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

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 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