sailFar.net

Have a link that you think we should add? Post it here... :)

Hey CapnK, here are two links to consider:

Billy Bones Locker (http://www.deadmentellnotales.com/)
A Treasure Island (http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/treasure/setframe.htm)

The first one's an online store (lots of books) and the second is just about RLS's Treasure Island.

AArrrhh! Those are definitely getting added! :D Thanks!

Hi,

     I just touched base with Latitudes & Attitudes.com at Greg's Pub.
I passed the word along.  I hope more folks join.

     

http://cruisenews.net/index.php

www.latsandatts.com

www.yachtworld.com

Page is updated. :)

interesting reading site

http://www.motivation-tools.com/adventures/index.htm

Here is a very cool site of two old farts that took a small boat around the world.  Cheers and happy reading. 

http://www.berrimilla.com/

Yeah, interesting read. I posted that link on the sea-generator topic, because they used one.

 I met a couple living the dream and thay were as broke as I am. they said I was more then welcomed to join them but I would need find room to lay my head. they were on a 23' sailboat, with a 4 h.p. murc. and new set of sails...well almost new.
here's their story as they told me.
  Jim was a forman at a textile company in New York, and he was not making the money, that one would expect, thus his nest egg was a whopping goose egg. he was laid off in sept., and the com. went out of the U.S., along with all floor staff.  he tried to drew unemployment, but it didn't last long and was not suficient (spl?) too make his rent and food, and utlities. he took a side job restoring a guys sailboat and while walking through the yards he saw a cute little boat, sitting in the far corner of the yard. he said he threw his best poker face on and went to work trying to con the yard owner out of it, and the owner did the same, well he got it for $250, which was paid by the guy who he was working for as a gift for being there when ever called.  Jim said he was looking on a bulletin board and saw a listing for some old sails left over from a storm wrecked boat..."ANY OFFER CONSIDERED!" so as a half hurdy joke he offered $100. the guy said he'll think about it and the next night the guy called and said he'll go as low as $250 for the whole set and a dodger. Jim went and bought them and promptly sold the dodger to a friend for $100, and bottle of cheap wine.
the gang at the yard started helping him get the little boat shape...he said it was in great condition, just dirty...and about three days later it was rigged and in the water.
Jim was no jobless and left to go sailing down to GA, where he said a friend had a doc for him to camp out at. he stopped in N.J. to get some food and a guy trying to flag him down was stranded when his motor conked out and the little boat he was in was leaking. Jim picked the guy up and they pulled in to a doc, where the guy said he could have the little boat and the motor. Jim didn't have a motor so he paddled..as he called it, the last few feet to the docs.  while getting food, he met a girl in the check out line who just broke up with her hubby after he was cought living witrh another girl with another family.  so Beck was now looking a new life and Jim was looking a new crewmen..eerr crew lady.. and they said it was a match  made in heaven. sofar they have repaired the outboard and gave the worn out little boat(maybe a big dingy) too a kid who wanted a boat. it needed a transom becouse it was rotted around the drain plug. Beck knows more about how to repair stuff, but Jim is learning and they said they will sail to G.A., stay a few weeks and work on getting some yard cleaning jobs or som'n and then go. the said I was welcomed to go along but I was not inclined to live in cockpit shorter then I was...yet.
I donated a sailing for dummies book and a few magazines to them. and a tiney tv, a flairgun, two newwer life jackets.
it's good to know that there are two more us out there, but I was a little concerned when they were reading about triston jones and thats what they were using as insperation.
Bill

For the spiritual- God put us where we need to be.

For the non - Sometimes you just have to go with the flow of the universe.

oooopppps forgot to say I told them about this site, and they said as soon as they get up and learn about the internet they'll stop by.

Bill

Bill -

Do you have any idea what their itinerary is? Have they left from up there yet? Contact info? The reason I ask is because I can give them some "local knowledge" that might come in handy for them on the leg from Wrightsville Bch to Georgetown, and maybe cook them a dinner if they stop here in Georgetown or something...

CapnK

Whats the easiest way to post a link in a message

i.e. I have my Commander up for sale on sailfer and a interested party wants the link

Thanks

Iceman

Ice -

When you are writing the post (or replying to one), look up above where your text is, where it says "Add BBC tags:". On the lower row of those buttons, third from left is a little globe that, if you click on it, puts the following into your text area:

[url] [/url]

When you click the globe and see the url "tags" (Note: they will be closer together than what you see above, I spread them a bit for easier reading), you put the link in between them, like so:

[url]Put the link in here[/url]


How's that? :)

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More advanced, for later on if you'd like to try it:

If you want to make a link that looks like this:

sailFar (http://sailfar.net) ,

where there is a name for the link, the code to do that is like so:

[url=http://sailfar.net]sailFar[/url]

The difference is in the first {url} tag - add an 'equals' = sign after the 'L' l in "url", and before the ']', and put the link in there. The name you want to use goes where the link was in the first example - between that and the second {/url}.

Have fun!

:)

Please go to sailfer discussion and let me know if I ,made it happen
Ice

You got it, my man! :) Good job! ;D

I'll make it a little shorter, just for looks. :)

I copied and pasted the whole page is that why url was long?

The way some websites are set up, they have really long URL's, that's all. You did just fine.

So don't worry 'bout it, Ice, it's not a big deal, I was just making it look nicer for sailFar visitors. :)

(Hey - how much commision do I get? lol ;) )

 Beck wrote my number down and said they'll call me before they leave.  I believe they are going down the ICW, and will be stopping off near Wilmington...maybe spend a day or two there.  I gave them a set of charts for N.C.. and they are planning to meet up with a couple somewhere in S.C..  the guy that Jim worked on the boat for gave them some maps and charts of the G.A. and S.C. areas and he will meet them in G.A. and get them too the docs. I think they'll be in or Darien (spl?) G.A., about 20 miles from Brunswick.
they said they'll come and visit the site as soon as they get on their feet.
Bill

THAT is cool... hope you keep everyone updated on how they do.

 has anyone else here ever wished thayed just said "the heck with it", and just took off, making the plans as they go? after meeting these guys, I wish I had just took off while doing the repairs as I traveled. 

