Daytona fl to ny with a sportfish

Why such a short range? At what speed do you figure that range to be?

What rpm are you getting 20 knots? 1800? You should be burning around 50-60 gph which gives you a longer range than you figure.

Best make the jump from St Augustine to Charleston- then you can make shorter runs. You don't want to mess around in Georgia on the ICW.

If you haven't made the run your best idea is to hire an experienced captain who has done it many times.

I thought from the initial post that was what he was seeking. Now, he has me confused as to what his plans are.

Do you plan on timing this between possible storms at the end of September?
How much time are you planning?

Sailing on a set schedule is generally a bad idea...usually, it is a good way to get into a lot of trouble.
How many people do you plan on having onboard?

If your asking about destinations per day. You need to be careful with your new / used boat. Can you please outline your plan a little better? Have you had a chance to get to know your boat at all under different conditions? Did the boat have a survey?

Maybe Viking will clue us in as to what his thoughts are. We did Fort Lauderdale to NYC in 7 days, daylight only, but we had seven people aboard, four of whom were licensed captains and one a licensed engineer and our cruise speed was 26 knots. Plus we'd cruised this area many times.

Sounds to me like he's looking for recommendations as to where to stop along the way if he averages about 150 miles per day. You know, like a stop at this marina at this location for this reason.

1.Daytona to Golden Isles (Morningstar Marina) Coastal Kitchen has AMAZING shrimp and grits as well as other food. The restaurant on the pier at Jekyll is very good also, but I don't like the shallow jekyll creek tide restrictions

2. Golden Isles to Charleston (Charl. City Marina) Hanks Seafood or Hall's Chophouse are both excellent.

Charleston to Southport take ICW to Wrightsville Beach, stay at Marina just South of the Bridge. Restaurant at the marina is very good.

Pop out Masonboro Inlet, to Beaufort, NC and take ICW to Oriental, NC or Elizabeth City. Restaurants at both places are good but not excellent.

Oriental, NC to Norfolk on ICW (Tidewater Marina)

Norfolk to Cape May, NJ, (take chesepeake)
Cape May to Atlantic City or Brielle
Atlantic City to NY..

Buy yourself a cruising guide for each area. In the Front will be distance tables as well as bridge heights and schedules. I like the Waterway Guide.

GA in ICW is NO problem in that boat provided you do it at mid tide or above. There is 8' of tide in GA. Little Mud river South of Fernandina Beach, FL is very shallow also. It is 3' in front of that defunct marina in Jekyll Island in the channel at low tide. Also, if you do it at mid tide- rising tide, going North you will stay at the same tide pretty much all day in a 20 knot boat on the ICW as high tide is around an hour later in the day every 15 miles North you go. The ICW is beautiful from Fernandina to Charleston.

Hiring an experienced Captain that is also mechanical will be the best decision you'd make. I've done this trip many times. Also, given the time of the year, I'd consider putting the boat somewhere nice in Florida....South Florida and doing the Bahamas over the winter, or Naples or Keys......and enjoying it over the winter rather than running it home and hauling it a few weeks later.

Also, you can keep an eye on Skipper Bob website. Pay attention to the waterway updates tab. This site also links to the Waterway Guide, which is very good as Senior Member Capt J suggests.

http://www.skipperbob.net/

I'm more with you. Outside to Charleston, except I'd probably go Hilton Head since I was just staying for the night. Same thing, I might do Bald Head as opposed to Southport and cut back out there. Otherwise as you said. Unless sea conditions dictated, I'd go outside from Norfolk to Ocean City or Cape May depending on range, rather that take the Chesapeake and Delaware route. If i went Cape May then I'd skip Atlantic City. Much, however, depends on crew knowledge and experience and boat condition. If one or both was inadequate then inside most of the way.

I don't like running the ICW when I'm trying to get somewhere.

Yeah but why race up there, when you might only get 1 shot to see the ICW in Georgia/SC.

The other thing both of you guys (RER/Olderboater)are forgetting is he's in a 20 knot boat and only wants to do 150NM days. He's got an easy/safe range of 220NM on fuel. Motors burn 60 gph at 1900rpms/20 knots, he holds 800 gallons. Also running out of daylight as we get further through the month.