Thanks, all. Depends on the weather, as I understand it is dicey in the spring. Abacos, and maybe Eluthera. I've crewed all over the Abacos on a Bert 54, so pretty comfortable there. My boat is pretty shallow draft (32") but prop is lowest bit, so I have to be careful!! I've nav'd with a laptop in pilothouse using Maptech offshore navigator lite, uses those cd's from the chart packages and usb garmin antenna. Loved the way it worked... when it worked. System would lock up often, and the gps signal would randomly decide to not talk to the computer. Irritating. I'd like to keep using a laptop and was willing to buy the upgraded Maptech software, but it seems on their site they are no longer marketing it. Anyone got ideas on what is a good laptop based nav package? Last gulfstream trip a bud brought an ipad, it sorta worked but ended up being annoying and glitchy. Marine plotters like Garmin are nice, but very pricey for the big ones, and the little ones use charts that seem poor quality. Thanks!