Well, after 50+ years of racing sailboats, I've finally decided to do the Newport-Bermuda Race, on a Beneteau 36.7 yet. Many of my friends call me crazy since its a pretty light, tippy platform to transit the gulfstream.
I was speaking with a supplier of mine yesterday who has done the race a couple of times and he reminded me that if we enter the stream, which flows north/northeast, with a opposing wind, the waves can get square shaped and rather large. This does not bode well for a lightish (12,900 lbs), fin keeled boat, so I'm hoping for the predicted southwesterlies which JT has promised me.
He said, set the code 0, sit back and relax. I think that he's not telling me the entire truth.
On the very positive side, the bunch of guys who are going are top notch with at least 4-5 good drivers (I include myself here, perhaps optimistically). JT (Navigator) has done at least 4 of these races and has promised to teach me the rudiments of celestial during the trip.
On the whole, I'm ready to go and looking forward to the experience.
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