In article .com,
Joe wrote:

Thats a nice jaunt offshore, what were you doning, heading to the sea
of cortez?

Yep... SF to Cabo non-stop. A strange direction for a delivery. The
owner wanted the boat in the Carib, but I only had time for the first
leg. It was a full-keel 48 CT.

For 2 ASA points.

Why would anyone want to be out in the middle of an ocean?

So you don't hit land?

Thats true, but ...

I'm not sure if 200 NM qualifies for an ocean crossing, but if there's
a storm, I'd rather be there than just a couple of miles off. Of
course, there are few places left where one can see the stars like
that.

as the first question I ever posted here, and BTW I never got a
straight answer. I ask you this. If you were to sail around the world
would you go east or west? Why?

I'd sail west, because there's land east.

you could go south than east thru the canal.

South, then west to get through the canal... the Carib entrance is
west of the Pacific entrance. :-)

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