On the one hand, timing is said to be everything. On the other, anyone in real estate will tell you the thing that really matters is location, location, location. When it comes to passagemaking, though, it’s not one or the other, it’s both.
Making a passage from, say, Bermuda to the the U.S. Virgin Islands, in February, you’ll likely find yourself loving life, with steady tradewinds scooting you along under “flying fish” conditions, as the old squarerigger sailors used to call them.
Do so in October, however, and it will likely be a very different story. Not only will you be constantly looking over your shoulder for tropical depressions spinning your way from far-off Africa, you could very well find yourself caught up in a full-blown hurricane if you’re not…