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Cruising as a solitary activity
My sailing club is planning a Christmas 2008 cruise to the Keys but
the more I think about it the more I wonder if this sort of thing can work well. How do you decide whether to anchor out most of the time or to use marinas half the time. What marinas do you use when people have radically diff budgets (yes, I am cheap)? I'll admit, having another boat to comisserate with on long boring passages or for company on scary ones would be nice but a whole pack of boats can cause problems. Many anchorages are just too small for more than a couple of boats. Marinas are not likely to have slip space for more than a couple of transients too. How do you deal with these issues? Frogwatch |
Cruising as a solitary activity
On Oct 30, 7:28 am, wrote:
My sailing club is planning a Christmas 2008 cruise to the Keys but the more I think about it the more I wonder if this sort of thing can work well. How do you decide whether to anchor out most of the time or to use marinas half the time. What marinas do you use when people have radically diff budgets (yes, I am cheap)? I'll admit, having another boat to comisserate with on long boring passages or for company on scary ones would be nice but a whole pack of boats can cause problems. Many anchorages are just too small for more than a couple of boats. Marinas are not likely to have slip space for more than a couple of transients too. How do you deal with these issues? Frogwatch Here during the Harvest moon..(.270 boats) they invade and take over the town. When all the slips are full people raft up some times 5-10 boats wide. Joe |
Cruising as a solitary activity
wrote in message ups.com... My sailing club is planning a Christmas 2008 cruise to the Keys but the more I think about it the more I wonder if this sort of thing can work well. How do you decide whether to anchor out most of the time or to use marinas half the time. What marinas do you use when people have radically diff budgets (yes, I am cheap)? I'll admit, having another boat to comisserate with on long boring passages or for company on scary ones would be nice but a whole pack of boats can cause problems. Many anchorages are just too small for more than a couple of boats. Marinas are not likely to have slip space for more than a couple of transients too. How do you deal with these issues? Frogwatch I attended a rendezvous for my class of trailerable mini-cruising sailboat in early August. It was great. A load of fun getting together with like minded people. What you need is one or two energetic people to research all the options well before hand and have the group vote on the best route/stops etc. |
Cruising as a solitary activity
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ups.com... My sailing club is planning a Christmas 2008 cruise to the Keys but the more I think about it the more I wonder if this sort of thing can work well. How do you decide whether to anchor out most of the time or to use marinas half the time. What marinas do you use when people have radically diff budgets (yes, I am cheap)? I'll admit, having another boat to comisserate with on long boring passages or for company on scary ones would be nice but a whole pack of boats can cause problems. Many anchorages are just too small for more than a couple of boats. Marinas are not likely to have slip space for more than a couple of transients too. How do you deal with these issues? Frogwatch You could check out how they do it for the Baja HaHA... the same issue apply. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
Cruising as a solitary activity
wrote in message ups.com... My sailing club is planning a Christmas 2008 cruise to the Keys but the more I think about it the more I wonder if this sort of thing can work well. How do you decide whether to anchor out most of the time or to use marinas half the time. What marinas do you use when people have radically diff budgets (yes, I am cheap)? I'll admit, having another boat to comisserate with on long boring passages or for company on scary ones would be nice but a whole pack of boats can cause problems. Many anchorages are just too small for more than a couple of boats. Marinas are not likely to have slip space for more than a couple of transients too. How do you deal with these issues? Frogwatch If you can't enjoy sailing by yourself and must have other boats cruising in company then you're no sailor. Give it up, man! Trying to sail in a group puts you at the mercy of the least competent of the bunch. Do you really want that? Do you really wish to be ruled by the lowest common denominator? Held back by stupid inept people like Skippy and his breakdown-prone, system-laden pig of a Morgan? That's not sailing. Wilbur Hubbard |
Cruising as a solitary activity
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message anews.com... If you can't enjoy sailing by yourself and must have other boats cruising in company then you're no sailor. Give it up, man! Trying to sail in a group puts you at the mercy of the least competent of the bunch. Do you really want that? Do you really wish to be ruled by the lowest common denominator? Held back by stupid inept people like Skippy and his breakdown-prone, system-laden pig of a Morgan? That's not sailing. Wilbur Hubbard Translation: No one wants to sail with Capt Neal on the chance they might end up downwind of his mustard/mauve barge. |
