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Excellent point Alan. Some cruise like they are on a 2 week Euro tour with 15 countries in 14 days! The real beauty of cruising is being able to sail to a place and stay long enough to get to know it well before moving on.
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an understatement
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Done properly, Maine and New Hampshire require a season of exploration, not just a couple weeks.
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Wow, just got back to check the forum, and really appreciate everyone’s thoughtful replies. You all have been a great source of info (and inspiration!). Based on what I’m reading here, it seems staying up north is the ticket (save Lbdavis), certainly in the summer months…I’ll focus on Maine. Of course, that leaves a lot of time between October and May to be wondering where to be on the water…I figure the Chesapeake would keep me happy enough ‘till November (true? people seem to love it there, though I hear it can be real shallow), and I understand the Charleston area to be a big draw for cruisers, though I’ve never been there and don’t really know much about the place. I’ll need to be in Sarasota Florida January-march, and I suspect that sailing in the Gulf isn’t great (and it's real far), so I’d figure on leaving the boat in the Mid Atlantic region for that time (unless I discover I’m wrong about Gulf Coast sailing)...I realize this may be too much area to cover in one season, and I'll allow myself the option of just leaving the boat in the NE until spring to take things up again, but if I can reasonably extend the season by heading south without pushing it too much, I'd like to try...
And yes, I'm a little (a lot) anxious about doing this with a toddler. She's gonna be tethered in tight, that's for sure...but I know lots of others have done it, so why not us?...
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I'm not sure one season is really going to do it, either.
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Under statement at it's finest. I've been sailing Maine my entire life and have not seen it all! While I've seen about 80% of it that last 20% takes a long time!! 3000+/- miles of coastline!!
The lobster pot issue is OVER RATED. Just pay attention and you'll be fine! Never sail up tide/stream or up wind of a pot and always duck bellow it..
I've sailed in lots of locals, all over, and have yet to find anywhere other than the inside passage and Alaska that can even touch the Maine Coast..
Don't let them scare you off!!
Photos ©1998-2008 Hale Kai Inc.
It doesn't get much better than Maine .... 
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Halekai-
You're missing the year in your copyright statement. Nice pix though.
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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
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jakmedic - you'll probably want to be out of the Chesapeake by the end of October, so as to get out of Carolina by mid November at the latest. It can get quite chilly that time of year, and this past season, I was quite uncomfortable until I reached Charleston, SC, close to Thanksgiving.
Sailing the West Coast of Florida can be quite enjoyable. Come down through the Keys at least as far as Marathon, and then head north to Sarasota.
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Free, is the heart, that lives not, in fear.
Full, is the spirit, that thinks not, of falling.
True, is the soul, that hesitates not, to give.
Alive, is the one, that believes, in love. JCP
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If you don't use a cutter on your prop shaft, at least bring a shorty wet suit, a weight belt and a mask and snorkel with you so that you can dive on your prop if you do pick up a lobster pot. The water is cold.
By the way, I usually write some newsletters of our trips an post them on a website for our friends to read. If you want to read about our trip down the ICW in the fall of 2005 just go to:
Yahoo! Groups
Then if you want to read about our time in the Bahamas that winter you can navigate your way back to the messages and scroll down o message 18 to read about that winter in the Abacos.
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As I used to tell our friends on Rondo before they left for the Bahamas, "you don't have any idea about what it will be like! It will be much better and more fun that you can even imagine now!"
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Hey, I know a couple who sails on a triton named Rondo that sailed to the Bahamas.
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Chapter 18 was the best! But words do not do justice to Scot's description of his singing in the Karaoke bar. The applause was because he stopped...but it died off quickly lest he think someone wanted an encore! Miss Kitty remains a saint among women. 
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