I recently came across a 1976
Catalina 22. It's a fixer upper, but so far, it has seemed to be a pretty good little
boat.Now, the goal is that by the first week of June, my three friends and I will set sail from around Tampa,
Florida to
Bimini and then
Nassau.
I know 22 feet is a little short, but we are definitely going to wait for a nice easy
weather window. We also have a 7.7 hp
kicker for emergencies - but we want to try to do it just
sails. We are going to be sailing down and around the bottom of the state, so I feel we will be practiced and ready for the crossing.
I've been doing some reading, and everyone says to leave from
Miami, but that's pretty far north for us. Would it be better to shoot up from around
Key Largo, maybe a little further north, then just let the
current carry us a little bit more so taking the
wind from the south will let us go a little faster.
I just wanted to reach out to a more experienced community and see what opinions there are on the feasibility of this journey.