How about a sail on my new boat
The Voyager 26 this summer :)

Sounds good to me! ;D

Quote from: hearsejr on January 07, 2006, 01:08:03 PM
has anyone else here ever wished thayed just said "the heck with it", and just took off, making the plans as they go?

Well, that is how I ended my college "career", and wound up living in Hawaii for a while. :)

Boy ...... sometimes I wish ......

But no, not me, I was always to busy being responsible and doing the "right thing". Trying to achieve the "American dream", which I'm finding is really, mostly just the American trap.

Ahh me ...... live and learn

Rik

Doubtless some of you have seen this one before. I love it and embrace it as being almost a gospel.

To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise you are doomed to a routine traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen, who play with their boats at sea -"cruising", it is called. Voyaging belongs to seamen, and the wanderers of the world who cannot, or will not, fit in. If you are contemplating a voyage and you have the means, abandon the venture until your fortunes change. Only then will you know what the sea is all about.
"I've always wanted to sail the South Seas, but I can't afford it." What these men can't afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the cancerous discipline of "security". And in the worship of security we fling our lives beneath the wheels of routine—and before we know it, our lives are gone.
What does a man need—really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in—and some form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's all—in the material sense. And we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention from the sheer idiocy of the charade.
The years thunder by. The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it the tomb is sealed.
Where then lies the answer? In choice. Which shall it be bankruptcy of purse or bankruptcy of life?

Sterling Hayden - (1916—1986) Sailor extraordinaire

Cheers!

John

Hay I just got back from hanging with Jim and Beck. they got a free dock tie up with power and bath room and shower useage, from a guy in washington NC. Jim said the water got rough and wind is blowing like heck, and Beck "just aint ready to sca-dottle". thay will be leaving ...or try too as soon as the wind slacks a bit. thay said the temp.s is great.   they said some gal came over and offered some $$ and  to cook diner for them while they are here, if they wanted to pick up around the yard (lots of tree brenches a poop from the last hurricane..nothing heavy though).

Please check out a great new site @ daytonasailing.com and contribute something!

NICE site! Good luck! Regards, Felix

interesting, mostly racing , but cool anyway. Some cool windsurfing stuff

www.sail.tv/

Seven Sea's Crusising Association BB.......

  http://www.ssca.org/sscabb/

Google video ;D

http://tinyurl.com/lhj6y

Posted on CSBB

Ouch. :o

Maybe they were trying to "boat ski"  .....

Evolution in action. ;D

actually I once heard that according to the theory of flight,helecopters are not really supposed to fly.I heard that at a dropzone somewhere.

Singles On Sailboats (http://www.singlesonsailboats.org/)

Why don't WE have a Singles Section???

Cruisers Forum:   http://www.cruisersforum.com/
Discussion Board & Photo Gallery for Cruising Sailors and Wannabes

Ahoy, Everyone!

On Sunday, June 4, at approximately 1500 EST, Cap'n Mike and Saucy Cindy of http://adoryble.blospot.com will be live on the Wachovia Miami webcam, which is at this link: http://live6.truelook.com/face/newface.jsp?name=/ecodb/wachovia&func=live&overlay=default.  We will post an orange banner on our balcony to make spotting us easier.  This is the maiden voyage of Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas - the world's newest and largest cruise ship!

On the webcam you can click and drag boxes on the webcam images to pan and zoom.

Here is a picture showing the ship's location and our balcony's location:

(http://www.geocities.com/j_m_kovacs/FreedomBalconyLocation.jpg)

Hey, that bote ain't got no masts!

;D ;D ;D

Y'all have fun!!!

I can see them!

(http://www.theposeidonadventure.com/party.jpg)

Google Maps & Google Earth as visualization tools for marine data

http://www.justmagic.com/GM-GE.html#Anchor-00004

You can spend hours here! ;D

Some video I shot from my Pearson 30 going to Bermuda.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XasC8Xy6Kf0

Wow, great vid.   :o

Can you supply some details about the specific conditions?  How far from Bermuda were you in those shots?

This was taken 300 miles or so due east of Myrtle Beach.

The sun came out for an hour or so allowing me to get some shots with the camera. Believe it or not these are 10 to 12 foot seas with winds in the 25 to 30 knot range. Later that night winds increased to 35 to 40 kts which was the norm for the next 2 days. We regularly saw speeds of 8 to 9 kts. double reefed.

Charleston to Bermuda is aprox. 775 nm and took me a little over 5 days to get there and 6 days back.

Ps. This trip killed 2 video cameras ::) ;)

Kewl video, Ken. :) You can tell that she was moving good!

With any luck, looks like I'll be out that way - tho not so far - this time next week, on a Pearson 365 (delivery Jax to Annapolis). The video fills me with anticipation for some bluewater. :D

Another video I took on the return trip from Bermuda after the Charleston to Bermuda Race.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D4TTOLodGs

Very cool, Ken.  Keep 'em coming.    ;D

I also watched your Heavy Weather Sailing - Shannon 38 vid.  I heard some chatter about reefing.  What sail do you have up in these two vids?  Did I hear an estimate of about 25 kts of wind?

Sorry for the late reply: In the Shannon video we had 25kt to 30kt apparent wind and speed over ground of 8 to 12 kts so these winds were in the 35 to 40kt range.

I am leaving Monday to go to Maine and bring the boat down to Charleston. Back in a couple weeks.

Quote from: svosprey on September 15, 2006, 07:18:53 AM
I am leaving Monday to go to Maine and bring the boat down to Charleston. Back in a couple weeks.

Cool.  Have a safe trip.

Fair winds...may the Atlantic hurricane season leave you alone... :D  Post more video if you get any. 

I liked the chatter in that one :), and the conditions looked like a lot of fun!

