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[Iceman]

Beautiful boat Kurt
What kind is it and what year

Real Nice

Ice

[captedteach]

Thought I would add my info here since I didnt when I first got here

I sail mostly on Grenada Lake - 60,000 acres in central MS - with a few trips to the MS Sound and FL Panhandle for beachcat distance races each year.  Current boat that I consider MINE is a Cal 25 of 76 vintage, although I usually have two or three others that I am refurbishing to resell. 

I mostly daysail with a few overnites or long weekends thru out the sailing year (boat goes in around March and out by Nov due to the HUGE swing of a Flood Conttrol lake)   I'm hoping to do a couple of distance races on the mono this year providing they are held (Biloxi to Pensacola) and I have two big trips planned for this year (one is Hawaii to Tahiti and the other Hawaii to Japan) with the Polynesian Voyaging Society.  Other adventures include: Working on a cruise ship and skippering a daysail charter boat in Costa Rica.  I like to do just about anything around the water (kayak/canoe, SCUBA, etc) Mountain Bike, and adventure travels.

[Zen]

Yo, Capt T,

You must let me know how the voyage goes from Hawaii to Japn, details. Thta is my ultimite goal! FYI, If you are planning to spend any time there or just want info on the area and sailing, there is a Sail Japan website. Two infact. If interested I will send you the 411 on it.

[Zen]

Shazam!!!! ;D
Impressive work Team Tehani!  ;)

[captedteach]

These trips are with the PVS and we will be doing a one month coastal trip once we arrive displaying Hokulea at various ports.  The trip will leave HI and head SW to the Marshalls and thru Micronesia and on to Japan reversing the route used to populate the islands - it's about a four month trip - give or take a week or two

[CharlieJ]

I'll be making a post on the SB/LD Cruisers part, telling about us as soon as I can. But in the mean time-

Tehani is a Rhodes designed Seafarer Meridian 25. She was built in Holland in 1961, hull #10. 3'3" draft, 7 foot beam, 17'9" waterline. 2300 iron ballast keel, 5300 pound dry displacement.

Sails very well by the way.

[Zen]

Yeah, just like that!. My route plan also. I will be going with Lady Zen back to her home.
I had figured 3-4 wks to Hawaii, then a break for 2-3 weeks, then on to the Marshalls, another break, then to Micronesia, Yup another break, then on to Fukuoka. With the plan to stay there for a couple of years. Explore the islands, etc. Then MAYBE back to the states, going the northern route with the winds. But who knows, maybe head down under.
On our trip there last year, we met a couple who had sailed from the neatherlands to japan, via New Zealand. They had been there from some 15 yrs. Also they sailed Hong Kong and the other Aisan isl.
Nice boat the had/have, but not a small one.

[Oldguy52]

Hey CJ,

So glad to see you over here. Your boat and you two are a perfect fit for this site. I''ve been here off and on for a while, mostly just lurking and hoping I can learn a bit here and there. Seems that most here have a different sort of experience than I've been around before ...... this is a good thing. :)

Rik

[3819]

Hey All,

TonyP here (3819 on the Renegade and L&A board).  Sarah just turned me onto this site and I'll be bookmarking it and checking in.  I live on Utila, a tiny spit of rock in the Western Caribbean, and wouldn't be anywhere else.  I have a Santana 37 that is in the middle (or somewhere) of a total refit.  I also have a hotel and a real estate company here that Sarah is enjoying to her fullest.  <g>  (she likes my internet at the office ~ lol)

I look forward to seeing who I know here, and hope to learn more about what the heck I'm doing with a 37 foot boat...     ;D

3819

[CapnK]

Welcome aboard, Tony/3819! Glad to have you! When a sailFarer might need a tiny spit of rock in the Western Carribean to stay on, we'll know who to call. :D Maybe I'll be stopping in there on my way south in a few years - it seems more and more likely that I am going to coast hop down that side on my way to the Canal.

(sailFar folks - here's a map to show you where Utila is - looks really neat!)

