I've carried 8’ from Beaufort, NC to Norfolk several times recently. Farther South might be a challenge. Andy
Andrew Burton 26 Beacon Hill Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 > On Mar 22, 2021, at 11:41, Joel Aronson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > I'd be more worried about water draft than air draft in the ICW with a fixed > keel boat. > > Andy, I know its a tough job ... Besides, too cold to sail in Newport. > > Joel > >> On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 11:36 AM Andrew Burton via CnC-List >> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> I think the tall rig on the 40 is fine for the ICW. >> I loved that boat. She gave me few excuses to use the engine, even in light >> airs if I looked at her sideways she was doing 5 knots. And she'd point like >> Babe Ruth predicting a home run. Heading home from Cuttyhunk was always >> lovely; we'd head down the rhumb line for R2A with sheets just a little >> eased and we'd watch all the Benecatahunts fade off to leeward into the >> Sakonnet River and eventually start motoring. The 40 combines performance >> and beauty to an extent not seen on many other boats. It’s my favorite C&C! >> >> Andy >> (Stuck in the Bahamas with clients far away from my own boat) >> >> Andrew Burton >> 26 Beacon Hill >> Newport, RI >> USA 02840 >> >> http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ >> +401 965-5260 >> >>> On Mar 22, 2021, at 10:47, Robert Boyer via CnC-List >>> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >>> >>> Tall rigs will give you fits if you ever travel down the ICW. >>> >>> Bob >>> >>> Bob Boyer >>> s/v Rainy Days >>> C&C Landfall 38 (Hull # 230) >>> (Spending winters in warm places, and summers on the Chesapeake Bay) >>> blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com >>> email: dainyr...@icloud.com >>> >>>> >> Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with >> the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use >> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - >> Stu > > > -- > Joel > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
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