Have a good trip, Ken! Sea ya when you get back... :)

There's a good website about the work that has been done on a Pearson Triton named Glissando. Thought it might be of interest to the Pearson Triton/Ariel sailors on this site.  You can see it at: LINK (http://www.triton381.com/).

Let me know what you think. :D

Been linked to and discussed on this site previously, but thanks for the reminder.  It's a great site and really, can such a site be linked to/mentioned too often?

Ahh... I'm not surprised...the Triton fanatics here probably know all the good Triton resources out there. ;) 

sure did a nice job. thats a pretty boat

Truly a labor of love, the before and after photos are very telling.  A lot of the projects, techniques and ideas he used are applicable to any boat, and his documentation of them is quite thourough.

Quote from: sailfarther on January 20, 2006, 05:44:58 PM
Please check out a great new site @ daytonasailing.com and contribute something!

Does not appear to be a valid link any longer.  ???

OBTW,

  Out YC has a pretty good list of links to check out.

http://raggedpointyachtclub.sytes.net/Links.html

Good collection

few more

Online chart viewer
http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/

Reading telltales
http://tinyurl.com/y4trl6

Racing rules game
http://www.finn-france.com/eng/game.html?MenuID=Racing/10159/0,Racing_Rules/11564/0

Sail trim
http://www.ukhalsey.com/LearningCenter/encyclopedia/encyclopedia.asp#1

More sail trim, etc
http://www.jworld-sailing.com/sailing-articles.htm

http://www.sailingcouples.com/

A neat site for sailing couples.

http://homepage.mac.com/jimdebcuster/Personal3.html

Neat photo site of Deb and Jim Custer sailing their Flicka to the South Pacific and back.

Nice!, gives me inspiration! It took a while to figure out which way they were going and where was the start of it all. Looked like a real adventure! over 40 days at sea, impressive on a small boat. I should be able to handle 3 wks at a time easy  ;)

just found this:

http://www.arachnoid.com/sailbook/index.html

I am just getting started on exploring these great links, but I have really enjoyed the last hour or so on;

QuoteNeat photo site of Deb and Jim Custer  (http://homepage.mac.com/jimdebcuster/Personal3.html) sailing their Flicka to the South Pacific and back.

  Thanks prairie_sailing  ;D

Faith...if you look at the pics of Deb and Jim's travels.....ya can't help but just 'want to go'. They ended their tour in Hawai where they stored their boat until just a few months back when it was 'cargo' on a ship to return home.They have some BEAUTIFUL shots....well worth looking at all the destinations.

here's a link with a bunch of Canadian built boats.Has basic specs, stengths/weakness of most.             http://www.sailquest.com/market/models/

I may have posted this link back a while..but here goes...Charles Stock has to be one of the true greats in small craft cruising.He has put over 70,000knm on his lil 16ft gaff-cutter since he finished it from a bare hull 40+yrs ago.He is thee greatest example of inexpensive adventure and simplicity that I am aware of....a site well worth poking around in....ya have to poke around to find the good stuff..but lots there       http://shoal-waters.moonfruit.com/

Makes me wanna be 25 again....lots of great pics.   http://www.sailaway.us/boat.php?PHPSESSID=77f38c779f9e602ae56e6790d1912da8

I can 'get lost' in this site for hours...many many old beauties   http://www.atkinboatplans.com/%20

OK OK...I know its a power boat...BUT..ya gotta love their lifestyle!!  Real 'nomads' in the truest sence...lots of great destinations and info  http://www.geocities.com/bill_fiero/wander.htm

Nicely written tales of liveaboards

http://donberry.com/harbor2/harbor2.html

Weather info...play around...wind direction,temperature,wave hieghts etc   http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/ifps/mfl/GFE/Marine.html

This is COOL!

http://marinas.com

Absolutely. I just looked at the marina in Washington, NC and was astonished at the quality of the photography. They have really put a lot of effort into this website.

Grog for Zen!! ;D

From Oct 6, see thread named "See your boat?"
(http://sailfar.net/forum/index.php?topic=666.0)
:P  ;D

LOL, this has been going around. ;)

Doh!  :o  ::)

pass the grog  :-[

TONS of info here...if ya ever get bored...ya can get lost in this one   http://www.practical-sailor.com/tools/features.html

A link to a well respected east coast wooden boat yard. Lots of 'eye candy'  http://www.gannonandbenjamin.com/

in case ya have'nt seen this one...HUGE collection of sites  http://www.boat-links.com/boatlink.html     and this one with 'round the world' stories/info  http://www.mcallen.lib.tx.us/books/circumna/ci_table.htm     or this with a collection of cruising guides/charts   http://www.sailinglinks.com/cruisinguides.htm     or this 'MICRO cruising' site..lots of pics/info   http://www.microcruising.com/             this is a wonderful site full of OLD boat plans..purchase for little $$ http://www.dngoodchild.com/load_small.htmtoo

Ok, I'll try this again

http://www.svsapien.net

a Couple on a world cruse. Just left my neck of the woods in Oct. Now hanging loose in Hawaii. They are planning on traveling and working their way around the world over the next 15 some yrs.
Mid size boaters, 32 ft something.

sound like cool folks. He dropped by my blog.

check out her tatoo!  :o

Watch your eyes on his Topic of Cancer shot! 

Lat 38 just had a small bit on them in it.

Zen...Dena and James seem like 'funkie' sort of folks...did ya get a chance to meet them?

Saddly I did not. I just came across thier site. Those folk boats he was speaking about were/are at the place I took my 1st 2 ASA classses. So there is a good chance I passed them at some point. At the dock on on the water.
Who knows maybe I'll meet up with them somewhere out on the water. James said there is a high likelyhood they will be in Hawaii for 5 years exploring before moving on.

That marinas site is excellent.  Lots of information to explore there!

Here's a "chart/pic" I put together a couple of years ago with a picture of Owl Harbor and a chart image of its location.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v612/BobWessel/OwlHarborChartPic.jpg)

There's a guy up in B.C. who illustrates his sailing stories with "chart/pics."  They help the reader "see" the area being described.