Boy, I sure hate it for you that you have to live on an island like that. It must be wonderful horrible. Tell you what - I'll trade places with you, because I am such a "giving" soul... ;D

Tell Mrs The Edge that we all said "Halloooo!". :D

[Pixie Dust]

Welcome aboard Tony!!!  We look forward to hearing from you.  Man, what a heck of a life you must be living.  Awesome!
We are all drooling over here in the states. 

[Amorous]

Welcome aboard Tony!  Or should we call ya Hopalong?  :D
How's the leg?  Hope it's healing up well. 
Is Sarah taking your boat out at all?

[3819]

Thanks for the kind welcome aboard.  Yeah, life is tough unless you decide to live it, <g>, then it's just a helluva ride...

I'm  busting my butt trying to get the new web page up for one of my gigs, so I've not had much free time at all, but I wanted to check in and get a feel for the board.

Sarah seems to have fallen in love...

With Utila.

She's out and about everyday strolling from here to yon.  She hasn't even made it into the pool yet, just enjoyed a few drinks at the pool bar.  I don't think she's in any hurry to go anywhere just yet. 

I've offered her my Santana 37, but she has some reservations about taking it out alone, so I'm going to find her a ride with one of my friends, 'cause I can't get back aboard mine yet.  Soon, I hope; the leg/hip is healing well.  All things in time (but less if you REALLY push it!)

3819

[Coastal Cruiser]

Sorry, I did not see this thread at first, so I will repost my original post that gives a bit of history of me showing up here. I am an old fellow and a late bloomer to sailing. I have traveled all up and down the eastern seaboard on power boats as only part of my fulltime work in the marine industry for 38 years this up and coming summer.. I have always enjoys the mid atlanitc regions of the east coast and watched many small craft anchored up for the evenings but was never able to do so myself working on a time frame all of the time.

We have all of our children grown now, and as so many other people are slowing down and accessing what is important to me and my wife and thats time together with the water. We have always enjoyed it as a family and could not think of doing anything else at this time but to continue on this journey, so to speak.

We did the country part and rv stuff with the kids, but its just not the same as smelling the different "colors" of what exists on 3/4ths of our planet.

Just last year,, I knew that I wanted a sharpie type hull that will allow the convenience of dealing with the extreme tidal changes along the eastern seaboard, the west coast and panhandle of Florida, so we built own own smaller version, 20 foot, and learned to sail it, using a spritsail rigging, that draws six inches, with the board up,  and now we are in the process of building a larger version in 23 foot, with a working type cabin on it, for several reasons, one being the ability to tow is easily and to launch it in remote areas that we may wonder into along the way for the long distances from our home in North Carolina.

So thats part of our story now, and will be enjoying the ICW at our leisure in the next couple of years, between some work schedules and we will be looking foward to seeing parts of our country that we use to truely blow by while being paid for it. Great site from the short time of reading

[captedteach]

Welcome Tony and Coastal

Tony I plan to head your way latter this year - a friend of mine has a place on Roatan. I'll make the hop and come visit if you can show me a place to get a kold beer

[CharlieJ]

Howdy Coastal- welcome aboard. Enjoyed the phone call. Sorry about the "other" problems.

Folks- Coastal is a long term boatbuilder and does a helluva job. And a nice guy to boot. Wait'll he posts a few pics of his little boat :)

[Coastal Cruiser]

Thanks Charlie, but you are continuing to show your kindness. My vessel would be considered a castaway vessel to many of these folks hulls, something they may find abandoned along the waterway, that they would take shots of, with the sunsets in the background, or makes those dime store picture frames photos. ;)

[s/v Faith]

sounds like it might be about what I'm looking for.  where is it located? does it have a wooden beam for a compression post? not that realy matters, just wondering if it's a 25'er or 27-28..
thanks,
  Bill

Pretty sure it is a 28' Oday, the sealed bid ends on the 23'rd.  It is here on the New River.  I can try to remember to snap a couple photos for you tomorrow if you want.

[s/v Faith]

Welcome aboard Coastal Cruiser.

  Let me know if any of your trips down the ICW in NC will pass the New River.

  That's a great shot in your avitar BTW,  :)

[Coastal Cruiser]

How did you come about your login? Are you in the funeral business or collect them?