[wanna_sail]

I am planning a similar trip. What you request is actually volumes of information which I doubt would/could reasonably be put into a message board reply.

My planning started with a google search for "East Coast Crusing" and got over 468,000 hits. Like many googles searches, most hits were useless but there were quite a few in the first 3 or 4 pages that were very informative. This is a quote form the 3rd hit which is a good read....

"On the East Coast, the Intracoastal Waterway is choked each fall and spring with
cruisers moving their boats south for the winter and north for the summer...."

Here is the URL...

www.sheridanhouse.com/excerpts/ cruisingseniorsexcerpt.html

For the ICW you may want to look at this...

http://www.reedsalmanac.com/intercoastal_waterway_d.html

It is a very informative read.

Anyway, good luck with your trip, I am having as much fun planning and learning about the East Coast as I think the actuall trip will be. Which for me starts June 11th. I think when you do a trip it is important to set a start date or you never get to the point when you are ''ready''...


Steve