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Harry James wrote:
> Rick
>
> Check out
>
> Sailing With Purpose: The Pursuit of the Dream
> by Jerome W. Fitzgerald
> <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Fitzgerald%2C%20Jerome%20W./103-9309424-1848643>
>
>
> One of the most revolutionary (and irritating books) I have ever read.
> 14 bucks or so from Amazon. His rant may bother you but he has a lot of
> really good practical sailing advice to pass on about equipment that you
> need and don't need, and more importantly the skills you should have. As
> much as Fitzgerald irritates me, I keep coming back to read and reread
> the good parts.
>
> HJ
Hiya Harry and Rick,
Thanks for the book recommendation. I love irritating reads,
what with being a grouser myself and an iconoclast.
I'm still building. I'll have as few bells or whistles as
possible, looking to keep my boat from becoming the control
room for a nuclear power station.
Junk rig, no sails below in wet sail bags.
Composting head. No tanks, no plumbing, no pumpouts.
One sink, in the galley. Shower on deck, or whore's bath.
Coleman stove, gimballed to my own design.
No propane.
Paper charts.
No sextant. GPS's, a boxful of them if necessary, to equal
the price of an ASTRA IIIB+box+ephemeris.
Handheld VHF.
20HP Honda outboard, 20 gals. gas. Double duty for the stove.
Mongo is the electrician of the outfit, but I have to rein
him in constantly. Right now it looks like 3 85ah Sears deep
discharge batteries and a couple of solar panels. I (we)
have the lighting trimmed to six circuits including nav
lights and deck lights. The solar panels may be too
expensive and may be replaced with a Rutland 913 wind
generator, or, "nothing" except the 12amp alternator from
the outboard. One way or the other, simplicity and frugality
will win out.
I'll dip a toe into the US'ens and Thems'es discussion.
There are plenty out there doing with very modest boats,
bells&whistles-wise. Bringing up rusty floating coffins has
to be at one extreme end of the spectrum. My uncle Bertrand
and his GF Isabelle sailed quite happily and comfortably on
a 27' gaff'er, all around the Atlantic, to Brazil, up the
Amazon, up through the Carribean, here to Philly, and on
back to France, with nav lights and hurricane candles below.
He did have a GPS, which was quite new in '91 and marvelled
that it was the greatest thing to come along in, well,
forever. He had 50+ years of sailing experience.
--
Alan
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