Get out of my head...
The Navy has coastal patrol boats (https://magaimg.net/img/9rma.jpg) or something similar that would be perfect for me and my family. There was one at a marina I pass to and from work. I don't know how much fuel it holds, or uses; but the platform seemed the most versatile. It may not have even been a Naval vessel, just painted to look like one for all I know, but it would have made a perfect bug out vehicle for where I am located as there's very few egress routes that will be clogged with millions of people trying to escape from the LA Basin.
In the nautic world you have the "all motor" guys and the "all sails" guys
Sails require more skills, but you aren't going to cross an ocean with motor only... Unless you're "driving" a super tanker
Ponder that, you aren't a state who can provide fuel to infinity
On the flip side when you face unexpected bad weather and are still not that far off the coast and you still have time to go back home... You want a good motor
Yea, I wouldn't be going that far out to sea. Just over the horizon. Too risky, from my perspective, to be any farther from land in a bug out situation.
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