Just what is a blue water boat- size- sail plan- tankage- hull material- and
so on?
My wife and I want to retire and do a circumnavigation just the 2 of us.
What should I look for in a boat?
Rick in St Louis

RB wrote:
Just what is a blue water boat- size- sail plan- tankage- hull material- and
so on?
My wife and I want to retire and do a circumnavigation just the 2 of us.
What should I look for in a boat?
Rick in St Louis

Autopilot if there is only the two of you

"akcarlos" wrote:


RB wrote:
Just what is a blue water boat- size- sail plan- tankage- hull material- and
so on?
My wife and I want to retire and do a circumnavigation just the 2 of us.
What should I look for in a boat?
Rick in St Louis

If you don't know what you need to look for, you shouldn't be going.

Autopilot if there is only the two of you

Autopilots can be installed or replaced. Wind vane steering would be
better as there's less to go wrong with it.

grandma Rosalie

.. . . and they don't suck precious battery juice.


"Rosalie B." wrote in message
...
"akcarlos" wrote:


RB wrote:
Just what is a blue water boat- size- sail plan- tankage- hull material-
and
so on?
My wife and I want to retire and do a circumnavigation just the 2 of us.
What should I look for in a boat?
Rick in St Louis

If you don't know what you need to look for, you shouldn't be going.

Autopilot if there is only the two of you

Autopilots can be installed or replaced. Wind vane steering would be
better as there's less to go wrong with it.

grandma Rosalie

On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:57:40 GMT, Rosalie B.
wrote:

"akcarlos" wrote:


RB wrote:
Just what is a blue water boat- size- sail plan- tankage- hull material- and
so on?
My wife and I want to retire and do a circumnavigation just the 2 of us.
What should I look for in a boat?
Rick in St Louis

If you don't know what you need to look for, you shouldn't be going.

Autopilot if there is only the two of you

Autopilots can be installed or replaced. Wind vane steering would be
better as there's less to go wrong with it.


Two autopilots, plus one windvane with a few critical spares.
Hand-steering is great in thin water and entering/leaving harbours,
but neither necessary nor the best use of a crew's energy or attention
when passagemaking.

R.

I just knew someone would say that "I shouldn't be going" blah blah blah. I
know how to sail. I currently do not have a boat, but was hoping I would
get some answers so I would be able to start thinking about what boat would
do me the best (without making a mistake the first time) since I have been
on land raising my family for a couple of decades...
For the other folks that answered me- give me some time to read through the
sites you sent me- if you can spare the time- please email me and maybe I
can ask you some questions directly:

Thanks,
RB

"Rosalie B." wrote in message
...
"akcarlos" wrote:


RB wrote:
Just what is a blue water boat- size- sail plan- tankage- hull material-
and
so on?
My wife and I want to retire and do a circumnavigation just the 2 of us.
What should I look for in a boat?
Rick in St Louis

If you don't know what you need to look for, you shouldn't be going.

Autopilot if there is only the two of you

Autopilots can be installed or replaced. Wind vane steering would be
better as there's less to go wrong with it.

grandma Rosalie

RB

Not for nothing, but you could have headed-off the "you shouldn't be going"
response(s) by originally mentioning that you know the difference between
the pointy end and the other one. ;-)

Karin Conover-Lewis
s/v "Escapade"
1963 Rawson 30 Ketch

"RB" wrote in message
...
I just knew someone would say that "I shouldn't be going" blah blah blah. I
know how to sail. I currently do not have a boat, but was hoping I would
get some answers so I would be able to start thinking about what boat would
do me the best (without making a mistake the first time) since I have been
on land raising my family for a couple of decades...
For the other folks that answered me- give me some time to read through
the sites you sent me- if you can spare the time- please email me and
maybe I can ask you some questions directly:

Thanks,
RB

"Rosalie B." wrote in message
...
"akcarlos" wrote:


RB wrote:
Just what is a blue water boat- size- sail plan- tankage- hull
material- and
so on?
My wife and I want to retire and do a circumnavigation just the 2 of
us.
What should I look for in a boat?
Rick in St Louis

If you don't know what you need to look for, you shouldn't be going.

Autopilot if there is only the two of you

Autopilots can be installed or replaced. Wind vane steering would be
better as there's less to go wrong with it.

grandma Rosalie

I would suggest that before you circumnavigate the world that you pick
something smaller to circumnavigate...like the Caribbean. You'll gain a
lot of insight into what works for you and whether or not you really
want to go around the world. You can find plenty of blue water boats in
Australia/NZ from people who thought that they wanted to circumnavigate
the world but got that far and decided that it wasn't for them.

There are lots of plus sides to doing this as. For example, you're not
that far away from the US when you decide that you need to come back to
the States and retrofit your boat...again...

-- Geoff


"RB" wrote in :

I just knew someone would say that "I shouldn't be going" blah blah
blah. I know how to sail. I currently do not have a boat, but was
hoping I would get some answers so I would be able to start thinking
about what boat would do me the best (without making a mistake the
first time) since I have been on land raising my family for a couple
of decades... For the other folks that answered me- give me some time
to read through the sites you sent me- if you can spare the time-
please email me and maybe I can ask you some questions directly:


Thanks,
RB

"Rosalie B." wrote in message
...
"akcarlos" wrote:


RB wrote:
Just what is a blue water boat- size- sail plan- tankage- hull
material- and
so on?
My wife and I want to retire and do a circumnavigation just the 2
of us. What should I look for in a boat?
Rick in St Louis

If you don't know what you need to look for, you shouldn't be going.

Autopilot if there is only the two of you

Autopilots can be installed or replaced. Wind vane steering would be
better as there's less to go wrong with it.

grandma Rosalie

"If you don't know what you need to look for, you shouldn't be going."
Its this mentality you see that ****es me off. Someone asks a
question and that is ALWAYS a standard answer. You see it in alot of
forums on ANY topic. What anchor is best in soft mud??? well if you
have to ask you have no business anchoring in soft mud u idiot!!!!!!!!!

Meye5 wrote:
" What anchor is best in soft mud??? well if you
have to ask you have no business anchoring in soft mud u idiot!!!!!!!!!

How does one learn these things?

tom
of the Swee****er Sea