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Subject: RE: [world-cruising] Xapic's Virgin Island Adventure
From: Rick H Kennerly (rick@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu Jan 16 2003 - 17:28:46 EST
.:.to mention the cost of just getting into it. My wife's in the 5'4"
.:.category and she's concerned about being able to handle a large boat
.:.like that if something should happen to me.
No problem. She just gets on the VHF and announces that she's a recently
rich widow with a big boat already in the Caribbean looking for man. The
will no lack of volunteers to fill your berth. Her problem will be that in
the islands the odds are pretty good for a single female, but on the other
hand the goods are pretty odd.
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: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 19:18
.:.To: world-cruising@XXX.XXX
.:.Subject: RE: [world-cruising] Xapic's Virgin Island Adventure
.:.
.:.
.:.Rick,
.:.
.:.Yes, that's true. The view is the same. However, when someone has
.:.agreed to give up their nice dry, spacious (relatively, especially
.:.when comparing to most sailboats) land based home, they would like to
.:.have a bit of comfort.50 years ago, cruisers had to endure a lot in
.:.their small, narrow hulls if they wanted to go. Today, we can do that
.:.or we (we in a general sense not me) can get all the bells and
.:.whistles to make life easier.
.:.
.:.While a 25 or 32 footer is less expensive, sometimes considerably so,
.:.another 4-6 feet in length to 36-38 feet can make a big difference in
.:.comfort. That difference, along with choosing a good cruising design
.:.as opposed to a coastal design, can make the cruise instead of break
.:.it on a smaller boat. (Plus, you young people at 50 can withstand
.:.more punishment than those of us who are an ancient 56 or older. :-)
.:.) Getting there in a degree of comfort on a slightly larger vessel vs
.:."beaten up" a bit on a smaller one has a lot to say for itself.
.:.
.:.On the other hand, forget the 40 plus footers. Neither of us can see
.:.ourselves on something that large with that much to take care of not
.
.:.
.:.Also, we'd like to have some "free" time to relax and not work on
.:.constantly maintaining/fixing the boat. I don't think that would be
.:.possible on a larger boat. I think that would be where the $ sink and
.:.the disenchantment would really begin to show.
.:.
.:.No, we're thinking more along the lines of a Union Polaris 36, Hans
.:.Christian 38 (or 36) Traditional, Tayanna 37, or maybe something like
.:.the Baba 35. All older of course. Something in the late 70's that has
.:.had the problems found and repaired and is now going at a
.:._reasonable_ price. If the house keeps on appreciating, we may be
.:.closer than we think to a small house/condo to rent out and retire to
.:.if necessary and a good boat to cruise in the meantime. Gotta
.:.consider both possibilities at our "advanced" ages. :-) (I think
.:.we'd both be happier and in better health if we were "out there"
.:.rather than here on land in the office politics, commuter traffic,
.:.and smog. I know I was when I lived aboard a coastal boat before.)
.:.
.:.Rick
.:.
.:.>.:.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.
.:.
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