Gale,

Your post is typical of novice posts we see here from time
to time.

It represents somebody dreaming who has more money than
good sense. You need to re-evaluate your whole plan and
stop trying to bite off way, way, way more than you can chew.

Because you can afford a vessel does not, in any way, shape
or form mean you are qualified to handle a vessel.

I've commented below throughout your pie-in-the-sky post.
You should read my comments carefully before you go out and
get yourself or somebody else killed trying to rescue you from
your ignorance and poor choices.


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The boat I am considering is a Yapluka .
http://www.yapluka.fr/spec60_us.htm
They are a fairly new pleasure yacht company. Started producing aluminum
hull Cats a bought 5 years ago.

Get a real sail boat! That Cat is a motorboat with a mast. Its generators
are larger than most yacht motors. But, before you get any boat read on . . .

I have sold a business, and plan to semi retire. I have owned 10 or 11 boats
in my
lifetime. I purchased my first small motor boat when I was 16. I bought it
before
I bought a car.

Driving motor boats only qualifies you to drive motorboats. Any fool can
motor a little boat around. It means nothing. Your attitude shows you are too
arrogant and too ignorant to safely sail a vessel.

The last boat I owned was a Formula 41 PC with twin 504's. The only sailboat
I have ever owned was a Morgan 22, and that was almost 20 years ago. I had
it
on a Lake in the Ozarks. ( Grand Lake in Oklahoma) . In fact all the boats I
have
owned have been Lake pleasure craft in the Ozarks. Lake of the Ozarks,
TableRock
Lake and Grand Lake.

Yes, sir! Driving a series of little motorboats around inland lakes sure
makes you qualified to sail a large multi-hull on the ocean. I bet you don't
even know what a chart is, let alone how to read and use one.

Grand Lake was not a very good Lake for sailing. It seemed like the wind
directions
changed every quarter mile. All work and not much fun. Spent more time
anchored in a
cove than sailing.

In other words, you don't really like to sail because it's too much trouble.
Why not forget all about a multi-hull with sails. Why not just get a motor-cat?
You know in your heart if a little ole 22-footer is too much trouble to sail,
then a 60-footer is way beyond your capabilities.

I crewed on a friends 50 foot Morgan in the Bahamas abought 5 years ago. I
loved it.
And I did get seasick our second day out, but that's another story.

One of the worst sailing boats ever made. It is not much more than a floating
motel with sails. It has more heads than sails, more windows than the Trump
Tower, more horsepower than a Mac truck and more ignorant owners than
Plowville has rednecks.

I have never lived on the Ocean. (A lifelong dream). My son moved to Puerto
Vallarta, Mexico last summer.
They have a great Marina. That is where I intend to dock the boat.

How are you planning to get it there? Overland by truck? You certainly
are not qualified to sail it - even on a little inland lake.

I started researching Trans-Ocean craft. My decision for a multi hull sail,
were various.
Saftey, cost of operation, speed etc. I also figured that a boat in the
Pacific needed to
be over 50 feet due to the potential size of the seas.

Bwaaaahahahahhahahahhahahahahahh! You are showing your ignorance.
You are also showing your pie-in-the-sky. You are one of these people
we read about in the newspapers who go out on the ocean, immediately
get uncomfortable and seasick in their first storm so they call for rescue
and abandon a perfectly seaworthy vessel because they are afraid and
disillusioned. It's quite pathetic really.

I intend to spend approximately a year after I purchase getting
qualified..(Captains ratings etc)..

Bwahahhaha ahah ah ah hah a haha hahah! A whole year getting qualified
to sail on the high seas!!! There's no way you can get a Captain's license
in a year with your lack of time at sea. Your little lake motorboat time does
not count. You're going to have to put in some serious time on the ocean in
order to even dream of becoming a captain. A year of putzing around on
a boat you bought prematurely probably means you will have one tenth the
time needed to succeed sailing the high seas.

Somebody needs to inject a dose of reality into some of you uppity novice
wannabes. You give sailing a bad name. That's the disservice hot-dog racers
like little Ellen MacCarthur do to us all. Their dangerous exploits backed by
megabucks and teams of support people ashore cause ignorant lubbers such
as yourself to actually believe you can go out there and do it all by yourself.
You forget all about the fact that Litte Ellen has more years sailing than you
have IQ points. The mast and mainsail alone on her sponsored boat probably
costs more than most cruising boats.

Spend time sailing up and down the West pacific coast for some experience.
And then its off to the South Pacific.. Tahiti…..New Zealand…
just started playing with charts also..so the big trip is still in early
planning stage.

Bwahahahhahahahahhahahahahhahahah! I wonder if you even realize how much
you sound likethe typical magazine article sailor. You read it somewhere and
conclude, "That's for me" while you haven't even experienced sticking your
big toe into the ocean when she's in one of her ugly moods.

Any way back to budget and Boat. The Yapluka is pricy. It would be great to
find
something similar for 30 to 40 percent less money. There is a used 60 foot,
2002 for
sale in Spain. I am impressed with their finish and design..

More money than sense - always a dangerous combination!!!

But as all of you can probably tell .. I am pretty green and defiantly a
novice..
So that's why I ask for some suggestions from the news group..

The understatement of the century. My advice is put your silly, dreams
on hold for at least two or three years. There's plenty of time to
buy a boat. Don't put the cart before the horse.

Take advantage of those years to crew on a number of different vessels
which are operated by qualified individuals. Do some passage making as crew.
Get some experience and a realistic picture of what ocean sailing is all about.
If you like what you experience, then and only then should you buy a boat
of your own.

Do us ALL a favor - listen to this good advice. It may well save your life.
Your current plans represent a clear and present danger for yourself and
anyone unfortunate enough to be nearby when you need to be rescued.

Captain Neal
USCG licensed Master, 25GT Near Coastal
Yacht, "Cut the Mustard"

P.S. Read the Novice Lessons - read them all.
http://captneal.homestead.com/index.html




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