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From: Phil Sherwood (no email)
Date: Mon Dec 06 2004 - 01:18:01 EST
Excellent advice below, IMHO. Also suggest you consider buying a first,
smaller, and not especially bizarre or quirky boat (after having read
widely on hull design, rig types, boat models and the tradeoffs involved,
etc.), then doing some coastal or shorter-range cruising and living aboard
for a few months or a year or so. You'll develop some very clear ideas and
tight specifications about what your "real" boat must and must not have by
way of construction, design, sailing characteristics, equipment, layout,
etc. Then make the big jump ... True, you then have to sell the first boat,
but you've given yourself a huge leg up on finding the right long-term and
long-distance boat for you (and had a lot of fun and learning in the process).
Likewise, just my $0.02,
Phil
s/v Cynosure (Passport 40 #129)
lying Puerto Vallarta
At 02:01 PM 12/4/2004, you wrote:
>Just my 2 cents worth:
>
>- reading, nav class, ham license are all great.
>But wait a while before buying any radio equipment.
>- learn celestial once you're on the boat, if then.
>- get SCUBA-certified in warm water.
>- people told me to hire a mechanic for some
>instruction on my actual engine after buying the
>boat, instead of taking a class. I did neither.
>- bluewater sailing class: not sure I'd pay much for one of these.
>- start looking at tons of boats early, finding out
>what's important to you, but buy a boat as last item.
>Don't want to have the boat sitting for 6 months in
>a slip while you're trying to sell house, quit job, etc.
>
>Just my opinions.
>
>Have you checked out my web site ?
>http://www.geocities.com/bill_dietrich/RetireSailboat.html
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>Bill Dietrich
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> > The list so far is as
> > follows:
> > Take USCG coastal nav class (started this week)
> > Celestial nav class
> > Ham radio license course
> > Scuba class
> > Marine Diesel repair class
> > Blue water sailing class (I have raced J24's but realize Bluewater
> > is Different!)
> > Read, Read & Read
> > Oh yea, I almost forgot BUY BOAT
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