criusing boats how big should the be

[Didereaux]

harumph! Was going tro forego this discussion...but best laid plans and such...

Any quoter/believer of "Those who can, sail, and those who can't, write books..." are full of %$#^^! Period
Sloacum, Dumas, Smeeton, Letcher, Moitessier, Pardeys' and on an on.

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(HA! I can so write a terse POST! so there pbfthhhhh!
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[Neil Gordon]

harumph! Was going tro forego this discussion...but best laid plans and such...

Any quoter/believer of "Those who can, sail, and those who can't, write books..." are full of %$#^^! Period
Sloacum, Dumas, Smeeton, Letcher, Moitessier, Pardeys' and on an on.

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(HA! I can so write a terse POST! so there pbfthhhhh!

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Was going to forego this discussion but any believer of "Those who can, sail, and those who can't, ..." are full of %$#; Slocum, etc.

Nice try though. <g>

[Bill Watson]

I need to comment - anyone can teach, but only those who can do something very good, and have thought about how to transmit that information to others so that they can build on it and make it "better", is a good teacher! Part of that is listening carefully to everyone, whatever their viewpoint. One of the benefits of this board! (Guess its touchy to an "old" teacher)
Peace and fair winds, Bill

[rtbates]

NOT RWE it was Henry David Thereou sp?

rnady 25D Seraph #161

[Didereaux]

Shoot, Thoreau, Emerson, hell throw in Dickinson...the fact remains if some folks down in these parts get wind there are twoin the region here who even recognize the books, let alone the authors...why, they'll run us til' we hit the lower forty counties of Minnesota!

I simply shudder to think what would happen if one of my Nadia Sonnenberg albums was ever overheard down the way!

;)

[rtbates]

I try to keep it quite most of the time. Especially when it comes to opinions about what's so wrong about an economy that's driven 75% by consumer spending? If you think the economy is a tad slow or slowing now, imagine what it would be if we ALL saved like we should and lived in the same house for 35 years and paid cash for cars and kept them for a minimum of 10 years?

Randy 25D Seraph #161

[rtbates]

Dick Good luck with convincing the other half!

Neil Who needs more bottom to clean ot hull to wax?

Dick: There it is. Tell your wife that you'll get any boat that she's willing to wax the hull and sand the bottom by hand!

randy 25D Seraph #161

[rtbates]

Was Sally adding a few extra 0s?
If Not that's a lot of miles? That's 100 per day, a good day for a Ty sailing non-stop, 365 days a year for 2.7 years! Or 19 years sailing 100 miles every weekend. That's a lot of miles!! Do you work for a living or is sailing your living?

Randy 25D Seraph #161

[winthrop fisher]

hey, your right again....

harumph! Was going tro forego this discussion...but best laid plans and such...

Any quoter/believer of "Those who can, sail, and those who can't, write books..." are full of %$#^^! Period
Sloacum, Dumas, Smeeton, Letcher, Moitessier, Pardeys' and on an on.

end of post
(HA! I can so write a terse POST! so there pbfthhhhh!

Edited for additional terseness, without changing content:

Was going to forego this discussion but any believer of "Those who can, sail, and those who can't, ..." are full of %$#; Slocum, etc.

Nice try though. <g>

[Guest]

Was Sally adding a few extra 0s?
If Not that's a lot of miles? That's 100 per day, a good day for a Ty sailing non-stop, 365 days a year for 2.7 years! Or 19 years sailing 100 miles every weekend. That's a lot of miles!! Do you work for a living or is sailing your living?

Randy 25D Seraph #161

just remenber that reading is not doing the sailing.
beside as i guess the trips i have had in the cd22 does not help you, i have only put over 150,000 miles and 1/4 of that is open ocean 800 miles from land, but thats ok...

[Dick Kobayashi]

My criteria was standing headroom and inboard power in the smallest boat I could find. Conclusion: the CD 25D. There are many descriptions and comments on this fine little boat in the archives. I have been very happy for the 4 plus years I have owned her. And my wife (not exactly a sailor) has been too.

[Photo Chief]

Twenty years of "cruising" on large, safe, well provisioned vessels with amenities like showers proved to me that large boats often fail to provide the oneness with the sea that many seek. Many of my former boats even came with direct air travel connections to the mainland should an emergency arise.

My first vessel (1971) possessed an interesting biography. She was commissioned in 1944 and within the year while cruising the south pacific was struck by a "divine wind" near vultures row. Irrespective of this oriental religious intervention, I find large "cruisers" fail in meeting my personal vision of ocean travel.

Now, with a new 27 ft deep keel, perhaps I will find the joy that for thousands of years has returned sailors to the sea.

Captain Papa
USN Retired

[Neil Gordon]

Twenty years of "cruising" on large, safe, well provisioned vessels with amenities like showers proved to me that large boats often fail to provide the oneness with the sea that many seek.

My first cruiser was a cruiser. On a 715' cruiser, I was a signalman. On my 28' cruiser, I'm that, quartermaster, helmsman, bo'sun, engineman, lookout, electrician's mate, radioman and more. No doubt that smaller boats get you closer, not only to the sea but to the boat. That said, there were lots of good skills to be learned that translate very nicely from large to small.