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Old 06-17-2011, 12:59 PM
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Default Re: different boat question

I have made 5 or 6 crossings of the Gulf Stream from Lake Worth Inlet to West End, Grand Bahama in a 13' Boston Whaler, with a 35 Johnson on the back. Never as the sole boat, always traveled in company, but it would carry two guys, 4 SCUBA tanks and gear, and a cooler full of eats and drinks with no problem, running 20-25 mph all the way across. The trick is to leave right at first light in the summer while the ocean is glassy, and come back the next morning.

I took the SeaCraft Seafari over the same way many times, but with it I could leave mid-day and not worry about the afternoon wind chop from the seabreeze.
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Currently without a SeaCraft
(2) Pompano 12' fishing kayaks
'73 Cobia 18' prototype "Casting Skiff", 70hp Mercury
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