In praise of a smaller boat:

http://www.takehersailing.com/#current

Quote from: Zen on December 18, 2006, 03:37:40 AM
In praise of a smaller boat:

http://www.takehersailing.com/#current

  Good link.  The article cited reflects what many here have said, and there are some other good links on that site.  :)

The Most Powerful Diesel Engine in the World   

http://www.ultimatestupidity.com/pics/1/diesel/

Was look for information on the SailRite 'Apprentice' sewing machine I picked up.  I found that SailRite has a discussion forum on their web site.

  Just started looking around, but it looks like a nice resource of those 'how do I do THAT' kind of sewing questions.

  link to Sailrite discussion forum. (http://forum.sailrite.com/default.asp)

Tidal Current Tables

There are many sites for tide tables. But, they never tell you the time of slack water and max ebb/flood

This is the only one I ever found

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/currents07/

Anyone found any others that might have more locations?

Seven Seas Cruising Association Discussion Forum. (http://64.70.221.24/DiscBoard/index.php)

  For a slightly different perspective, the SSCA discusison forum is a great place to 'check in' from time to time.

For info on the SSCA, click here. (http://ssca.org)

famous small boats:
http://www.microcruising.com/famoussmallboats.htm

Quote from: Zen on February 06, 2007, 11:26:43 AM
famous small boats:
http://www.microcruising.com/famoussmallboats.htm

Good link Zen,

  Most of our boats are 'giant' compared to the ones listed.   ;D

Guess those guys did not read 'Sail'  ;D

I always enjoy a good read of a long trip in a small boat. 

http://www.sailaway.us/blog.php

A trip from Canada to the Bahamas and back in the Hughes Northstar 500 (25') sloop Afterblue.  No tools.  No spares.  No galley.  No dinghy.  No charts.  Over preparation was not a problem here.  Enjoyable read, though the primary blog writer is polish and his English is occasionally creative.

Quote from: s/v godot on February 12, 2007, 01:30:20 PM
I always enjoy a good read of a long trip in a small boat. 

http://www.sailaway.us/blog.php

A trip from Canada to the Bahamas and back in the Hughes Northstar 500 (25') sloop Afterblue.  No tools.  No spares.  No galley.  No dinghy.  No charts.  Over preparation was not a problem here.  Enjoyable read, though the primary blog writer is polish and his English is occasionally creative.

Great find!  After a fem minutes I can tell I will be spending some time reading this one.  Grog!

Adam-

Looks like an entertaining link... thanks... Like your summary of it btw.

Dan

Here's a tides/current site with some slack water and max/min flood/ebb info. 

http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/sites_uswest.html

I use this site when planning my trips to SF Bay and back.

Hope this is useful.

John Weigandt's boat page (http://www.riverbendvet.com/newweb)  Lots of cool shots of his boats under construction.

And a link to a "sailfar" he did in that boat-

http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/04/s/gatherings/beercruise/index.cfm

I am finding some decent planning info at Atlantic Coastal Boating (http://www.atlanticcoastboating.com/index.html).

Lots of discussion/opinions about anchors and anchoring:  Boat Basics Page (http://www.geocities.com/bill_dietrich/BoatBasics.html).

Mostly Northeast Destinations

http://www.coastalboating.net/Cruising/Destinations/indexDestinations.html

http://billwhateley.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/inshore-craft-1/

Cool link, Zen, thanks.  I'll have to check back as he adds more boats. 

Quote from: s/v godot on February 12, 2007, 01:30:20 PM
I always enjoy a good read of a long trip in a small boat. 

http://www.sailaway.us/blog.php

A trip from Canada to the Bahamas and back in the Hughes Northstar 500 (25') sloop Afterblue.  No tools.  No spares.  No galley.  No dinghy.  No charts.  Over preparation was not a problem here.  Enjoyable read, though the primary blog writer is polish and his English is occasionally creative.

This site is quite fascinating; thanks Adam for posting it.  I've been indulging in a few pages at a time since you posted the link.

However, it seems that we've contributed to tapping his bandwidth limit:

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The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.

The "sailfar effect"?

Guess I'll have to wait into 1 March to finish...I had them arriving in Cuba.  Good story written in a fun, self depracating style.

Some good boating tips: http://www.boatsafe.com/qtframespage.htm

I especially liked the tip on how to steer a straight line in fog without a compass.   :)

Apologies if this has been posted before, but I thought it was a pretty good example of an SB/LD.

Montgomery 15 from California to Hawaii (http://www.msog.org/yarns/hawaii15.cfm)

http://americanvega.org/images/Tarka_the_Otter.pdf

Pretty cool document... ;)  Thanks for the link.

Lots of good info there.

BTW, one of my favorite, and certainly the weirdest, sailing book I ever read was "Berserk" by David Mercy. In that book, three whackos sail a Vega to Antartica. The boat's skipper, a young Norwegian, had singlehanded the boat (named "Berserk") from Bergen to Ushaia in Tierra del Fuego.

Pretty good for an old glass boat!

--Joe

Here's a video of two West Wight Potters saiilng to Catalina Island last year.  LINK (http://youtube.com/watch?v=v_8lCa9-qoc)

Unfortunately, the video's narration is rather awful and the boats were motor sailing for much of the video.  Still, I thought it might be of interest to sailfar readers.

Hilarious!

Pizza on passage!

Thanks from a snow bound sailor!

Skylark-

I feel your pain... my boat isn't due to be in the water until about the end of the month...

S/V Mother Ocean posted this link on the L&A site. (http://www.maxingout.com/davids_journal.htm)

Great page, log and cool tunes too.  ;D

 

Quote34 Things I've Learned in 33,000 Miles

1. Mom likes to say "the journey is the destination". She's right. Although we sailed from point to point on a map, locations were only a skeleton on which to build our adventure.

2. You find what you're looking for. The cruises who talk about the dangers lurking in each location are invariably the ones who find trouble. Cruisers who make smart decisions and keep a positive attitude somehow manage to find good stuff in the same places and enjoy themselves much more.

