I don't know.

I fly from Durham to Tampa and Miami and sometimes Key West. At first I
thought about the over water route (for reasons that escape me now) when
going to FL.

Since then I discovered
1) Tampa is an over-land flight
2) Flying at max-glide from shore is as far as I want to fly out into
the Atlantic on this route
3) St. Simons Island (KSSI) is a fine fuel and feed stop (loaner cars,
nice FBO building, restaurants, interesting ramp on busy days). Worth
the fuel premium over say, Waycross GA (a good fuel stop).
4) the biggest obstacle to a direct flight and minimum fuel is FL
convection.

Just some thoughts.

John Doe wrote:
Anyone flown X-C down the east coast way out over the Atlantic?

I'm new to the east coast and I'm interested in flying from NC to Florida.
The direct route would take me a good ways out over the Atlantic. I'm not
concerned about flying over way, just curious as to what issues I'm about to
encounter with ATC.

I'd like to file either VFR or IFR depending on the weather and proceed as
direct as I can for fuel. Is ATC going to give me any hassle?

Thanks.