What is a Blue Water boat?
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 |
As with *everything* in sailing, you'll get as many answers as there
are sailors, but this is a pretty good definition: http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/5471/bwboat.htm MW |
"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 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 Check this site: http://www.sailready.com/ Happy sailing! Marc Onrust www.MarineYacht.com |
You need to decide what you need to fit your level of comfort. A Cal-25
did a circumnavigation. I sailed 5 years on a Cal 3-30. Back then I felt like I was a great boat but now I want something much bigger because I need more comfort. I suggest that you crew for someone that is going to go cruising. Take a week or more at a time and crew on a boat doing something like the Baja Haha or heading down island from Miami. See what is on their boat and how it holds together. There is no teacher like experience and my experience is based on my needs, not yours. Certainly, some boats are not fit for cruising. Hunter, Catalina and other boats like that are billed as the perfect boats by only their own advertising. Real life situations kill those types of boats but there are other factors you will learn to look for. Some people like slow boats that are 10 feet thick. I like a medium weight boat that sails fast so I can get up wind or out of the way whey I need to. Each boat has a set of pros and cons. If you have more space, you have less performance and vise versa. Sailing on other people's boats will be about the only way you will really find what you are looking for. Consider it like a mail order bride. You could do it but you're a lot better off dating your boat first. |
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. |
.. . . 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 |
Try Tristan Jones, "One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship". He's very
conservative, but has been around (and around, and around) for a while. You don't need to believe all he says (a yawl isn't necessarily the best globe-trotter), but he has so much advice that much of it is worth being aware of. "RB" wrote in message ... 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 |
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 |
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