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From: Mike (no email)
Date: Fri Feb 06 2004 - 15:37:40 EST
--- In , "Baumgart, James"
<james dot baumgart at s dot dot dot > wrote:
> Sailing around the world by a west about tradewind route is a big
> undertaking. But you mention Cape Horn. That is a massive
undertaking.
I mention Cape Horn because that might be my alternate plan. Instead
of a world cruise, I might sail around S. America. I'll have to see
what my resolve and finances are like in a few years when I have the
skill to undertake a journey like this. But I do dearly wish to see
Patagonia and the Chilean fjords.
> Are you going alone or with a significant
> other or crew?
I will probably go it mostly alone, though family and friends may
join me for different segments of the trip.
> I'd strongly suggest you acquaint yourself with the books of Bernard
> Moitessier, especially The Long Way, Cape Horn, The Logical Route,
and A Sea
> Vagabonds World. Of course, if you are going to go that far, you
may as
> well get his other books, Sailing to the Reefs, and Tamata and the
Alliance.
> Whatever you do, read Tamata and the Alliance LAST. Moitessier has
rounded
> all the great capes, multiple times, and gives very strong advice
on how to
> equip a modest boat for this area.
Thanks very much for the book recommendations. I will certainly get
them and read them. The material I've been reading so far is on the
web, sites put up by sailors who have done Cape Horn roundings, and
world cruises, who have shared their logs and memoirs online.
> I have taken a year long cruise San Diego to the Bahamas and today
solo sail
> my 1978 Catalina 25 nearly every day. My feeling is that if I can
work up
> to sailing in storm conditions in my C25 I will have the experience
to
> handle a blue water sloop in really difficult condtions. Your
experience
> matters more than the vessel! Start small, go now, meet me this
summer for
> a Catalina Island circumnavigation and a day sail to Santa Barbara
Island!
> You can buy a C25 ready to go for $5K or rent a C250 for $100/day.
I have been taking classes from Blue Water Sailing in MDR, and they
charter small boats for about that same price. I like the Catalina 34
the most, but the Hunter 31 is fun too. Haven't taken out the
Catalina 42 yet, though. That one's a bit pricey for a day sail. ;)
I'd love to do a Catalina Is. circumnavigation. Consider that trip
ON. I'm there.
FYI, to give you an idea of my newbie skill level, I have completed
ASA Basic Keelboat, Basic Coastal, and Basic Bareboat.
> You will spend more time at anchor than passage making and more
time in
> light air than storms. Make sure your boat is good for these
conditions, as
> well.
The steel boats are rather heavy, aren't they? :) Good point about
light air sailing. I'm not married to the idea of a metal boat, but
a sailor friend of mine IS married to the idea. Of course, he's
Norwegian and got his sea legs sailing in waters quite a bit less
friendly than So. Cal.
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