T&T: Atlantic ICW

[Chuck and Susan]

Georgs, The great thing about the ICW is you can take it at your own pace. The only issue I see with your boat is the trip north of the Chesapeake. From there on take as much time as you need. I suggest you get Dozier's Waterway guides for lots of information along the way. You can also find a lot of info at  http://www.cruisersnet.net/index.php  from folks that have recently been down the ditch. We have made about 10 trips and still love it. Leaving as far north as you will in October is going to be a challenge weather wise on your boat. You will probably spend considerable time waiting for the right weather to make some passages. So you will need a good source to be able to access weather along the way. Good luck, Chuck

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--- On Thu, 1/1/09, Georgs Kolesnikovs <waterworld at rogers.com> wrote:

> From: Georgs Kolesnikovs <waterworld at rogers.com>
> Subject: T&T: Atlantic ICW
> To: "Trawlers & Trawlering List" <trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com>
> Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009, 11:11 PM
> Greetings in the New Year!
> 
> I'm looking for input from Listees who have cruised the
> Atlantic 
> Intracoastal Waterway.
> 
> I'm thinking of running my TomCat to the Florida Keys
> from Lake 
> Ontario in the fall. I've never cruised the ICW and I
> don't own a 
> truck; thus, the idea of running the 1,800 miles on its own
> bottom.
> 
> (The TomCat is a 24-foot trailerable powercat with a
> pilothouse and 
> cruising accommodations. It's powered by twin Yamaha
> 100 outboards 
> and can easily run at 20 knots all day, if conditions
> permit.)
> 
> The idea is a cruise, not a delivery south. I'm
> thinking of being 
> under way three to fours per day about five days a week.
> That might 
> make 300 miles per week or six weeks for the distance.
> I'd leave Lake 
> Ontario in early October.
> 
> Am I being too ambitious or too timid about the rate of
> progress?
> 
> --Georgs
> -- 
> Georgs Kolesnikovs
> TomCat 24 At Last!
> Frenchman's Bay, Lake Ontario
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