T&T: Atlantic ICW

[Pascal Gademer]

you can do it at the pace you suggest or a little faster in some areas or 
slower...  any pace works on the ICW.

Leaving early october should work, although it gets a little chilly then, 
but being from Ontario that shoudln't be a problem for you... :-)  at 24' 
you may have to wait for decent weather to do the short run from cape May to 
the  Jersey ICW, which you will be able to take with your boat.

the next hurdle will be the run up the delaware bay, it can get nasty with 
short steep waves...

after the Cheasapeke you will have a handful of open stretches like the 
Albermarle Sound and aligator river, the Neuse River, etc the rest is pretty 
much inland waters and shouldn't be a problem.

Saltys Cruisers Net and Active Captain are good resources, for marinas 
http://www.atlanticcruisingclub.com/ is probably the best online source of 
info.

IT's a great trip, so much to see, so much to do!

pascal
miami, fl
70 hatteras 53 MY


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Georgs Kolesnikovs" <waterworld at rogers.com>
To: "Trawlers & Trawlering List" <trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 11:11 PM
Subject: T&T: Atlantic ICW


> 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
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> Frenchman's Bay, Lake Ontario
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