I'm down with the sailing around the world thing, thats a cool way to get out and explore... beats the hell out of watching youtube in your skivvies.
That said... fuck every part of being on a sailboat in the middle of the ocean in a huge storm and knowing if you flip... you're dead... they are never going to find you.
Hat tip to you there bud... no way i'd have the balls to put myself in that level of risk. i have a hard enough time finding shore on lake erie when we are walleye fishing.
Gotta rely on navigational training. I use a sextant as backup. Luckily I avoided any major storms but timing was key. One of the things I learned was NOAA reports are half-assed at best. It was exhausting but saw parts of the world I never thought I would, ever. My faith was built strong on that adventure.
yeah i know some guys in shipping and certain parts of the oceans are no-go unless you're ready to start blasting. One guy i know got into a firefight off the coast of africa with 3 high speed boats that chased them down... as soon as they got within firing range the boats started shooting... and so did everyone on my friends vessel.
they unloaded on them, and all three boats got the fuck outta there as fast as they came at them... one of them with smoke billowing out.
thats some scary shit if you ask me... enough boats and they might not have stopped.
they had to line the sides of the container boat with razor wire where all the access points were, he said thats a pretty common practice.
Yeah fuck all kinds of that.
I'm down with the sailing around the world thing, thats a cool way to get out and explore... beats the hell out of watching youtube in your skivvies.
That said... fuck every part of being on a sailboat in the middle of the ocean in a huge storm and knowing if you flip... you're dead... they are never going to find you.
Hat tip to you there bud... no way i'd have the balls to put myself in that level of risk. i have a hard enough time finding shore on lake erie when we are walleye fishing.
Gotta rely on navigational training. I use a sextant as backup. Luckily I avoided any major storms but timing was key. One of the things I learned was NOAA reports are half-assed at best. It was exhausting but saw parts of the world I never thought I would, ever. My faith was built strong on that adventure.
Right on man, like i said... jealous as hell you got to do that.
Did you ever venture into pirate waters? (ARRRRRRRRRRRRR)
Off the Coast of Nicaragua & Honduras it got spicey. That’s what flare guns are for 😎👍🏽 I avoided South China Sea...a wide berth from there.
yeah i know some guys in shipping and certain parts of the oceans are no-go unless you're ready to start blasting. One guy i know got into a firefight off the coast of africa with 3 high speed boats that chased them down... as soon as they got within firing range the boats started shooting... and so did everyone on my friends vessel.
they unloaded on them, and all three boats got the fuck outta there as fast as they came at them... one of them with smoke billowing out.
thats some scary shit if you ask me... enough boats and they might not have stopped.
they had to line the sides of the container boat with razor wire where all the access points were, he said thats a pretty common practice.