This time of year weather plays a bigger roll and you are limited to about 11 hours of daylight. Depending on your boat you may run out of fuel before running out of daylight.
Our normal itinerary would be Charleston to Beaufort, NC. Then to Norfolk, then Cape May it AC, then home.
If those offshore jumps are too long you could stop in Georgetown, Southport, or Wrightsville on the first day. On day 2 you could push past Beaufort to Oriental. If you can’t make Norfolk, Coinjock is an interesting stop. Then North of Norfolk you could stop in Ocean City, MD, or just go up the Chesapeake for even more choices.
If weather keeps you on the AICW then it might take an extra day or two, but there are good stops along the way.
Thanks for the route ideas.
I think I'll be OK on fuel for an 11 hour day. The boat has a big tank and is pretty fuel-efficient. At 2600 rpm it will do about 27 mph. Using 90% of the 300 gallon tank, the range is 380 miles. That calculates out to be 1.4 mpg.
If I slow down to 24 mph the range is 400 miles and 1.5 gph.