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From: Scott Meyer (no email)
Date: Thu Jul 15 2004 - 05:15:48 EDT
At 03:13 PM 7/13/2004 +0000, jimvalerie_taylor wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>We are new to this site. We are planning to starting doing some
>cruising next summer, when school is out and then if we all like it
>we may continue cruising and homeschool the kids. Do any of you
>have any experience cruising with children? Any and all advice
>would be appreciated. Also, we are reading all the books we can
>find on crusing. Any books that you would reccommend?
Hmm... I think that something like the 7-Seas bulletins
might be your best source of "what it is really like"
type of information. The web is a reasonable source of
information as there are quite a few cruising boats that
keep web sites, even some (such as ours, www.summ.org)
with kids.
Living with kids full time will definitely be a big challenge,
perhaps the biggest. A normal suburban family doesn't really
"live together" except on vacations. Cruising life is very
different: you're giving homework, ensuring that it gets
done, grading it, coming up with activities. And the kids
are going to be watching you under some difficult circumstances.
That "in control" parental veneer is going to slough right
off.
Involve the kids in sailing, weather, navigation, etc.
as much as you (and they) can stand.
>We have an 11 yo and a 13 yo that will be traveling with us.
>What type of cruising boat would you reccommend that we start to
>look at with children of these ages that will allow all of us a
>little space from each other when we need it, not that there is much
>space on a boat miles from shore. They are old enough to help us
>but also old enough to drive each other crazy too.
An important component of space is one's own cabin (with
a door that can be slammed). In this respect, a cat is
ideal. If you're looking for three cabins, equivalent
usable interior space to a 45' cat, you'll have to get
at least a 65 foot mono. Cats, while expensive, work out
cheaper per usable square foot of living space. If that's
is beyond you budget, don't fear, families have gone cruising
in almost everything bigger than a surfboard.
-Scott
Scott Meyer mailto: http://www.summ.org/
"Endless Summer" F41 #17
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