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=?Windows-1252?Q?Capt._Neal=AE?= wrote:
Very true about the coastal cruising aspect. Even the great Joshua
Slocum came to grief off the coast near the mouth of the great
Amazon river. It seems the currents and shoals are uncharted and
extend a great distance seaward.

I would love to coastal cruise down to the Horn, round it and
then try a long blue water voyage to the South Sea islands
just because once you start there's no going back and every
real sailor should traverse the Pacific Ocean - the mother
of all oceans - in his lifetime.

Not that there's any remote possibility of Crapton actually doing it,
but I'd strongly suggest staying away from California. We have strong
pollution laws here.

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Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m)
http://www.sailnow.com
"If there's no wind, row."