Everyone wants to dream about crossing
oceans, and want a boat that they *could* do it in, if they weren't tied
down with commuter traffic, mortgage payments, & committee meetings.



Wayne.B wrote:
Those are some of the excuses. The reality is that offshore sailing
is a darn tough way to travel unless you can always arrange for fair
weather, down wind conditions. After 2 or 3 days of bashing into head
seas, healed over at 20 to 30 degrees, with the interior of the boat
beginning to resemble a rain forest, smelling like a barnyard, and the
owner nursing broken ribs from being cabin tossed, a lot of the
romance goes out of it.


Yes it does. It's expensive and tedious, uncomfortable to say the least
(although 4 or 5 days of seasickness is a great weight-loss program) and
can be scary. But it's good, there's nothing else like it!

BTW one of the only things that brings out the Captain Bligh in me is
"the cabin getting to resemble a barnyard." The boat must be kept clean
& orderly at all times... emergencies at sea don't care if you're a bit
pressed for time lately and haven't stowed everything properly, but you
intend to soon. Right now is the only thing that matters.

Fair Skies
Doug King