Already got it - that's what convinced me to seriously consider the island hopping rather that straight blue water route :-)
thanks! jim On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Jim - > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 01:33:03PM -0500, jim sims wrote: >> Nekkid Joy III is lying Chalreston, Sc and I'm wanting to move her to >> the southern, windward caribbean prior to June/July. Looking for other >> folks headed that way, advice on whether to island hop or do a >> blue-water route (no blue-water experience here), or any other useful >> info you have. > > I strongly recommend Bruce van Sant's "The Gentleman's Guide to Passages > South" (and I don't often say this about books related to cruising; > there's a lot of nonsense out there, and some of it will kill you if you > follow it.) Everything I've learned in my years of passagemaking and > island-hopping just serves to confirm what I learned from his book when > I first read it; Bruce may not be the most pleasant guy in the world in > person, but his writing is funny, his advice in general is right on the > dot, and his chapter on weather is pure gold. In my opinion, no > first-timer going down to the islands should be without it. > > > -- > OKOPNIK CONSULTING > Custom Computing Solutions For Your Business > Expert-led Training | Dynamic, vital websites | Custom programming > 443-250-7895 http://okopnik.com > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
