Jud - s/v Sputnik
Super Anarchist
Racing: ok sometimes
. (My sailing coach daughter loves tweaking sails and body weights for dinghy sailing performance, but cruising is first love?)
Chasing Elegua
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. (My sailing coach daughter loves tweaking sails and body weights for dinghy sailing performance, but cruising is first love?)Russell Brown
Super Anarchist
Got it! Thanks very much.
Oh, you sweet innocent child...
Steam Flyer
Sophisticated Yet Humble
Hear hear.
That is a beautiful scene.
Steam Flyer
Sophisticated Yet Humble
What's up with this "legs-in" style of hiking? Tell him of your VMG sorrows, and put him to work!
Elegua
Generalissimo
Totally sketch but fun..
I need to add a sign that displays my draft. More than one boat tried to anchor next to me and ran aground.
I need to add a sign that displays my draft. More than one boat tried to anchor next to me and ran aground.
Max Rockatansky
DILLIGAF?
- 4,030
- 1,105
Happens to me all the time. Shallow draft is a blessing
Titilingus
Member
Thank you. I really enjoyed reading your journey and this thread, it's been inspirational. I tip my hat to you, you overcame the obstacles, did it and are now enjoying it fully.
I understand what you mean about enjoying the sacred in my own Country, I have tried to do it. I must admit the freezing mist rolling of the hills into the anchorage and across the boat does have it's charm, until day 5 of no solar lol. I am really lucky that I have a wife who wants the same as me, but I may copy your idea and fly her out to meet me in the Carribean
Thank you for your posts, they have been really helpful and insightful.I wish you all the best in everything you do.
Jud - s/v Sputnik
Super Anarchist
I read somewhere that one strategy is to play loud music and walk around on deck totally nude when other boats come close...scares people away
Diarmuid
Super Anarchist
Elegua
Generalissimo
Thank you for your kind words. We bumble along as best we can. I think the trick is to be stubborn and blind enough to keep bumbling. If I’d had my way, I’d have had my wife come with me, but with hindsight it was the right call. I’d be single handing right now if she had.Thank you. I really enjoyed reading your journey and this thread, it's been inspirational. I tip my hat to you, you overcame the obstacles, did it and are now enjoying it fully.
I understand what you mean about enjoying the sacred in my own Country, I have tried to do it. I must admit the freezing mist rolling of the hills into the anchorage and across the boat does have it's charm, until day 5 of no solar lol. I am really lucky that I have a wife who wants the same as me, but I may copy your idea and fly her out to meet me in the Carribean
I wish you all the best in everything you do.
The signal to noise ratio varies, but some of the best advice I’ve gotten and some of my best sailing friends have come through this website.
On your way to the Caribbean the long trip across the Atlantic is the easiest one? Whatever it is, pick the easy one for a first one. For my wife it was Antigua to Guadeloupe- a day trip shorter than what we sail in Maine and no more “offshore “.
I like that image of the freezing mist rolling across the hills - hopefully there is a heater and maybe a toddy waiting on board.
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Elegua
Generalissimo
We’re a chubby monohull - I feel bad when they come to an unexpected halt.I read somewhere that one strategy is to play loud music and walk around on deck totally nude when other boats come close...scares people away
Max Rockatansky
DILLIGAF?
- 4,030
- 1,105
That don’t make no since
Elegua
Generalissimo
At least now there is someone else who can row…even if he rows like a farmer… probably more a reflection on me than him.
Fah Kiew Tu
Curmudgeon, First Rank
Heh. We were settled for the night on one of our moorings when the clown 2 over decided to fire up his gen set and watch TV. Volume up.I read somewhere that one strategy is to play loud music and walk around on deck totally nude when other boats come close...scares people away
After 5 minutes, we looked at each other, went 'You're thinking what I'm thinking'. Started the engine and fucked off - with a close by pass to express our unhappiness.
FKT
Titilingus
Member
You're very welcome, you've done extremely well, utmost respect to you. I'll be blind and stubborn enough to keep going
. It's -3c right now, down to -6c tomorrow evening maybe with a touch of snow, but currently in a tee shirt with the chinaspacher working very well (2 years and still no issues apart from a glow plug (5 min job)). I'm off grid, running the heater, TV (subscribtion), charging phones etc, even had the fridge going although it's colder outside lol. It's taken me a while to figure out my energy needs/supply on a 32ft boat, but all good.I figure if we can do this in the dark of winter (was dusk at 4.45pm today) then it should be great for the tropics.
Anyway, what you have done is great, enjoy the rest of your life journey, keep being inspirational my friend.
Max Rockatansky
DILLIGAF?
- 4,030
- 1,105
Unfortunately that’s not how it should be, but yeah you just gat to leave when the fuckers come marching in
Steam Flyer
Sophisticated Yet Humble
That's when it is handy to have the electric guitar and a portable (but loud AF) amp.
2airishuman
The Loyal Opposition
As tempting as it is, I make a rule to avoid trying to out-asshat those individuals who have a lifetime of experience and no sense of limits.
Steam Flyer
Sophisticated Yet Humble
Well, you have a good point and I apologize for all my past transgressions, but as my wife once tried to explain to some asshat's wife, "You better get your husband away from my husband, he's a MUCH bigger asshole than yours will ever amount to." But most of the time I try hard to be nice.