3. Cruising is a great investment of time.

4. If I have children, I will take them cruising. They will thank me.

5. There is no shortage of adventure in the world but most of the real ones aren't easy.

6. For every Paris or Rome there are a thousand hidden corners of the globe where people like you and me make a life. The corners are usually where my favorite memories originate.

7. Cruising let's you share a back porch with a billionaire. In Turkey we anchored next to a diamond merchant's 200 foot megayacht for two days. He spent 50 million dollars to visit the same destination as us. Some people buy floating condominiums and some people buy the sailing equivalent of a cargo crate, but we all meet at the same barbecue pit on the beach.

8. There is always something to do on a boat. You are never, ever bored.

9. The Caribbean is high quality cruising. The Bahamas are shockingly beautiful. Who knew there are such awesome destinations so close to the States?

10. Ocean crossing is mostly about persistence. Just point the boat in the right direction, don't hit anything for a few days, and you're good to go.

11. Reality TV is stupid.

12. One of my favorite things about cruising is how every day is different. You never know what wrinkles will be thrown into your schedule so you might as well take off your wristwatch.

13. Don't use pens from the desk of an Immigration officer without asking for permission first.

14. Lost in an arid, desolate land? Shipwrecked on a deserted island? Trapped in a canyon by a pack of hyenas? Never fear. They'll build a new Starbucks at your location within the week.

15. When locals point to the next island as "dangerous", there are usually people on that island pointing back at them and saying the same thing.

16. Other yachties refer to you by your boat name (for example, if our friends on Duetto were talking about us they might say "Exit Only are brilliant mariners"). Remember this when you get the urge to name your vessel La Cucaracha.

17. There is something wonderfully mysterious about harnessing the wind to travel.

18. Always learn a few phrases in the local language. People appreciate the effort and it's a great way to make new friends. (NOTE: be sure to know the exact meaning of your newfound phrases before you shout them across crowded rooms at sword-toting strangers)

19. Never overestimate the common sense of charter boats when it comes to anchoring. I don't want to sound negative but you would not believe some of the stuff we've seen in the Caribbean. Usually the accidents happen because they don't observe the First Rule of Doing Anything on a Boat (see #20).

20. Slow is better than fast. Disasters usually happen because someone is trying to accomplish something too fast. It's similar to operating a chainsaw in this respect.

21. It is OK to say "no, thanks" when pressured to buy something. If the vendor still refuses to acknowledge your right not to part with your hard earned cash, shout newly learned local phrases (NOTE: unless the seller has a sword...in which case, buy something from them. Preferably a shield or a larger sword).

22. On the extremely rare occasions when we've been pressured for a bribe, a polite "no" has worked. This seems to be the consensus opinion of most cruisers and travelers I know.

23. You find good people wherever you go.

24. gosh loves every single person on this planet. I know it sounds glib but this thought keeps popping into the forefront of my mind as we travel. That Maldivian lady fishing on the end of the pier? gosh loves her. The rich Italian punk who ripped by in a speedboat and rocked us with a huge wake? gosh loves him. The guy in Grenada who snuck onto our boat at night and didn't see anything worth taking, but left muddy footprints? gosh loves him. The lady who smiled and gave us extra bread at the market in Sudan? gosh loves her. The list goes on forever. It is such a mind-blowing idea and it makes me want to treat other people better because we when you get right down to it, we're all the same. By the way, gosh loves you too.

25. Cruising isn't always fun. Long night watches, rough passages, boat maintenance, getting trapped on board for days of non-stop rain, living in close proximity with three other adults (two of whom are your parents), lightning storms, relatives who don't understand, living at the mercy of the weather, frequent discomfort, traveling at speeds which make a snail on a unicycle look fast, and intermittent contact with shore-based friends are all part of the deal. But it's worth it.

26. All ocean passages include a few hours when ice cream is the sole topic of conversation.

27. It would have been nice to have a freezer on board.

28. A good hat is worth it's weight in ice cream. I lucked out and found an Australian cowboy hat with enough stiffness and brim width to serve as my personal umbrella.

29. Never trust a strange camel.

30. Every Diet Coke manufacturer uses a slightly different recipe. The flavors range from "Throat-chokingly Harsh" to "Heavenly Nectar". Always check which it is before you buy 12 cases.

31. You know how all the pictures from the 1800s and 1900s show people with serious faces? I guess photographs were too rare to waste on tomfoolery and goofy smiles. Interestingly, many eastern cultures are modern day proponents of "straight faced" photography. People are affable and smiling in conversation until I ask if I can take a photo, whereupon they straighten up and get serious.

It makes me wonder about my natural inclination to act like a goofball whenever anyone points a camera at me. At the very least I usually smile. Why? Am I trying to inject happiness into a memory which might otherwise appear bland? How many times have you seen an arguing couple on vacation stop and smile while a stranger takes their picture, then go right back to arguing? What will they remember of their trip when they look back at their photos?

32. Daily radio nets are a great way to keep morale up on the open ocean. Especially if you are the one with the best fishing story.

33. Humanity has a startling history of warfare. Sometimes I felt like we were touring the world from fortress to fortress. Leading me to my next reflection.....

34. This might not be a popular point of view but I think it is worth considering: How arrogant is it that Europeans (and I include my own ancestry in this category) had the gall to land on islands populated by natives and claim them in the name of their homeland? In school I was taught that European colonial expansion was motivated by "gosh, gold, and glory". They achieved these goals thanks to superior military technology (they had the guns).

Imagine if aliens from the nearby Chewbaccan galaxy landed a spaceship on South Beach (in Miami) and claimed Florida as part of the Chewbaccan Republic...never mind the high rise buildings full of Canadians....or the sun-drenched beach revelers angry about the spaceship blocking their sun...or the fact that no one wants to subjugate themselves to a Republic named after a sidekick ("We bow to no one but Han Solo!"). The aliens aren't concerned because they have energy cannons, sonic blasters, and shields which make them impervious to anything Will Smith or Tom Cruise can do. If the Chewbaccans want Florida, we are helpless to stop them.

