central florida only gets into the 20's for a few hours at a time... during a 1-2 month window.. you get into the 20's for what weeks on end? (smiles).... Why not consider SW Florida. Awesome winter sailing, not as expensive as the keys..
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Hal Craft <[email protected]> wrote: > It looks like I'll be able to join the snowbirds and go south for > this coming winter. Like most everyone's, my intention would be to > get far enough south so that the weather is likely to be comfortably > warm most of the time. My thoughts have long been that the Keys, > Bahamas, or PR/VI, listed in increasing degrees of difficulty (and > inverse degree of desirability), would be the best bets. I > originally contemplated St. Augustine till I noted the temperature at > one point got into the 20's - I can do that here in upstate NY. > > Judging from the comments on this list, Florida is not particularly > cruiser-friendly - except, perhaps, for Marathon. Any > thoughts/advice on Marathon as a place to hang out for several months > in the winter? I would expect to be anchored out, or on a mooring. > I'm also carrying 6'6" of draft, and it's not clear from what I've > seen that that will work comfortably in Marathon (or lots of the Keys > either). > > So any advice would be much appreciated. Perhaps there's a better > place in Florida than Marathon. Hal > > > -- > Hal Craft (AA2JQ) > Sailing Vessel "Talisman" > Currently Asleep Robinhood, ME > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > -- 80% of the people of the US are depressed and the other 20% cause it! It's not about the boat it's sails or rigging. It's about the freedom. http://www.slideshare.net/jacko91/these-are-my-credentials/ http://fisherhouse.org/ http://www.specialops.org/ "We are the guardians of a great faith. When we believe that freedom offers the best chance of peace and prosperity for all, and our desire for peace cannot be seperated from our believe in liberty." Harry S. Truman “Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." --Mark Twain
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