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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 30-10-2020, 05:44
Replies: 61
Views: 92,588
Posted By Auspicious
Re: What's the best Bahamas cruiser?

You're missing the impact on people's first crossing, sailing vice motoring, and the difference between crabbing and tacking. Also autopilots kicking out when HDG is too different from COG, and slow...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 30-10-2020, 00:12
Replies: 61
Views: 92,588
Posted By Auspicious
Re: What's the best Bahamas cruiser?

That's more or less my practice. From Chesapeake Bay 135T (or as close to that as I can sail) to 65W and then South. From Newport somewhere between 150T and 160T to 65W and then South. I call this...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 26-10-2020, 23:15
Replies: 61
Views: 92,588
Posted By Auspicious
Re: What's the best Bahamas cruiser?

You can wait a long time for a "perfect" weather forecast. Those are the same people clustered in Lake Worth waiting for someone else to make a decision. Are you a duckling or a duck?

West Palm...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 25-10-2020, 22:51
Replies: 61
Views: 92,588
Posted By Auspicious
Re: What's the best Bahamas cruiser?

The Gulf Stream deserves respect but not fear. It absolutely deserves understanding and some basic navigation and piloting skills. Remember that conventional wisdom is often unwise.

Let's start...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 26-07-2019, 07:48
Replies: 61
Views: 92,588
Posted By Auspicious
Re: What's the best Bahamas cruiser?

As others have noted you have to define your terms.





Slow under sail and points poorly. Might as well get a trawler for more space and less draft.


I haven't found draft a significant...
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