Introductions / How did you find sailFar.net?

[Coastal Cruiser]

Thanks, will do, as I have a cousin down that way that has a second house on the river.

[hearsejr]

 nope I had a 67 caddy hearse for a hot rod, and I was always called JR, because  my dad was named William h Leggett, my Brother was Williiam Lee Leggett, and I was named William H leggett jr...my grand dad was William Lee Leggett.....so I was known as Jr... hearsejr was my screen name from ever since I got my first PC back in 1996. I also the pres of a hearse club for  hearse owners around NC, and in like 10 or 15 hearse clubs all around the the U.S...  I figure it was a decent, easy to remember name and kept it.
Bill

[Zen]

Welcome, to the new folks from the left Coast.  :D

[felixsail]

I just found it...Does your boat have to be a certain size here? Sincerely, F'n'J

[Frank]

The idea of a group of 'small boat-long distance' sailors is the concept (30ft and less)....however if ya love boats...love voyages....and your boat is bigger...we won't tell anyone"wink wink"   welcome aboard   PS  I'm curious ..the "FnJ" ??  The reason I ask is on our boat I'm Frank and the ist mate is Judy LOL

[felixsail]

Hi  Frank and all. thanks for the cheery note. Our first sailboat was an O"Day daysailer that we capsized under full sail the first time we took her out!! (I still made it to work that night) Then we had a great, sturdy Coronado 25 for a few years, until we got a great deal on a rock=solid 30' Lancer that we lived  and cruised on for 7 months. That was going to be our last boat until we got an offer on an IP31 we couldn't refuse...
Yes, we are Felix, Fearless Captain, and jo, usually willing first mate ::)

[s/v Faith]

I just found it...Does your boat have to be a certain size here? Sincerely, F'n'J

Welcome Felix,

  No, I don't think it as as much about size, as attitude.   ;)  'less is more' and the refusal to believe that one needs a 45' boat to venture beyond the breakwater....

  The attitude and the dream....  :)

































Being a little nuts helps too ~!!  ;D

[Pixie Dust]

Welcome Coastal Cruiser!  If you are ever in the Panhandle, give me shout.  I am in the Panama City area but have also spent time back and forth from Carrabelle area. 
Looking forward to seeing the pics of your boat. 

[CharlieJ]

So where is CapnK these days? Inquiring minds want to know.

Nosy people do too ;D

[Zen]

I was wondering the same thing  :-\

Maybe he purchased a new boat... 40fter and left for the islands  ;D ;D

[hearsejr]

I over heard him saying something to the effect of "that Devil triangle thing is hog wash..and just to prove I'll row through it in  my dingy with no charts"..and then he jumped in a row boat and headed east....I didn't have the heart to tell him the row bow boat wasn't sea worthy, and leaked like crazy. I hope he made it. :D
Bill

[CapnK]

Welcome aboard, Felix!

Craig/Faith said it all. :)

Glad to have you here...

[CapnK]

I were off in Charleston ever the weekend, for my bro-in-laws birthday.

Now I'm back, and thanks to you all, there are a million and one sailFar posts to read and answer... :D

Awesome. :)

[CapnK]

Welcome aboard, Coastal! Glad to have you here - and if CJ says you build good "botes", you must! :D

Also, my marina is on the ICW, so if you are ever down near Georgetown, let me know, it'd be nice to meet y'all. :)

[Coastal Cruiser]

Thanks folks. We maybe coming to the panhandle area in June for the B.E.E.R cruise deal, and if that doesn't seem possible we may do the first of April deal with Capt. Craig, I guess some of you guys know.  My Admiral requires some long range planning because of her job. I get down to Georgtown. passing through by land, quite a bit. I have done the boat show there, and give those folks a great big pat on the back from a simple fellow. From my perspective, that was the best run and most friendly boat gathering as any one up and down the coast.

[Se Langt]

I see a lot of familiar friends on this site but for now I'll be reading and monitoring unless anyone has  a direct question.

Boat -  Westerly Berwick in the final throes of refit for full time liveaboard and cruising at Port Townsend WA.  Former boat a Westerly Centaur.

Location - Boat in the Pacific NW, legal address is Jacksonville FL and I'm working on a freighter at 7S 77E (Diego Garcia Atoll) in the Indian Ocean.

Experience ----getting ready (why I'm working of course) to head out for the third ...or is it fourth time.  So far no circumnav's but I did make it New Zealand on previous trips.

Usual Status - Single Hander but on occasion doublehand/single watchstanding - that job is currently open.

I get to the internet two or three times one week out of three.  Strange job rotation but it pays well so I'm not complaining.

That's it...JT and Cap'n Teach et. al can tell the real stories.  I'll deny them later.

Michael

[captedteach]

Welcome Aboard Michael - Have you seen anything other than the ship on this trip?

[Joe Pyrat]

Hello everyone,

I've got about a year and three months to go before I'll be moving aboard for good.  The pyrat ship is a 1960 Pearson Triton, 28.5 LOA.  She is currently in the process of getting in shape for the big cruise which will start in the upper Chesapeake Bay, then snake down the ICW to Key West and from there, to just wonder the Caribbean for a while.  After that who knows, the plan is to have no plan.

Small boat cruising should prove interesting.  I have a friend who is cruising the Caribbean in a 35 footer and he tells me he is ofter the smallest boat in the anchorage.  Life should prove interesting on the Triton.

[Rockdoctor]

At present, I am a geologist, landlocked in Pennsylvania Steeler Country. I have a dunker Stevenson Design 17' gaff rig weekender that my wife, kids, and I build last summer. I am now planning my next build that will allow me to island hop the Spanish main during the summer months, then full time once I quit punching the clock in 20 years or so. I think my next build will be 27-28' so I can pull her home instead of bringing her up the Mississippi. But for now I am a small boat on small waters that enjoys reading your stories as I pick up the pearls of wisdom.

[CapnK]

Wow! Buncha new folks today - Welcome everyone! :)

Coastal - send me a message some time when you will be coming through G-town and will have a spare few minutes. We'll meet if you'd like. The Wooden Boat Show is, I think, our claim to fame here, since there just ain't much else to claim... ;)

Michael/Se Langt - Excellent! Glad to have you aboard - I think you'll be posting from farther away than anyone else, but then, you are probably used to that particular distinction... ;)

Joe - Arr! When you do head south, you have got to pull in here, so I can drool on your Triton. ;D (Alberg Rules! ;))

Rockdoc - You've found the place! Besides a bunch of us small boat crazies, we have a few darned good boat builders here, so you'll also have the opportunity to "talk shop" and network, if you'd like. :)

Glad to have all of y'all here. :)