Capt. Rob wrote:
The Hunter 34 can certainly go offshore safely.

I think Shaun might appreciate the opinion of someone who had actually
sailed outside of Long Island Sound.


So then you don't agree with my statement?

As has often been claimed, almost any vessel can survive an ocean
voyage. However, experienced sailers have for thousands of years have
deemed some vessels safer than others. From what I know of the 34, it
falls below the line. Just my opinion, and I'll concede that my
offshore experience is somewhat limited.


BTW, does the Jersey coast
count as outside of the LIS?

I allowed you several hours of "outside" time just to include that one
particular trip. But this just proves my point: you went on one short
delivery a few miles down the NJ coast 6 years ago, and you've used
that over and over again to "prove" you have "offshore" experience.


Do you have any experienced comments to
make for Shaun or are you just trolling?

Not really. Even though I've been on dozens of trips 10 times longer
than your little hop, including being 50 miles offshore a number of
times, I wouldn't presume to advise on the offshore capability of a
vessel other than one I've actually sailed in heavy weather, on a real
ocean.

But I will offer this: a few years ago I was attending a class where
most of the other students were delivery captains, several had done
South Africa to the Caribbean a number of times. Three of them were
chatting one morning (I was really eaves dropping) when the topic came
up of a sailboat that had requested rescue about 100 miles off
Nantucket, in conditions that weren't that bad. One of them said "I
don't suppose the boat type began with 'H'?" and the three of them
started laughing so hard I thought they'd split a gut!