****New Poll****West End / Gathering?

[kmoose]

Originally Posted by cdavisdb

I'd happily go with Kmoose's weather experience any day, but still with caution.

Thanks Connor, that means a lot coming from you. The one thing you kindly left out was that the peril a passenger is subject to when I get us to where we are going..... That's when the less than safe stuff starts.

Mel and I want to start experimenting with what we want to do in early retirement. Island hopping through the Caribbean is on our short list. Short trips like this will give us a taste of the current logistics and crossing expectations. The end game is to island hop to Puerto Rico and fly back and return the following summer to work our way back. At first we talked about live aboards but feel it would be more comfortable and overall less expensive to make the hops when weather permits in a smaller vessel and utilize accommodations along the way. There is plenty of time for us to figure it out between now and my retirement party at work but we have to start somewhere and the sooner the better for us.

It is likely a gas powered 23 SeaCraft will likely not be the best option for our ultimate plan but it will give us a good reference point from the smaller end of the selection scale.