Pete, you should talk to Maugan about the Tortugas trip. He and his college sailing club chartered a cruising cat and went there on spring break. They had to motor most of the time because there was so little wind. I would be interested to hear whether he recommends it for beach cats. That's a big chunk of open water to cross.

I've had two different stories in the magazine about trips to the Tortugas, the one Maugan wrote and also one from Robert Onsgard when a group of Corsair trimarans made the trip together.