Lots of different ideas on October. Kind of looks like you " pays your money and takes your chances."

Our personal feeling, and that is a very individual choice, we stay clear of the Caribbean during hurricane season. September is usually the worst month. SEPTEMBER REMEMBER is a saying in the Caribbean.

OCTOBER ALL OVER. ( end of october ) .... and sometimes into November.

I do remember when FOXY would have the Wooden Boat Races in September, and very clever since it is hurricane seasonan and biz falls off. . Also the bare boat charter outfits will many times give you 10 days of sailing
for the price of 7 days.

To us, that is a big time warning that there is a reason for those discounts and promotions. It certainly isn't because they love us.

Some people get away with it, and others, as noted in some of these posts, have not been as lucky.

We have had very good sailing weather in May, it is before hurricane season and before the kids get out of school. And the cruise ships have whittled their visits down to three days in that month .

Also, the intensity of the hurricanes is increasing, Irma ....180 to 225 mph winds.

And as mentioned by others, we need to think about the effects of any hurricane damage in the month or so before October.

Of course as usual, those are some of our thoughts , everyone can chose their own special sailing vacation times .

May you have bright and sunny days, and fair winds, great sailing, and good times.