Geoff Schultz wrote:

Rosalie B. wrote in
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Geoff Schultz wrote:


Anyone can join the SSCA. You can only be a commodore if you live full
time aboard your boat and get recommended by another member. Personally
it's a membership that I don't wish to have as I like having a home for
hurricane season.

We've been associate members for years. We still have a home for the
hurricane season.

One of the things they do is assess equipment periodically.

You also might join one of the email groups such as the live-aboard
list, the world_cruising list (which is a yahoo group) or the Yacht-L
list.

I should correct my statement. I am a SSCA member, but I'm not a commodore
and have no desire to be one...Definately one of those Rodney Dangerfield
groups in my book! :-)

Rodney Dangerfield got no respect. Are you saying that SSCA gets no
respect? That wouldn't have been my take on the situation at all.

The OP does want to go offshore and could probably qualify eventually,
and in the meantime he can read in the Bulletin about people out there
doing it and see what kinds of boats they are using.

..
grandma Rosalie