Thanks, again good advice. I'm reconsidering the route and may pick up boat in BVI/USVI then sail to Antigua, pick up the admiral and work our way back to BVI/USVI. Still some lumpy seas in the AP but downwind better than to weather.
Good move. Your chances of getting the admiral on second and subsequent offshore passages will be greatly enhanced by making the first offshore passage a nice, gentle, downwind sail. If the first is a 24 hour bash to windward with spray flying over the boat and a lot of banging and crashing, it may well be the last!
My wife was very nervous before her first overnight passage. Fortunately it was a three day sail from Martinique to the BVI and she was hooked.
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