Running from Marathon to Palm Beach.... Suggestions

In advance of/during your trip I'd suggest reviewing the Salty Southeast Cruisers Net for a compilation of LNMs/crowd-sourced info.

Running up Hawks Channel with the crab pots right now may make you want to kill yourself. It's a slalom course and they can be hard to see if it's rough or into the sun.

I'd just head outside if conditions allowed, get in the gulf stream if appropriate conditions, avoid crab pots, icw, and everything else. Running at 20, 25, or 30 knots, it's still a short, easy trip. However, my comments are based on a boat I am very comfortable with. That to me is the issue about how and where to run. How confident you are in the boat.

Why not hire a local Capt? Not a long run and you already have the cost of Seven Seas. So local knowledge for 2 days is cheap. You get more comfortable with the new boat, get to look around more on the run and help getting your riggers off/sold when you get there.
Congratulations on the purchase.

Congrats on the new boat. Got any pics to share to include the machinery and also the helm / electronics? is it a flybridge?

Oh my. I'm sure we'll hear from Capt J as those comments will make his day. I've only heard good things about Cabo's but never been on one myself.

It is true the build quality is excellent so is the ride on the 40'. The outriggers will fit 1 piece from the bow pulpit and through the flybridge (underneath the hardtop) and can be padded and secured pretty easily. Fold the upright bar against the rigger and zip tie and pad it. The layout bar take off of the rigger, fold and secure against the hardtop upright support. 2 guys can get them off and padded in 2-3 hours. I've done it on many.

I too would recommend a Captain and doing the inside you may very well be stuck with as it's been very rough lately. Can run Hawk's channel to the cut inside Biscayne Bay just North of Ocean Reef (key largo) forgot the name of it.

I'm loading a new 98' Benetti on that very same ship. I also do daily Captaining.

Yes, they break down into the 8'ish lengths pretty easily if they're not corroded together. The guide wires are all that hold the lengths together, at each spreader is where the 2 pipes connect. BUT, then you have to pad and label and store ALL of those individual pieces for the freighter trip. If that's the situation you may want to consider keeping them intact and selling them here. They also can be stored along the boathouse ceiling probably in one piece with a few hangers, pretty easily.

You cannot ship it with the riggers on, 98% of the time. They're incredibly easy to take off in 1 piece (3 bolts) and move them to the bow and secure them out of the way of the crane and they will be safe.

First pad the points on the spreader and put the layout line (you use to pull it back to the boat with) on the upright holder with one wrap so you can lower it easily, then disconnect all of the mono layout lines. Next, undo all of the nuts but leave the bolts in, leave outrigger in the upright holder. Remove layout bars from outrigger, pad, and zip tie to hardtop support, then remove upright bar at base and pad and zip tie to the outrigger. NOW, have a guy in the flybridge and slowly lower it on the side of the boat where the guy in the flyrbidge can hold it, now take the bolt out of the base and start walking it to the bow as the guy in the FB feeds it, then walk it forward till the tip will fit right through the center of the flybridge opening and walk it back to where the spreader will sit on the FB fiberglass and the base should end up right on the pulpit, zip tie it to the bow rail and then tie it in the flybridge. I'll try to find some pictures, but if memory serves me right the spreader on yours will end up on the flybridge front opening and base will be at the pulpit. I've even done them 12' in the air on the hard at a boatyard.

Breaking them down is going to create a can of worms and a half if you ever want to re-assemble them, if they'll even come apart.

I agree on planning to use Hawks and then the inside. As I said, the pots are a pain in the butt that will last a few hours up Hawks. The cut North of Ocean Reef is Broad Creek. The west side of it is a narrow channel. Just pick your way through. That''s really the only tricky part. Everything is well marked on either Garmin or Navionics. Easy to get dockage in Miami.

Miami to wpb is a long time on the ICW. 8hrs+.

I hope the weather gods are with you and you can go outside.

You're right on Angelfish. I've never had the balls to run it on plane. Lots of boats in there when I've gone through. I just work the tide instead.