As to Evan....once you have been down for life stuff. and not "we have to go there mode". a leisurely sail to wherever is just fine, and doesn't interrupt the trip. Actually we look forward to diversions that pull us out of that mode. I can't tell you how many times people have decided to "just come down" and we accommodate them out of shear ((what the heck)) lets do it, make it happen!

as you learn to navigate the ins-and-outs everything is nothing but a road.

Many on forum, have been down long enough that three nights on a anchor, or three days of sailing, or three month of dry, is just a marvelous idea. I'm not quite at 3 months on water...but I'm working on it.

One thing I can PROMISE is i will never be caught on a cruise ship..dead or alive.