"katy" wrote in message
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David wrote:
I have never sailed before, although sailing around the world is one of
my dreams that I want to accomplish in my life. I am 21 years old, and I
want to know if this is a dream I can pursue or something far-
fetched and non-possible.

I live in Ohio - so no oceans near by. Owning a large sail boat would
seem almost ridiculous. Is there a way I can rent a sail-boat, or any
other alternative to making my trip that would possibly last anywhere
from 6 months to 2 years?

Cost -- Is this something that would quite definately cost $200,000 just
for the boat alone? And the difficulty of sailing around the world?
(Making plenty of stops to visit places, of course). I wouldn't want to
bring my wife if it would be something extremely dangerous.

If anyone can point my to some information I can read about, I would
greatly appreciate it!

Read Tanja Aebi's book first....it's dated now but still an accurate
rendition of that sort of endeavor and she was totally unexperienced when
she left...and no..there is noone in their right mind who would rent a
sailboat to someone with no experince (except maybe down in the Caribean
for charter...) 6 months? you'd never do it, especially if you stopped
here and there...and you can get a big boat and keep it on Lake
Erie..plenty of people sail out of Snadusky/Toledo area...


Yeah, living on the walls, was one of my favorite lines...


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