 

Great link...I love the hand drawn icons at the top of the page.. ;)

Sailing Quotes (http://www.myfavoriteezines.com/ezinedirectory/quotes-about-ships-sailing.html)

There's some pretty good ones, and sorta SailFar attitude related, too.   :)

A reader of my blog from France, who is also a female sailor and potter sent me a note about her new contact in Flickr

here is the link for some very cool boat shots from the other side of the pond:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotos_celtes/sets/72157600167605835/

A Blue Water 28ft Cat...


http://www.time-for-a-catamaran-adventure.com/index.html

I want one! But not yellow  8)

And just what's wrong with a yellow multihull??

My self built Cross 35 off Norfolk in the Elizabeth River

(http://downloads.c-2.com/photos/1182620286.jpg)

And on launch day. That's me circled, with hair then ;D

(http://downloads.c-2.com/photos/1182620486.jpg)

Laura and I seriously looked at one of Woods boats- the 30 foot Sagitta but then we just got involved in too many other things and now I don't want to spend the time building.

Hi Zen,

For several years I nursed an ambition to build the 'Gypsy Moth" 28ft catamaran. This ambition was also fed by the fact that a close friend, an superb woodworker, kept talking about his plans to build a small Bristol Channel Cutter. I then tried to talk my wife into taking on this project. She convinced me that buying  used boat would be far more practical, cheaper and would get us on the water immidiately. My friend, now 10 years later, has not built his boat while we have been enjoying ours as often as we can. I have to admit that the folks who built the boat did a magnificent job.

Best,
Oded

If I was in the home place n Saluda, I would consider building one. As it is now in a Calif condo, no way with the stuff on my plate and no room. HOWEVER, It gives me hope that they are out there and I can possibly buy one used ready to go, if I keep my eyes open.= and some luck. AS Neal said "kep the vision

Quote from: oded kishony on June 23, 2007, 01:45:42 PM
Hi Zen,

For several years I nursed an ambition to build the 'Gypsy Moth" 28ft catamaran. This ambition was also fed by the fact that a close friend, an superb woodworker, kept talking about his plans to build a small Bristol Channel Cutter. I then tried to talk my wife into taking on this project. She convinced me that buying  used boat would be far more practical, cheaper and would get us on the water immidiately. My friend, now 10 years later, has not built his boat while we have been enjoying ours as often as we can. I have to admit that the folks who built the boat did a magnificent job.

Best,
Oded

There is yellow, and there is YELLOW  :o

Quote from: CharlieJ on June 23, 2007, 01:41:30 PM
And just what's wrong with a yellow multihull??

My self built Cross 35 off Norfolk in the Elizabeth River

(http://downloads.c-2.com/photos/1182620286.jpg)

And on launch day. That's me circled, with hair then ;D

(http://downloads.c-2.com/photos/1182620486.jpg)

Laura and I seriously looked at one of Woods boats- the 30 foot Sagitta but then we just got involved in too many other things and now I don't want to spend the time building.

 ;D My kid used to sing-

"we all live in a yellow trimaran, a yellow trimaran, a yellow trimaran"

;D

Charlie-


That's just wrong... very wrong...

This one could become interesting...

http://www.solo-sailor.com/

A gal is getting ready to start her circumnavigation in a Flicka on New Years day, 2008.

I heard about this a couple days ago....

  ... while talking to Bruce Bingham!  He has been helping her get the boat ready.

This should be a link to watch.  ;D

Quote from: s/v godot on October 07, 2007, 06:10:59 PM
This one could become interesting...

http://www.solo-sailor.com/

A gal is getting ready to start her circumnavigation in a Flicka on New Years day, 2008.

Here is another one;

QuoteWe have something very exciting happening on our website this month. Best-selling author Tania Aebi, who in 1985 became the youngest woman to sail around the world alone, is taking her two sons cruising, and she's writing an intimate blog about it for BoatUS.

This is quite a story. When Tania was 18, she cast off from South Street Seaport in Lower Manhattan, alone and frightened, on her 26-foot sloop, Varuna. For the next two and a half years, with only a cat for company, she sailed 27,000 miles around the world, stopping in 23 countries along the way. In November 1987, just barely 21, she stepped back onto the cement shores of New York City a solo-circumnavigator. Her book about this adventure, Maiden Voyage, became an inspirational best-seller, published in eight countries.

Fast forward 20 years. Now living in Vermont, she's a writer, and mother to Nicholas, 16, and Sam, 13. Her ex-husband lives two miles up the road. Watching her boys grow up too fast, she decided it was now or never to give them a taste of adventure, and herself the gift of some uninterrupted time with them, before busy lives take them in their own directions. She bought a 36-foot sailboat named Shangri-La, and the family of three has set off cruising to the South Pacific for a year. There, she'll turn the boat and the two boys over to their dad, who'll sail with them to Australia. An unorthodox arrangement? You bet it is!

Log on right now, and see how the whole plan is playing out on www.BoatUS.com/cruising/shangrila, where Tania is writing a twice-monthly log about the voyage. (http://www.boatus.com/cruising/shangrila)

Robin Johnson is a young guy (31) planning on taking his Eastwind Paceship to Bermuda this November:

http://www.paceship.org/my_log.asp?imageField.x=33&imageField.y=17&LogOwnerID=1249

http://www.myspace.com/hardknots

A few years ago he attempted to take a Newport 20 from California to Hawaii (didn't get too far, unfortunately):

http://members.cox.net/newport20centre/html/hard_knots_news.html

Yeah- Robin posts on the Cruising Sailor BB out of Australia also. He got a lot of flack over his failed attempt at Hawaii on Hard Knots, but at least he was out there trying. He had overloaded the boat drastically. Maybe he'll have better luck this time.

