past the Turks and Caicos and protected waters and need to bash into the full trade winds and seas for 700 miles or so. The passage to Luperon can be hairy but it is after Luperon that you must head into the trades along the north DR coast and through the Mona passge. I am not saying it hasn't been done, but I would not do it in anything in the 30' range that was not purpose built for sea duty. (i.e. a Southern Cross but not an O'day).
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