Re: Four questions from someone new to boating


"Roger Long" <rlong003@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:45ff2e71$0$24757$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Wayne.B wrote:

The OP was talking about crossing oceans and living aboard, not
coastal cruising.

Oh, so he was. Something about the "new to boating" in the subject line made me overlook that.

Rest assured that anybody who posts to rec.boats.cruising to get advice will NEVER cross oceans. Too stupid to ask 1) the right questions, 2) the right people.

Still, Donna Lange had completed her circumnavigation in a 28 footer and she probably didn't know any more four years ago than this fellow does now.

Donna Lange at least had a clue about what constitutes a seaworthy boat. Doesn't she sail a double ender Southern Cross? And, according to her website, she's not done with her circumnavigation just yet http://www.donnalange.com/statusupdate.html

Finances are key to that independent lifestyle he talks about. Boats eat up money fast as we all know only too well. Unless he has a lot of independent income, holding down the money drain by going small might be worth more discomfort in big seas.

Finances are, indeed, important. But a seaworthy boat is more important. Better to spend the farm getting a decent boat even if you have to work your way around like old Joshua Slocum did. As for the OP. Forget about him/her. Just another ignorant dreamer without the right stuff. That's evident just from the ignorant questions in the short post. You can tell a lot about a person just by how the questions, even if answered in great detail, don't comprise a coherent body of thought or a particular direction.

Wilbur Hubbard

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