Cruising as a solitary activity
"Don White" wrote in message ... "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message anews.com... If you can't enjoy sailing by yourself and must have other boats cruising in company then you're no sailor. Give it up, man! Trying to sail in a group puts you at the mercy of the least competent of the bunch. Do you really want that? Do you really wish to be ruled by the lowest common denominator? Held back by stupid inept people like Skippy and his breakdown-prone, system-laden pig of a Morgan? That's not sailing. Wilbur Hubbard Translation: No one wants to sail with Capt Neal on the chance they might end up downwind of his mustard/mauve barge. Probably so, but what has that got to do with me? The main reason I do not like to sail with other boats is they cannot keep up with my Swan 68. I would have to tow a tractor tire or something like that to slow me down enough so lesser boats could keep up with me. Wilbur Hubbard |
Cruising as a solitary activity
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:29:48 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: "Don White" wrote in message . .. "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message anews.com... If you can't enjoy sailing by yourself and must have other boats cruising in company then you're no sailor. Give it up, man! Trying to sail in a group puts you at the mercy of the least competent of the bunch. Do you really want that? Do you really wish to be ruled by the lowest common denominator? Held back by stupid inept people like Skippy and his breakdown-prone, system-laden pig of a Morgan? That's not sailing. Wilbur Hubbard Translation: No one wants to sail with Capt Neal on the chance they might end up downwind of his mustard/mauve barge. Probably so, but what has that got to do with me? The main reason I do not like to sail with other boats is they cannot keep up with my Swan 68. I would have to tow a tractor tire or something like that to slow me down enough so lesser boats could keep up with me. Wilbur Hubbard Translation: Willie boy has been reading sailing magazines and doing his Walter Mitty fantasy again. Once again, Willie. The Yellow Mouse Boat IS NOT a Swan.(Do try to remember - people are beginning to notice). Bruce-in-Bangkok (Note:displayed e-mail address is a spam trap) |
Cruising as a solitary activity
In the keys it can be difficult, as finding an anchorage for dozens of boats
will be tough, but maybe not impossible. Marinas are expensive and as you note, won't have enough trainsient space for a large club. Several years ago I joined a friend's yacht club Maine cruise off and on over a two week period. The organizer had set up moorings for all participants in each harbor that they planned to spend the night in. The cruise had about 25 boats. It was quite a challenge, but they pulled it off. Even in Boothbay, Maine, they had enough moorings for all of the boats. It was amusing when on one of the 15 or so nights they anchored instead of moored at Wreck Island for a clambake. It was a hoot to watch all of these sailors who had never anchored before. One brand new Sabre 402 tried for about an hour to get his anchor to set with a 2:1 scope. I dinghied over and offered to help, suggesting he let out all of his chain rode. The anchor caught immediately. So, it can be done, but it is a lot of work. I suspect most club cruises are like the Maine one: most people want to stay on moorings and not on the hook. But they don't want to stay at marinas either. David |
Cruising as a solitary activity
wrote in message ups.com... My sailing club is planning a Christmas 2008 cruise to the Keys but the more I think about it the more I wonder if this sort of thing can work well. How do you decide whether to anchor out most of the time or to use marinas half the time. What marinas do you use when people have radically diff budgets (yes, I am cheap)? I'll admit, having another boat to comisserate with on long boring passages or for company on scary ones would be nice but a whole pack of boats can cause problems. Many anchorages are just too small for more than a couple of boats. Marinas are not likely to have slip space for more than a couple of transients too. How do you deal with these issues? Frogwatch Hi Frogwatch. Long boring passages...scary ones...what part of the world are you coming from to the Keys? Not sure of traveling with a group of boats, I've never done it. Cruising certainly doesn't need to be a solitary activity. I meet and make friends with cruisers (and others) everywhere we go. There are a zillion places to anchor in the Keys. It would probably be a challenge to be traveling together & have some wanting to anchor & others wanting to be in a marina at the same time. Might be a good idea to go at the same general time & arrange to meet a couple three places in the Key & keep in touch via a vhf net or cell-phones. The Keys can be done with a gold-plated marina tour (I've heard) or on the cheap, anchoring 100% and dinging ashore in strategic places with free/cheap docks etc (our way). Enjoy the Keys...great place. Glenn. s/v Seawing. |
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