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Subject: RE: [world-cruising] Xapic's Virgin Island Adventure
From: Rick H Kennerly (rick@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Jan 13 2003 - 23:00:12 EST
.:.I would also like to know how it is in this modern world to cruise on
.:.an older 32 footer where the amenities are not so spacious and about
.:.what it takes to keep everyone generally happy within the limited
.:.space and eating/sleeping arrangements dictated by the layout.
Guess it means adjusting your expectations some. OTOH, we seem to have
plenty of room aboard and find we spend 99% of waking hours in the cockpit
anyway--including meals.
In Caneel Bay, St Johns, we were moored in front of a multimillion dollar
megayacht and I I kept thinking how funny it was that the view of paradise
was the same from every cockpit--they swam in the same water we did; they
ate in the cockpit and watched the show go by, just like we did; they
dinghied around, just like us.
Discounting the charter boats (which are getting huge!--saw several solo
couples in chartered Benetau 46s), I found a number of cruisers out in
smaller boats. The smallest we came across were two sets of French
Canadians in Bayfield 25s. There were a lot of older CCA rule boats out
there, too. The compromises you're willing to make to get there are some
indication of the strength of your dream.
Rick NH2F
Westsail 32 Xapic
Cabo San Juan, Puerto Rico
www.mouseherder.com/xapic
www.westsail.org
Sail like a Kiwi
Anchor like a Canadian
Live like a Texan
.:.-----Original Message-----
.:.From: Rick Bradshaw [mailto:rbradsh2@XXX.XXX]
.:.Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 18:21
.:.To: world-cruising@XXX.XXX
.:.Subject: Re: [world-cruising] Xapic's Virgin Island Adventure
.:.
.:.
.:.Rick,
.:.
.:.Happy birthday! When you get around to it, I'd like to hear about
.:.your vacation.
.:. 32
.:.feet isn't large but, by today's standards, neither is 36-38 feet. I
.:.guess I'm getting plenty tired of waiting to get the next boat of the
.:.type I believe would solve the problems best.
.:.
.:.Just heard on another list that at least one person is dropping out
.:.of the cruising dream because he feels that with all the USCG and
.:.other boardings, etc., the cruising lifestyle is going the way of the
.:.mountain man in the early 1800's U.S. I would presume the live aboard
.:.in a marina would not, then, be far behind since it is already
.:.difficult in many places to do that not to mention living on a hook.
.:. From what you have seen from your years in the Pacific, your time on
.:.the U.S. East Coast, and now in Puerto Rico, is it really coming to
.:.this? What do you think it will be like in 5 or 10 years based on
.:.your experiences to date?
.:.
.:.Thanks.
.:.
.:.Rick
.:.
.:.>http://www.mouseherder.com/xapic/BVI/bvi.html
.:.>
.:.>or what we did for my 50th Birthday.
.:.>
.:.>(just pix, some commentary to follow...someday)
.:.
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