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[Edit: Didn't work out. Gonna go with the original rig - mostly. :)]

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sailFar.net Discussion / I'm NOT about to buy a GIANT f...

Last post by CapnK - March 31, 2026, 04:11:03 PM

Edit: Didn't work out. Gonna go with the original rig - mostly. :)

For a junk rig mast, that is. A 35' composite light pole manufactured by - get this - Shakespeare, the fishing rod company. lol

It's maybe for Katie the Ariel, maybe for Sundance the A-30.

I'm in the process of moving off the I-36, and back onto Katie. Plan to load her up with everything I want to have for 'down the road', and see if, with my interior mods in mind and roughed-in into temporary place, she will work out to have the stowage I need for the long haul. A few weeks of living aboard with all that should tell the tale.
If not - then Sundance.

Right now tho I'm trying to figure out how to get a 35' long - but only 130 lb - pole from near Atlanta to here in Gtown. I have some ideas to do with boat trailers and fetching it myself, but will wait and see if I can get it picked up and delivered by a trucker person instead.

My almost 90 year old mother has come down with dementia and aphasia. She is a few years into it now, but not so bad that she doesn't know who her kids are yet. Our names do escape her at times, and I know worse than that is an eventuality. I cannot leave her until she no longer knows or cares whether or not I am here. At that time, Good Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, I'll become as Franks post puts it, someone living their dream again, instead of simply dreaming about it.

Also, my best friend Barque the Crewdog is 13 now and it is telling. It is getting difficult for him to go up/down the companionway, and slippery surfaces are tricky as well. So I know there's a pile of loss in my future to deal with, before I get to cut the docklines...

Still have lots of work to do, either way with either boat. Thinking about Youtubing it. Tho' single old guys with no bikinis aboard don't get the "famousness" of those who do, maybe enough folks would like it to make it worthwhile.

Anyone with a 25'ish foot long trailer happen to be traveling from Hotlanta this way any time soon? I can help pay for your trip... :D

#72

sailFar.net Discussion / Re: Time….

Last post by CapnK - March 31, 2026, 03:50:31 PM

I seen countless dreamers over the years. I've known countless people that have lived their dreams..

I've been both. Thankfully and overall in my life, moreso the latter.
Unfortunately more recently, it seems/feels more of the former... but objectively even tho' my movement slows, it hasn't yet stopped...

#73

Boat Discussion / Re: An old girlfriend just cal...

Last post by Bob J - March 31, 2026, 05:34:44 AM

The Sugerloaf ski area sticker on the bar jumped right out. Pretty cool! Looks like a nice place to hang out :)

#74

Boat Discussion / Re: An old girlfriend just cal...

Last post by Frank - March 30, 2026, 06:27:06 AM

Little Harbour, which is exactly that, is at the SE end of the Abacos. Last stop before "heading outside"
Lots of history there...
Lunch at Pete's Pub is a must..

Sign
Pub
Harbour
Art shop

#75

Boat Discussion / Re: An old girlfriend just cal...

Last post by wolverine - March 28, 2026, 10:38:45 PM

Godot, your Bayfield 29 is a great boat for day sailing or cruising. I love the huge forward head.

Yes, great boat! Personally, I love the shallow draft! So important in the keys or Bahamas! Awesome cruiser

Yes, shallow draft definitely has its advantages. I was driving north summer of '24 to look at an Island Packet 27 with a centerboard. They only draw 2 1/2' with the board up. Unfortunately a semi drifted into my lane and totaled my car. It took 2 weeks to sort that mess out and by then the seller gave it to a relative. 😒

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Boat Discussion / Re: An old girlfriend just cal...

Last post by Frank - March 28, 2026, 06:58:19 PM

Godot, your Bayfield 29 is a great boat for day sailing or cruising. I love the huge forward head.

Yes, great boat! Personally, I love the shallow draft! So important in the keys or Bahamas! Awesome cruiser

#77

Boat Discussion / Re: An old girlfriend just cal...

Last post by wolverine - March 27, 2026, 11:21:25 PM

The cats are nice if you spend months aboard, but like already stated, $$$$. If I had the $, I could see owning one, only so my wife, (disabilities) could sail with me.

Godot, your Bayfield 29 is a great boat for day sailing or cruising. I love the huge forward head.

#78

Boat Discussion / Re: An old girlfriend just cal...

Last post by Godot - March 27, 2026, 10:00:50 PM

I like catamarans well enough; but I have often wondered if the expense and hassle was worth it. It's the same thing with larger mono-hulls. For certain they are more comfortable, but are they enough more comfortable to justify the extra time and expense of ownership? I think about up-sizing once in awhile but always come to the conclusion that I would have to be a full time cruiser, and a very social one at that, to justify it. And maybe not even then.

#79

Boat Discussion / Re: An old girlfriend just cal...

Last post by Frank - March 27, 2026, 05:36:24 PM

Had a nice slow sail to Marsh Harbour. The biggest place in the Abacos at around 11,000 people, the large grocery store has the best selection as well as the lowest prices. Liquor prices are also much less year so I provisioned the boat back up for a couple of weeks.
There are an awful lot of catamarans cruising now.
I found out it is not just the price of purchasing one, but to get a yard, that can haul out a boat 22 foot wide or more and store it, tends to be extremely expensive.
Buying the boat is one thing, keeping it is another
I'm quite happy on my little boat as the view is just the same

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Boat Discussion / Re: An old girlfriend just cal...

Last post by Frank - March 26, 2026, 05:59:41 AM

Sailed down to Elbow Cay. It has been a few years and it was nice to walk around familiar streets again. Hopetown harbour with the candy striped lighthouse is magical. Apparently it is the last kerosine fired lighthouse in the world.