Quote from: CharlieJ on October 16, 2007, 11:35:22 PM
Yeah- Robin posts on the Cruising Sailor BB out of Australia also. He got a lot of flack over his failed attempt at Hawaii on Hard Knots, but at least he was out there trying. He had overloaded the boat drastically. Maybe he'll have better luck this time.

You know, I remember reading the Hard Knots voyage story and it never seemed right to me that the problems he was having was because of being overloaded.  Instead, I would have bet that he ran across unintended consequences from DOUBLING the size of his standing rigging.  I'm sure lots of new stresses where introduced as a result.

In any case, I admire his spirit.

anyone see this:

http://folk.ntnu.no/siriholm/valkyrien/indexe.htm

I believe that was posted previously on this forum... but always good to see it again.

Here is one that has been helpful on our trip.

http://abacomessageboard.com/ (http://abacomessageboard.com/)

http://www.archive.org/details/sailing_alone_around_librivox_1

Thanks for that link. :D

A sailfar mind from Down Under:
http://www.bigoceans.com/

I wish you'd e-mailed me, I'd always thought I was making the boat's rig stronger.. I never dreamed that it would cause fresh water leaks from where the chainplates came through the deck.  The initial reason for my detour to Catalina turned out to be a seal in one of the thru-hole fittings for the cockpit drains. Either the starboard or the port is underwater, depending on which way we're heeled over, and I tacked it down to the starboard drain.

Robin

Quote from: s/v godot on October 17, 2007, 07:47:52 AM

Quote from: CharlieJ on October 16, 2007, 11:35:22 PM
Yeah- Robin posts on the Cruising Sailor BB out of Australia also. He got a lot of flack over his failed attempt at Hawaii on Hard Knots, but at least he was out there trying. He had overloaded the boat drastically. Maybe he'll have better luck this time.

You know, I remember reading the Hard Knots voyage story and it never seemed right to me that the problems he was having was because of being overloaded.  Instead, I would have bet that he ran across unintended consequences from DOUBLING the size of his standing rigging.  I'm sure lots of new stresses where introduced as a result.

In any case, I admire his spirit.

Quote from: Robinsvoyage on January 28, 2008, 09:07:57 PM
I wish you'd e-mailed me, I'd always thought I was making the boat's rig stronger.. I never dreamed that it would cause fresh water leaks from where the chainplates came through the deck.  The initial reason for my detour to Catalina turned out to be a seal in one of the thru-hole fittings for the cockpit drains. Either the starboard or the port is underwater, depending on which way we're heeled over, and I tacked it down to the starboard drain.

I read your log well after you had finished the attempt so there didn't  seem to be much point in bringing it up.  And I don't know that this was a problem.  However, after building a couple of small boats, I learned that every "improvement" made to a design affects something else, which when adjusted affects something else, which when adjusted affects something else, etc, etc, etc in a never ending cascade of changes. 

Bigger shrouds and stays are stronger than smaller stays and shrouds; but they also have less stretch, have higher windage, and when tightened to the point where the tension feels the same I believe are probably adding significant additional stress (I'm not an engineer; but this is my understanding of the system).  It's conceivable that the hull sides could have actually been pulled in a couple of inches which may have stressed the hull to deck joint.  The downward pull on the mast could have also added significant additional stress to the cabin top which could have caused who knows what kind of unforeseen events.

Of course, I could also just as easily be completely wrong.

The Hard Knots is pretty much retired to lake service, although I may sail her back to Catalina with some friends this year at some point.  I've considered getting rid of her many times in the past, but every time I climb aboard and sit in the cabin, I remember all of the fun times I had on that boat, which kept me alive and well for four months at sea (which includes the time I was based in Avalon Harbiour)... so I've held onto her, although the Arizona sun has been harsh on her. Faded paint, disintegrated halyards, and a very creeky deck.

I enjoyed this video of a small boat on the English Channel.  Looks like it was a great day!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yfWfMBeAJ3Q

The insanity continues

http://www.wildvikings.com

I love these guys. I can't wait to see their new film. I've seen about 2/3rds of Berserk... It's sheer madness.

Quote from: nick on February 22, 2008, 02:20:13 PM
The insanity continues

http://www.wildvikings.com

I love these guys. I can't wait to see their new film. I've seen about 2/3rds of Berserk... It's sheer madness.

Indeed; to Antarctica in an Albin Vega.  Great Stuff!!

We need to get those guys to join SailFar.Net!

Quote from: nick on February 22, 2008, 02:20:13 PM
The insanity continues

http://www.wildvikings.com

I love these guys. I can't wait to see their new film. I've seen about 2/3rds of Berserk... It's sheer madness.

Wow, excellent videos on that site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Too bad they've moved up to a 48' steel beastie, from the Albin Vega 27. :(

The Corribee website. (http://"http://www.corribee.org/index.html")

Very neat sailFar'ish boats, lots of good info and reading at this site. Enjoy!

And Corribees are the boats Dame Ellen started out on IIRC. :)

Quote from: AdriftAtSea on April 05, 2008, 09:23:56 AM
And Corribees are the boats Dame Ellen started out on IIRC. :)

I used to have a Corribee - cracking boats!

Just missed out on getting her back for ZERO £'s :(, and then for a £1k (albeit both times needing TLC again)....but at the moment she has an owner who has taken a lot of care of her - which makes me happy!

Not "Liza", but.........


(http://sailfar.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10283/normal_corribee.jpg)

Probably do no harm to post the link to the Seadog Owners Association.

Not exactly a great website  ;D

http://www.seadog.co.uk/seadogorg/ (http://www.seadog.co.uk/seadogorg/)

J80 (!) across the atlantic.......
http://adventure.roxen.com/

A web site to find parks -

http://www.llbean.com/parksearch/us_search.html

Oops.

This is great if it hasn't already been posted: http://www.mcallen.lib.tx.us/books/circumna/ci_table.htm

I would suggest a whole separate forum for links... They all get lost in this giant thread

n

Quote from: nick on May 26, 2008, 06:16:19 PM

I would suggest a whole separate forum for links... They all get lost in this giant thread

But it SHOULD be searchable as-is. 

