BoatBanter.com - View Single Post - Whole lotta shakin' goin' on revisited, part 6

Sir Gregory Hall, Esq.[_3_]

On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 08:27:33 +0700, wrote:

One thing that most either don't realize or ignore is that most of the
earlier sailor authors actually sailed and wrote from some pretty
primitive (in today's terms) boats. Simple, small, and cheap.

The Pardey's first boat, Serafyn was 22'2" waterline in which they
sailed for 15 years, and their second (BIG) boat Taleisin was 27'6"
W/L in which they sailed from 1983. Neither boat had much in the way
of amenities.

The Hiscock's first boat was 18', Wanderer II was engineless and 22'2"
W/L and Wanderer III, that they sailed on for 17 years, had a 4 HP
auxiliary engine and was 27'6" W/L.

If you read or talk to people that have done extensive cruising it
seems like their problems have seldom involved the basic boat and rig
but have commonly been confined to, what one might call, the luxuries.

Which is not to say that one should squat, unclothed, in a bare boat
reading by a candle, but one should realize that the little additional
things may well break, while the "basic boat" probably won't.

So, tell us, Bruce, the reason(s) why your attempted
circumnavigation failed only about half-way around?

Was it because you didn't have a basic boat but, instead,
fell prey to a failing and failed, loaded-with-luxuries
slowcoach, motor sailer that quickly commenced crumbling
down around you?

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Sir Gregory