I guess for everything worthwhile it takes more than guts to do it. You'll love the Sailing Frenchman story on YT, especially the first 20 episodes. He's got the same type of boat I have, he's done some major refitting, which I have no reason too, as my boat is in tippy top condition, but ... they guy crossed the Atlantic in a 27ft alone.
So far I have kept myself to day sailing, the simple act of stepping on my boat and sailing off till I see no more land!
Unfortunately, our coastal areas are being raped as we speak for this Green New deal shit. Windmillparks everywhere.
When I have upgraded my automatic steering, and electrical infra, I am very much inclined to look for wider seas.
That’s great; so good to see that adventuresome spirit. I never thought I’d become a sailor, but a lifetime in aerospace basically it’s just navigating on a different medium. Our planet is mostly water so... The hardest part was mental. Several times the routine would be broken by letting your mind run away with ‘what-ifs’. Hard to shake off. Once a floating shipping container about ended my boat and probably life? Last second maneuvering. Many times I wanted it to be over with. It’s RAW. Now I just drool over for sale Adverts...
hahaha, once it catches you, it catches you for life!
But surely, what if .... because there is a lot of time to think about that. The first time I went it alone on a 12 hour trip, hahaha, I was not very used to the boat's movement to changing wind conditions. Every thin put me on my feet.
But after a time, I started to relax and lean into it, moving away from control itself, to let it do her thing bringing me into the experience.
And in terms of containers ... a big problem. It seems we should be equipping our boats with some forward looking sonar, a bit akin to depth measurements and fish finder. (container finder?). Or maybe containers with a beacon? So, their position can be shown on an AIS or something.
Had to think of the movie: All is lost. There are a couple of things I learned from it.
It transports freight between certain harbors, but also takes on crew. There are several initiatives in this regard, I know of at least 4 ships doing this. Due to it's slow nature, it focuses on high quality products instead of bulk low quality.
I found the idea very sympathetic. In terms of quality of goods, quality of freight/ transport, there seems to be a niche to further a greener agenda in a way that is consistent with a free market, but also retain in operation some of our history. Instead of going to a museum, one can simply hop on and experience some life at sea. Would be fun to see some dragon boats moving cargo within the Hanse area.
By the same token, there is a lot of potential to simply hop on with a skipper and have an adventure. Of course, once having had your own keel ...
My bass boat has fwd and side sonar for depth and fish-finding. Hooking up a sonalert audio speaker might work for that container alert system idea. It scared me badly...another reason to never move at night. Being a merchant mariner would be fun, for a while I think. I met a guy in Panama that worked for Starkist tuna fleet...he was near insane.
Nice!
What was your roughest patch?
I guess for everything worthwhile it takes more than guts to do it. You'll love the Sailing Frenchman story on YT, especially the first 20 episodes. He's got the same type of boat I have, he's done some major refitting, which I have no reason too, as my boat is in tippy top condition, but ... they guy crossed the Atlantic in a 27ft alone.
So far I have kept myself to day sailing, the simple act of stepping on my boat and sailing off till I see no more land!
Unfortunately, our coastal areas are being raped as we speak for this Green New deal shit. Windmillparks everywhere.
When I have upgraded my automatic steering, and electrical infra, I am very much inclined to look for wider seas.
That’s great; so good to see that adventuresome spirit. I never thought I’d become a sailor, but a lifetime in aerospace basically it’s just navigating on a different medium. Our planet is mostly water so... The hardest part was mental. Several times the routine would be broken by letting your mind run away with ‘what-ifs’. Hard to shake off. Once a floating shipping container about ended my boat and probably life? Last second maneuvering. Many times I wanted it to be over with. It’s RAW. Now I just drool over for sale Adverts...
hahaha, once it catches you, it catches you for life!
But surely, what if .... because there is a lot of time to think about that. The first time I went it alone on a 12 hour trip, hahaha, I was not very used to the boat's movement to changing wind conditions. Every thin put me on my feet.
But after a time, I started to relax and lean into it, moving away from control itself, to let it do her thing bringing me into the experience.
And in terms of containers ... a big problem. It seems we should be equipping our boats with some forward looking sonar, a bit akin to depth measurements and fish finder. (container finder?). Or maybe containers with a beacon? So, their position can be shown on an AIS or something.
Had to think of the movie: All is lost. There are a couple of things I learned from it.
What I came across is this: https://timbercoast.com/en/ship/
It transports freight between certain harbors, but also takes on crew. There are several initiatives in this regard, I know of at least 4 ships doing this. Due to it's slow nature, it focuses on high quality products instead of bulk low quality.
I found the idea very sympathetic. In terms of quality of goods, quality of freight/ transport, there seems to be a niche to further a greener agenda in a way that is consistent with a free market, but also retain in operation some of our history. Instead of going to a museum, one can simply hop on and experience some life at sea. Would be fun to see some dragon boats moving cargo within the Hanse area.
By the same token, there is a lot of potential to simply hop on with a skipper and have an adventure. Of course, once having had your own keel ...
My bass boat has fwd and side sonar for depth and fish-finding. Hooking up a sonalert audio speaker might work for that container alert system idea. It scared me badly...another reason to never move at night. Being a merchant mariner would be fun, for a while I think. I met a guy in Panama that worked for Starkist tuna fleet...he was near insane.