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From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Mon Dec 06 2004 - 06:28:25 EST
On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 09:13:53 +0100, you wrote:
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>Dear members,
>
>At the moment there's a lot discussion going on about the type of boat.
>I have this question also.
>We have a fiberglass boat of 37 feet. Draft is 1.95 meters and height 17
>meters. Tankage: water 300 liters en fuel 90 liters. It is seaworthy (we
>experienced 40 knot-winds in the German Bight without major
>difficulties). Our goal is to cruise for 3 years. We have 2 children and
>would like to sail the Intercoastal waterway and the Caribbean (after
>sailing the European coast).
>We are not sure in crossing the Atlantic, due to health problems. In
>that case we would put the boat on transport by ship. But if all goes
>well, we would like to sail across as a family.
>It is (in our case), important to be able to sail solo.
>
>Now we have a possibility to buy a aluminum boat of 45 feet with a
>retractable keel and height 19 meters.
>Tankage is 600 liters for water and fuel.
>The aluminum boat is, of course, more expensive, so it is a difficult
>trade-off.
>As you are experienced sailors;
>1. is it necessary to have this amount of tankage and low depth?
The tankage isn't necessary in the US ICW, nor is the low depth
really. We have about a 5 foot draft and we can do the ICW OK. I
know a guy with 8 foot draft and he manages. The recent shoaling
aside that is.
I can translate meters to feet pretty well so I guess the mast height
would be about 60 feet which is OK - ours is 58.5 feet and we don't
have much trouble.
I'm not exactly sure how many gallons 600 liters is. We carry about
400 gallons of water and 100 gallons of fuel and we have much more
than most. We use about 1 gallon an hour when motoring, which you
will do a lot of in the ICW. I do think you need a sufficient reserve
of fuel.
We haven't done the Caribbean, but generally low draft is a
disadvantage there. A lot of people use a water maker to avoid paying
for expensive water in the Bahamas and Caribbean.
>2. And what do you think of aluminum?
>3. Has anybody solo-experienced with this length?
I know of folks that single hand our type boat. I have no experience
with this myself, but the main problems will be docking and to a
lesser extent anchoring. We have all the sail handling lines led back
to the cockpit.
>4. An imprudent question: what is your estimation about the amount of
>money you spent during one year? (I know, it varies a lot, but just to
>have an idea of the range).
Last winter two people - staying in marinas with a 45 foot boat and
eating out at restaurants for dinner we spent about $150/day.
grandma Rosalie
S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
http://home.mindspring.com/~gmbeasley/id1.html
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