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nom=de=plume wrote:
But wouldn't a boat of the size I mentioned be powered with a decent engine? Seems like it would be, but I haven't really looked into it. You have a _lot_ of homework ahead of you. |
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On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:24:10 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote: But wouldn't a boat of the size I mentioned be powered with a decent engine? Seems like it would be, but I haven't really looked into it. A 40 ft cruising sailboat would typically have a diesel in the 30 to 40 hp range. In flat water and no wind that's enough for 6 1/2 to 7 kts if the bottom is clean. |
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On 4/16/10 11:13 AM, Don White wrote:
wrote in message ... wrote in message ... I once met a couple who had bought a boat on Lake Michigan, sailed down the Miss. R and then across the gulf and then all over th Bahamas. They were on their way back aqnd had stopped in Apalachicola, FL and I asked how they had liked it. She had hated it. He had liked it but her dislike was enough. Another couple I know spent years re-building a boat to get ready to go cruising and then finally after 10 years of planning, set off. For some reason I still do not know, it din't work out and hey came back within 4 months. Another couple I know is working on their boat talking constantly about how they will take off as soon as they retire. What if it dosn't work out for them and they do not like it? That's a lot of wasted effort and years. Doesn't it make more sense to have a smaller boat you can afford with far fewer things to go wrong so you can afford to go NOW? A smaller boat you can afford allows you to arrange your work to allow more time for shorter coat hopping trips until you finally get some real time. I see too many big boats that sit at the dock rarely being sailed and we all know the saying that the amount of use a sailboat gets is inversely proportional to its size. I wonder how many stories there are of people who actually enjoyed it. There must be a few. I think you're right. It does make sense to have a boat you can afford. We're not looking at a megayacht, which I suppose if we went into hock, we could "afford" (the very broadest sense of the word). As I said, two of us are not really too concerned about "jobs" at this point. The other two are, and we're trying to accomodate everyone. I think it would be quite reasonable to expect the boat would mostly sit at the dock for a year, since we're not planning on leaving before that. Even if we sailed every weeked (which is highly unrealistic - more like twice a month over the course of the year), that would still have it mostly sitting. The other three live down that way, so they'd be much more likely than I to go. In fact, assuming all goes as planned, I would likely be sailing on school boats, since I'm learning. -- Nom=de=Plume How many miles would the sailboat be moored from your residence? Yes, *that* certainly can be a reason not to use the boat as often as you like. I doubt I'd be a candidate for cruising these days. I like boating, but for a day or for a day or two at a time. But that's just me. I know some "cruisers" who are really into it. But...if you buy a large boat without first having cruised, well, you're really buying a pig in a poke. -- http://tinyurl.com/ykxp2ym |
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"hk" wrote in message
m... On 4/16/10 11:13 AM, Don White wrote: wrote in message ... wrote in message ... I once met a couple who had bought a boat on Lake Michigan, sailed down the Miss. R and then across the gulf and then all over th Bahamas. They were on their way back aqnd had stopped in Apalachicola, FL and I asked how they had liked it. She had hated it. He had liked it but her dislike was enough. Another couple I know spent years re-building a boat to get ready to go cruising and then finally after 10 years of planning, set off. For some reason I still do not know, it din't work out and hey came back within 4 months. Another couple I know is working on their boat talking constantly about how they will take off as soon as they retire. What if it dosn't work out for them and they do not like it? That's a lot of wasted effort and years. Doesn't it make more sense to have a smaller boat you can afford with far fewer things to go wrong so you can afford to go NOW? A smaller boat you can afford allows you to arrange your work to allow more time for shorter coat hopping trips until you finally get some real time. I see too many big boats that sit at the dock rarely being sailed and we all know the saying that the amount of use a sailboat gets is inversely proportional to its size. I wonder how many stories there are of people who actually enjoyed it. There must be a few. I think you're right. It does make sense to have a boat you can afford. We're not looking at a megayacht, which I suppose if we went into hock, we could "afford" (the very broadest sense of the word). As I said, two of us are not really too concerned about "jobs" at this point. The other two are, and we're trying to accomodate everyone. I think it would be quite reasonable to expect the boat would mostly sit at the dock for a year, since we're not planning on leaving before that. Even if we sailed every weeked (which is highly unrealistic - more like twice a month over the course of the year), that would still have it mostly sitting. The other three live down that way, so they'd be much more likely than I to go. In fact, assuming all goes as planned, I would likely be sailing on school boats, since I'm learning. -- Nom=de=Plume How many miles would the sailboat be moored from your residence? Yes, *that* certainly can be a reason not to use the boat as often as you like. I doubt I'd be a candidate for cruising these days. I like boating, but for a day or for a day or two at a time. But that's just me. I know some "cruisers" who are really into it. But...if you buy a large boat without first having cruised, well, you're really buying a pig in a poke. -- http://tinyurl.com/ykxp2ym Besides renting for a cruising vacation (like Sunsail or Moorings) how would one cruise on it before buying? I'm assuming you meant that... -- Nom=de=Plume |
