Anyone can join the SSCA. You can only be a commodore if you live full
time aboard your boat and get recommended by another member. Personally
it's a membership that I don't wish to have as I like having a home for
hurricane season.

-- Geoff

Rosalie B. wrote in
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[big clips]

But if you really want specific recommendations, go to the
SSCA (you might join if you can get someone to recommend you), and
look at the kinds of boats that people that are out there doing it are
sailing in and then look at those kinds of boats to see what they are
like.

Geoff Schultz wrote:


Anyone can join the SSCA. You can only be a commodore if you live full
time aboard your boat and get recommended by another member. Personally
it's a membership that I don't wish to have as I like having a home for
hurricane season.

-- Geoff

We've been associate members for years. We still have a home for the
hurricane season.

One of the things they do is assess equipment periodically.

You also might join one of the email groups such as the live-aboard
list, the world_cruising list (which is a yahoo group) or the Yacht-L
list.

Rosalie B. wrote in
:

[big clips]

But if you really want specific recommendations, go to the
SSCA (you might join if you can get someone to recommend you), and
look at the kinds of boats that people that are out there doing it are
sailing in and then look at those kinds of boats to see what they are
like.

grandma Rosalie

Rosalie B. wrote in
:

Geoff Schultz wrote:


Anyone can join the SSCA. You can only be a commodore if you live full
time aboard your boat and get recommended by another member. Personally
it's a membership that I don't wish to have as I like having a home for
hurricane season.

-- Geoff

We've been associate members for years. We still have a home for the
hurricane season.

One of the things they do is assess equipment periodically.

You also might join one of the email groups such as the live-aboard
list, the world_cruising list (which is a yahoo group) or the Yacht-L
list.

I should correct my statement. I am a SSCA member, but I'm not a commodore
and have no desire to be one...Definately one of those Rodney Dangerfield
groups in my book! :-)

-- Geoff

Geoff Schultz wrote:

Rosalie B. wrote in
:

Geoff Schultz wrote:


Anyone can join the SSCA. You can only be a commodore if you live full
time aboard your boat and get recommended by another member. Personally
it's a membership that I don't wish to have as I like having a home for
hurricane season.

We've been associate members for years. We still have a home for the
hurricane season.

One of the things they do is assess equipment periodically.

You also might join one of the email groups such as the live-aboard
list, the world_cruising list (which is a yahoo group) or the Yacht-L
list.

I should correct my statement. I am a SSCA member, but I'm not a commodore
and have no desire to be one...Definately one of those Rodney Dangerfield
groups in my book! :-)

Rodney Dangerfield got no respect. Are you saying that SSCA gets no
respect? That wouldn't have been my take on the situation at all.

The OP does want to go offshore and could probably qualify eventually,
and in the meantime he can read in the Bulletin about people out there
doing it and see what kinds of boats they are using.

..
grandma Rosalie

Rosalie B. wrote in
:

Geoff Schultz wrote:

Rosalie B. wrote in
m:

Geoff Schultz wrote:


Anyone can join the SSCA. You can only be a commodore if you live
full time aboard your boat and get recommended by another member.
Personally it's a membership that I don't wish to have as I like
having a home for hurricane season.

We've been associate members for years. We still have a home for
the hurricane season.

One of the things they do is assess equipment periodically.

You also might join one of the email groups such as the live-aboard
list, the world_cruising list (which is a yahoo group) or the
Yacht-L list.

I should correct my statement. I am a SSCA member, but I'm not a
commodore and have no desire to be one...Definately one of those
Rodney Dangerfield groups in my book! :-)

Rodney Dangerfield got no respect. Are you saying that SSCA gets no
respect? That wouldn't have been my take on the situation at all.

grandma Rosalie

He also said that he would never be a member of any organization who
would have him as a member...

-- Geoff

He also said that he would never be a member of any organization who
would have him as a member...

-- Geoff

I sent the club a wire stating, Please accept my resignation. I don't
want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.

Groucho Marx.

http://www.groucho-marx.com/