Hello All and thanks again for all the great info on this forum. I've fallen in love with BVI and captained my first bareboat (Moorings 4000) this past October w/ another trip planned this August. Now, I know BVI is a great place for a green captain such as myself and so I don't want to overestimate my abilities, but my question is about the Florida Keys….

We're basically looking to put together a Guys Trip for about 5 days, someplace convenient to the East Coast, for late 2017/early 2018. To me the Florida Keys sounds like the place but I can't find much practical info on the sail/bareboat scene there (this forum has me spoiled I guess).

Can some of you on here help me relate what I might expect in the Keys as compared to the BVI? Sailing conditions, challenges, charters companies or anything else you can think of? Or maybe another online forum that may have more specific info for that area?

Thanks in advance!