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On 4/16/10 1:25 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:
wrote in message m... On 4/16/10 11:13 AM, Don White wrote: wrote in message ... wrote in message ... I once met a couple who had bought a boat on Lake Michigan, sailed down the Miss. R and then across the gulf and then all over th Bahamas. They were on their way back aqnd had stopped in Apalachicola, FL and I asked how they had liked it. She had hated it. He had liked it but her dislike was enough. Another couple I know spent years re-building a boat to get ready to go cruising and then finally after 10 years of planning, set off. For some reason I still do not know, it din't work out and hey came back within 4 months. Another couple I know is working on their boat talking constantly about how they will take off as soon as they retire. What if it dosn't work out for them and they do not like it? That's a lot of wasted effort and years. Doesn't it make more sense to have a smaller boat you can afford with far fewer things to go wrong so you can afford to go NOW? A smaller boat you can afford allows you to arrange your work to allow more time for shorter coat hopping trips until you finally get some real time. I see too many big boats that sit at the dock rarely being sailed and we all know the saying that the amount of use a sailboat gets is inversely proportional to its size. I wonder how many stories there are of people who actually enjoyed it. There must be a few. I think you're right. It does make sense to have a boat you can afford. We're not looking at a megayacht, which I suppose if we went into hock, we could "afford" (the very broadest sense of the word). As I said, two of us are not really too concerned about "jobs" at this point. The other two are, and we're trying to accomodate everyone. I think it would be quite reasonable to expect the boat would mostly sit at the dock for a year, since we're not planning on leaving before that. Even if we sailed every weeked (which is highly unrealistic - more like twice a month over the course of the year), that would still have it mostly sitting. The other three live down that way, so they'd be much more likely than I to go. In fact, assuming all goes as planned, I would likely be sailing on school boats, since I'm learning. -- Nom=de=Plume How many miles would the sailboat be moored from your residence? Yes, *that* certainly can be a reason not to use the boat as often as you like. I doubt I'd be a candidate for cruising these days. I like boating, but for a day or for a day or two at a time. But that's just me. I know some "cruisers" who are really into it. But...if you buy a large boat without first having cruised, well, you're really buying a pig in a poke. -- http://tinyurl.com/ykxp2ym Besides renting for a cruising vacation (like Sunsail or Moorings) how would one cruise on it before buying? I'm assuming you meant that... By chartering or by being a guest... -- http://tinyurl.com/ykxp2ym |
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"Don White" wrote in message
... "nom=de=plume" wrote in message ... "Frogwatch" wrote in message ... I once met a couple who had bought a boat on Lake Michigan, sailed down the Miss. R and then across the gulf and then all over th Bahamas. They were on their way back aqnd had stopped in Apalachicola, FL and I asked how they had liked it. She had hated it. He had liked it but her dislike was enough. Another couple I know spent years re-building a boat to get ready to go cruising and then finally after 10 years of planning, set off. For some reason I still do not know, it din't work out and hey came back within 4 months. Another couple I know is working on their boat talking constantly about how they will take off as soon as they retire. What if it dosn't work out for them and they do not like it? That's a lot of wasted effort and years. Doesn't it make more sense to have a smaller boat you can afford with far fewer things to go wrong so you can afford to go NOW? A smaller boat you can afford allows you to arrange your work to allow more time for shorter coat hopping trips until you finally get some real time. I see too many big boats that sit at the dock rarely being sailed and we all know the saying that the amount of use a sailboat gets is inversely proportional to its size. I wonder how many stories there are of people who actually enjoyed it. There must be a few. I think you're right. It does make sense to have a boat you can afford. We're not looking at a megayacht, which I suppose if we went into hock, we could "afford" (the very broadest sense of the word). As I said, two of us are not really too concerned about "jobs" at this point. The other two are, and we're trying to accomodate everyone. I think it would be quite reasonable to expect the boat would mostly sit at the dock for a year, since we're not planning on leaving before that. Even if we sailed every weeked (which is highly unrealistic - more like twice a month over the course of the year), that would still have it mostly sitting. The other three live down that way, so they'd be much more likely than I to go. In fact, assuming all goes as planned, I would likely be sailing on school boats, since I'm learning. -- Nom=de=Plume How many miles would the sailboat be moored from your residence? From me it's quite a ways... in a straight line it's probably over 150 miles? Something like that, but driving it's over 2.5 hours with no traffic. The others are much closer (under 30 miles). If I go down, it would be for multiple nights (or for multiple days in a class). I still have work planned into next year, so it's not like I can just move down there right now. -- Nom=de=Plume |
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