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From: pete judd (no email)
Date: Sun Apr 01 2007 - 22:52:20 EDT
I just did the numbers, a 30 foot boat with a 26 foot
waterline will be lucky to get 80-90 miles per 24 hrs.
In good conditions. Gets you only about half way.
Comming up the west coast is another story.
Ship It!
Pete
--- sharker2003 <> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm new to this forum, but I've enjoyed browsing
> through and reading
> through all the great info here. I'm looking for an
> opinion from some
> experianced cruisers regarding the following:
>
> I'm fairly close to purchasing a very well-equipped
> 30' S2 9.2 Center
> cockpit sailboat in Corpus Christi, TX. For my
> background, I'm the
> Commanding Officer of the 87' Coast Guard Cutter in
> Port Aransas; I've
> spent the last 5 years professionally at sea in all
> kinds of weather
> aboard sturdy ships, but my sailing experiance is
> limited.
>
> I'll be stationed here in Corpus for about another
> year, then I expect
> to be transferred to Seattle, WA. If it comes down
> to it, I could
> just have the boat shipped, but my two best friends
> and I will all be
> well positioned next summer for a far more ambitious
> plan: to take
> about 10 weeks off out of our lives and sail the
> boat from Corpus
> Christi to Seattle via the Canal, about 7000 miles I
> believe. The
> timeframe is about 07 July - 20 Sept
>
> Is this a fool's errand in such a small boat or
> Mission Accomplished,
> given the proper preparation? I've seen and heard
> all sorts of
> stories of people circumnavigating in boats much
> smaller than 30', so
> it should certainly be possible. I'm planning on
> staying fairly close
> to the coast except for the initial shot across the
> Gulf of Mexico
> from Corpus around the Yucatan.
>
> Has anyone here made this trip? What sorts of
> things should we be
> especially concerned about? And is 10 weeks
> realistically long enough
> to make the trip?
>
> Appreciate your thoughts,
> Brandon
>
>
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