End of the Cruising Life
 

On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:42:31 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:11:37 -0700, Stephen Trapani
wrote:

moving to an RV is likely to be worse for her. Sitting for
long periods is particularly bad for spinal conditions. Sitting in
trucks and cars, even worse.

Interesting points. My wife has issues with herniated discs and has
few problems on our trawler with the exception of dinghy rides in
rough conditions. Long road trips bother her a great deal however as
did our old sailboat, probably from being heeled over as much as
anything.

Rick, maybe you could charter a catamaran sometime and see if that is
better for her? There are thousands of them down here in the
Caribbean, probably more than half the charter boats.


Thanks Stephen and Wayne.

Stephen, you're on target. Yes, living aboard is more of a help, but
not in 5 to 8 foot seas. Therin lies the problem. Wayne, she has the
same problem with the dinghy. Our draft, both water and air, limits
our "protected waters" area. We don't consider my single-handing for
offshore passages (which is not a problem at all) and her meeting up
as a viable option.

A near and dear friend is a chiropractor who also is very good with
acupressure (SP?). He's taught me a lot about the latter and luckily I
seem to have a natural talent for it.

We did consider a trawler or even houseboat, which would open up a lot
of places, with the occasional "meet the boat" passage for the former.

Yes, long drives require stopping about every two hours. Maybe not in
a class A motorhome where she can get up and move around, sit, lie
down, etc. while underway. But we'll stop if necessary, which is
impossible in a sailboat miles offshore :-)

It'll all work out!

Rick

End of the Cruising Life
 

An update. Looks like we have a sale! The offer was made and accepted.
The buyer has arranged a survey and sale is pending on "no major
problems found", of which there are none.

We've looked at several motor homes and will hopefully be on the road
soon.

Rick

End of the Cruising Life
 

"Rick Morel" wrote in message
...
An update. Looks like we have a sale! The offer was made and accepted.
The buyer has arranged a survey and sale is pending on "no major
problems found", of which there are none.

We've looked at several motor homes and will hopefully be on the road
soon.

Rick


Rick
Is it still possible to contact you via the link you had up before?
If so, would you be kind enough to repost it - I may have some info which
might be of use or interest to you.
Hoges in WA

End of the Cruising Life
 

On Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:15:19 GMT, "Hoges in WA"
wrote:

Rick
Is it still possible to contact you via the link you had up before?
If so, would you be kind enough to repost it - I may have some info which
might be of use or interest to you.
Hoges in WA


http://www.morelr.com/valkyrie

Look at the bottom of the page.

Rick

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"Rick Morel" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:15:19 GMT, "Hoges in WA"
wrote:

Rick
Is it still possible to contact you via the link you had up before?
If so, would you be kind enough to repost it - I may have some info which
might be of use or interest to you.
Hoges in WA


http://www.morelr.com/valkyrie

Look at the bottom of the page.

Rick

Thanks for that - email on the way.
regards
Hoges in WA

End of the Cruising Life - Update and Observations
 

On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:23:50 -0500, Rick Morel
wrote:

On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 I wrote:

We don't want to, but we have to sell our floating home. Cathy
suffered a back injury and unsucessful surgery in the 90's. We were
told a day would come when she couldn't handle the movement and such.
We were hoping that day was years away, but it looks like it's now.
So, after almost 3 years of living aboard and not as much cruising as
we'd like, it's time before she gets worse.

Our plans are to get a motorhome and play "land yacht".

Well, we've been RV full-timers (live-aboards) for almost three months
now. We both agree it is second best and would prefer to be aboard and
cruising, but it is great, nonetheless.

A friend aboard a 41-ft trimaran is going to be in the Bahamas in
November. He's invited us for a visit to see how a multi-hull will
work for Cathy. If it does.......

Cathy can walk around, lie down, etc., when we're on the road. That's
a big help, but it still does get to her a bit. She had a problem with
a knee about a month ago, somehow nerve related to the back injury.
She had to use a brace and crutches for a couple weeks. That would
have been fun on a boat.

It took us a while to get used to the fact that a land yacht won't
wander off and doesn't have to be tied down. And that it would take
say 5 hours from A to B, and not 5 days.

Another surprise was "reverse sticker shock". Our first stop at a
camper store to get some stuff resulted in about a $200 cost. I went
in expecting it to be about $800 or so. One thing that we subsequently
bought for $12 was $90 at a marine store.

We picked up an inflatable and so far we've managed to stay at places
with water of some kind. Next month we'll be at Galveston, TX, then
work our way down to Port Isabel, TX, so we'll get our sal****er fix.

Just wanted to let everyone know what's happening. Has to be better
than Wilbur's nonsense.

We've changed the web page to reflect our land cruising.

http://www.morelr.com/valkyrie


Glad to hear that your land yacht is working out well for both of you.
Give us a shout if you ever get down to SWFL. You might find that a
stabilized trawler is just the thing you've been looking for. :-)

One of these days we'll post some pictures from our Caribbean
adventure.