Atlantic Crossing, West to East in Winter

[stevesailor]

hello there
im new to the board. i just got done with a 5 month trip up and down the east coast of the states. from cape fear NC to machias maine and back down.

we're planning our winter trip, and we're talking of crossing the atlantic to europe. the earliest we'd leave is in january and i was wondering if it would be a good time to cross the north atlantic. we wanted to potentially avoid the highs that constitute the bermuda/azores route so were thinking of taking the gulf stream from cape hatteras over.

if folks could point me in directions of things to read online, that'd be wonderful. i hear that the atlantic is pretty stormy that time of year, despite hurricane season being over. sometimes i hear to avoid the gulf stream to avoid conflicting current and gales. im also expecting it to be extremely cold.

we're in a 1977 cal 29 by the way, who has proved rather seaworthy, although im unsure of her crossing the north atlantic.

thanks, feel free to email me as well.
-steve
creepyeyeball@yahoo.com