Not sure what a separate board would accomplish...new stuff would still displace the old stuff.  Probably still end up with a fair number of double posts, etc.

We're building a 'database' for a great links page this way. :D

(I just have to pick a way to implement/format it...)

Just ran across this one - UK circumnavigation in a 19 footer:

KeepTurningLeft (http://uk.youtube.com/user/KeepTurningLeft)

nice link, thanks

Good link from US Sailing -

http://www.videos.sailingcourse.com/

Cruising the NC Outer Banks on a 15 footer (http://www.microcruising.com/2006obx.htm)

Rubin and sparky

http://www.sparkysfo.com/

Thanks Zen. It's with more than 'a bit' of interest that I read about Ruben and his lil electra.He made it...broken mast-jury rigged-self sufficient! Good for him and his lil boat.

 and post this pic of Ruben and Sparky coming in;

(http://www.norcalsailing.com/index_files/057finish-filtered.jpg)

Here's the link to where it came from;

http://www.norcalsailing.com/

some vids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysGvS3OAJkw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-DOTogxaRQ


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wivzfyeDsWU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG8VFMR0SYo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WbG7G_nlHw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrzTlGlE9T8

Interactive piracy map....

http://www.icc-ccs.org/extra/display.php?yr=2008

Interesting site . . . if you click on each "balloon" it tells you more info, I did not click on all of them, but only found two "Yachts" (Northern SA) most others were containers, general cargo, or tankers!

Shawn

Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network from the National Park Service
http://www.baygateways.net/index.cfm (http://www.baygateways.net/index.cfm)

http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2008/09/somali_pirates.php

Quote from: vinegarj on October 30, 2008, 06:10:18 PM
http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2008/09/somali_pirates.php

The pirate story gets even more interesting...  and scary!
http://www.barking-moonbat.com/index.php/weblog/one_hell_of_a_rumor/

Ever on the quest for new info, and after reading a note from a SailFar member, I tried to register for Plastic Classics.  Not only did the registration fail, the e-mail to the "Administrator" was returned as undeliverable.  What happened?

I am not sure what is going on for you, but I just logged in with no problem, so the site is up and running :(

Hey - I'm not putting you on. It seems like an interesting group.  When I hit the on-site Administrators button to send the e-mail asking why the registration just keeps rolling over the e-mail came back, as follows:
  *************************************
  --AOL Postmaster

  ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<admin@triton381.com>
    (reason: 550 No Such User Here)

**************************************

I also just logged on, at 5:46 central- worked fine.

If you have problems, email Tim directly

Quote from: CharlieJ on April 08, 2009, 06:47:04 PM
I also just logged on, at 5:46 central- worked fine.

If you have problems, email Tim directly

That be Tim Lackey,  tim@lackeysailing.com

Thanks - I dropped an email on him.   I have no idea why I can't get it to work right.

Try this link...

http://www.plasticclassicforum.com/ (http://www.plasticclassicforum.com/)

Edit...

http://www.triton381.com/ (http://www.triton381.com/) is on Tim's Triton Glissando.  I did check it and it is operational for me.

Both are working as far as I can tell... did you try wiping/clearing your plasticclassicforum cookies???

Quote from: Joe Pyrat on April 18, 2009, 09:39:08 PM
Try this link...

http://www.plasticclassicforum.com/ (http://www.plasticclassicforum.com/)

Edit...

http://www.triton381.com/ (http://www.triton381.com/) is on Tim's Triton Glissando.  I did check it and it is operational for me.

QuoteThe confirmation code you entered was incorrect.

I give up!  It keeps telling me the code is incorrect, I double checked it several times on several different days,  and it still rolls over.  >:(
I guess it was just not to be, for me.   :(

Is it possible to try from another computer?  It might be a problem specific to your computer.

Try wiping the cookies for the site in your browser and clearing the cache files. Also, what browser/OS are you using??

Quote from: Shipscarver on April 24, 2009, 11:24:17 PM

QuoteThe confirmation code you entered was incorrect.

I give up!  It keeps telling me the code is incorrect, I double checked it several times on several different days,  and it still rolls over.  >:(
I guess it was just not to be, for me.   :(

Here is a link courtesy of GOB that might be fun to follow;

http://www.arcticsolosail.com/index.php

Here is a web-site that I got from "Good Old Boat" that will interest all of you.   http://www.arcticsolosail.com/index.php

Fair winds,

Pappy Jack

He has an unusual choice of boats for that particular voyage.  He's in a Corsair 31UC trimaran.

I merged these posts because it had already been posted in the link section.

Tim

 I've spent about twenty minutes looking...used the search feature and all. I'm sure we have a "favorite links" thread somewhere on site....anyone know where? 

This one?

http://sailfar.net/forum/index.php?topic=291.0

Thanks. That is a great spot for arainy day..........so many interesting links.

Kinda neat link

www.wunderground.com/MAR/mmm.html?map=wave&animate=1#map (http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/mmm.html?map=wave&animate=1#map)

I just listed this site to my Chrysler sail boat group.
http://www.chryslersailors.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?t=1123&sid=f5a56f40310113316022cfdb97e65623

I know a few have already checked out this site, and like it.

Quote from: Mario G on June 12, 2009, 11:36:44 PM
I just listed this site to my Chrysler sail boat group.
http://www.chryslersailors.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?t=1123&sid=f5a56f40310113316022cfdb97e65623

I know a few have already checked out this site, and like it.

Mario,

  Glad to see that site is still alive and kicking.    ;D

Take a look at this thread. (http://chryslersailors.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?p=6024#6024)

http://picclick.com/eBay-Motors/Boats/Sailboats/

I lifted this from the SCA blog figuring it was OK as it was a Shorty Pen production

http://www.shortypen.com/boats/pocket/trans.htm

New site for Parker Dawson 26 and Midship Yachts 25 trailerable sailboats.

http://sites.google.com/site/parkerdawson26/