Yes, that's reasonable enough, and we think weather routing is an excellent idea, especially for predicting departures, although we're skeptical when it comes to forecasts over a few days into the future. We haven't used a professional since 1997, when we made passage from Morehead City to the BVI. At that time, we used the services of a fellow named Bob Rice, who I believe has since retired to do wx for ocean racers exclusively. We were in Salt Ponds VA installing our new AP and when our planned date arrived Bob advised us to wait a few more days as something was brewing. We made good use of the extra time to finalize our preps while West Marine's 1500 fleet departed that same day and ran into the remains of Hurricane Mitch. Two of the boats in the fleet were abandoned and many were damaged. The PO and builder of our Westsail 43, who made many single-handed passages from Florida to the VI, told us to "forget weather windows and just go, as you'll get bad wx somewhere along the way anyway." Although there is some truth to that, we have tried to be reasonable in picking out departure time to at least have a few good days. We checked in with Herb on that first passage and sent him $100. after we arrived. Well worth it 10 years ago and I'd say it's still a good deal. Whereas Seahorse is no more capable than a cruising sailboat of outrunning what Dave (of Swan Song) aptly calls "bowling balls," we can at least go in the right direction to avoid the worst, although there are exceptions, like H Lenny. Regards, John "Seahorse" >Captain Georgs, thank you for your interest in our services. Our contact information is as follows. Ocean Marine Nav. Inc Tel: 1-866-505-6664 Fax: 908-548-0880 Email: <mailto:Ocmarnav@aol.com>Ocmarnav@aol.com, Ocmarnav@verizon.net Skype User name: Ocmarnav Our pricing is pretty basic; $80.00 per advisory + comm costs for hard copy (email/fax and verbals). $40.00 per advisory + comm costs for verbal only consultations. An advisory day means the day we provide a forecast and not the days the forecast covers. There are no minimums, no contract requirements. You use us when you need us. Unlike some other services that are afraid to forecast beyond 3-4 days, we will do a detailed forecast for transits beginning in 2-3 weeks. If you would like any additional information, please let me know. B/Rgds, Bob/OMNI ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.