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From: cirejay (no email)
Date: Thu Mar 03 2005 - 18:56:46 EST
Actually, I meant that I was in agreement with James. Sorry, just
got home from work and my brain's not in gear yet.
eric S/V Nebaras
--- In , "cirejay" <cirejay at h dot dot dot >
wrote:
>
> Worry about yourself, Bill, because I'm in complete agreement:-)
> Reading is great, and important, but one has got to do it.
> eric S/V Nebaras
>
>
> --- In , "Baumgart, James"
> <james dot baumgart at s dot dot dot > wrote:
> > Hi Bill, I find myself in a similar situation, except I live in
> San Diego
> > now (warm) and I've already completed a year-long cruise with my
> family.
> > Today I have a Catalina 25 that I sail nearly every day and take
> on local
> > cruises in the summer. You asked for links, so take a look at
mine
> > www.indiscipline.org <http://www.indiscipline.org> you'll
find
> my entire
> > year-long voyage documented in words and pictures, plus lots of
> stuff about
> > my current 1978 Catalina 25 pocket cruiser.
> >
> > Everyone is different, but here is my thinking (along the lines
of
> the
> > question you posed).
> >
> > Get a small boat now and sail it in all weather, all conditions,
> and daysail
> > plus go on cruises. A Catalina 25 can be had for $5000 and can
> take you a
> > lot of places, especially with a trailer. There's a great
owners
> group (I
> > am Vice Commodore of the Catalina 25/250 National Association) at
> > http://www.catalina25-250.org/ <http://www.catalina25-
250.org/>
> I love my
> > C25 and a C25, 27 or 30 would certainly give you some
> > sailing/cruising/maintenance experience right now without tieing
> up a lot of
> > money. Sail your pocket cruiser as much as possible, you'll
need
> the
> > experience and to keep the dream alive. You also need to get
alot
> of
> > experience with fiberglass and epoxy repairs. With a
trailerable
> cruiser
> > you can go anywhere from Key West to the North Channel in Canada.
> >
> > You may not be able to take your loved ones on a year-long
cruise
> like I
> > did, but you can certainly bareboat charter in the Carribean for
a
> couple of
> > weeks each year.
> >
> > Get into your local racing circles and crew on as many boats as
> possible.
> >
> > Read. Recent "how-to" books that you should get are "How to
Sail
> Around the
> > World" Hal Roth, and "Modern Cruising" Don Dodds. Plus
thousands
> of others.
> > I am never not reading a sailing book (or 3).
> >
> > Sell the house and everything when you retire. Buy a older,
> fiberglass
> > cruiser with room enough, but not too much. For me and my wife
as
> crew, I
> > think it will be in the 36 to 40 foot range, with a Cal 39
seeming
> like a
> > very nice choice - but there are lots out there and the choice
of
> the actual
> > boat is not very important as long as you can be comfortable on
it
> and the
> > structure meets the needs of your cruising destinations. So
many
> boats
> > don't have adequate tankage (ex Catalian 36). Don't buy the
boat
> now! 1
> > year before you leave is early enough.
> >
> > Lets say I'm expecting to net about $500K from the sale of my
> small farm.
> > I'll buy a boat for no more than $75K, and have about a $25K
> budget for
> > repairs and equipment. I'll put about $300K aside for buying a
> condo for
> > when we get back from a 5 year cruise San Diego - Carribean -
> Europe. $100K
> > plus my retirement income in the kitty. Expected cruising
budget
> is
> > $100/day. We'll be able to stay out for 5 years till the kitty
is
> dry.
> > We'll have medical insurance (early retirement - planning to
leave
> my
> > Government job at 57 years old). Your numbers will be
different,
> but you
> > get the idea. Don't go cruising with a house, cars, etc. you
> can't use.
> > Don't spend all the money on the boat and equipment. Don't buy
a
> boat that
> > will take too much maintenance (wood, steel, aluminum). I'd
stay
> away from
> > Ferrocement as its an unknown and unlikely to be a highly
> performing boat.
> > Do buy a well known boat, well maintained, well equipped, where
> the flaws
> > are known and fixes available. $75K to $100K gives you
thousands
> of
> > choices. Don't buy new. Get a boat that performs well in light
> air, can be
> > reefed down for heavy, and has a decent underbody for where you
> are going.
> > Don't wait too long!
> >
> > When you get back, sell the boat, swallow the anchor, and you've
> got maybe
> > $350K to decide where you want to live. I'll probably get a
condo
> near
> > Mission Bay and go back sailing my C25 every day until the day
> they dump my
> > ashes in the Pacific from its cockpit ... but who knows? Maybe
we
> won't
> > come back and live in Malta or Barcelona. Maybe we'll retire in
> Costa Rica?
> > Live in New Zealand? Al options are open since we have money in
> the bank
> > and not in a house we can't use.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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