The Snowbird Way

rank and Celene Varasano call them-selves conservative cruisers. Sure, their Fleming 78 can top 20 knots in a pinch, but as these retirees make their way up and down the U.S. coasts—which they’ve done eight separate years now—they generally cruise at around 10 knots. And only if the weather looks good. “Even trying to do a trip to Nantucket and back from New York when you have a week or two, it’s not the same as when you have the luxury of time,” Frank Varasano says. “Having the flexibility to do what you want, when you want, is absolutely