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Just finished my third small boat sailing in the Cape Cod area adventure story "Ride the Wild Ocean". This time the author sailing a 19 foot Goldeneye. He also sailed a Bullseye 15 from the Keys to the Dry Tortugas, a trip I had once considered in my Luger Leeward 16. A few things I have learned is (1) Sailing in New England is quite expensive (he paid $60.00 a night for a mooring a half mile off shore and $100.00 for a slip in a marina for one night. I pay $93.00 a month for my slip in Cherokee Lake. Secondly, the weather always seems to be bad in New England. This was what I have gathered from this book, "Bucking the Tide" and the Herresoff book "Compleat Cruiser"

Good book, well written. Nicely edited.

My problem is I read too fast and I still have several months to go before I can get back on the water (mid March if I am lucky, a two week window in April and then no wind until September). Since I keep buying books from SCA it cost me more not to sail than it does to sail!!!!

Read this book, its good.

Now I have: "Bucking the tide", "A little breeze to the west" and the new issue of SCA! It is like Santa was here this morning!

from what I have gathered, the weather in New England is not all that nice.. and the coast offers little protection for those caught out in it.

At least here in the southern half of NJ we get mostly nice weather and if you need to run for shelter, there are any number of inlets available.. even if some of them are all but unnavigable.

Worst came to worst, you could run for the beach and worry about salvaging later.