I think sailing very well may had been my first love in life. There's magic when you hear that main flutter and feel that keel cut through the water knowing you could just go on forever and ever...
I appreciate a good power boat, and had a few twin screws, but I just didn't love em like I LOVED my 22' Chrysler amc swing keel, "Lou's Lady Blue".
Easy to solo, comfy enough for 2, keel up draft 18" keel down 4'8". Shallow enough for bays and bayous, big enough for blue water adventures.
She crossed the pond, and spent time in that nasty river Rhine. She look like a traveling trunk, the old squid had her all tattooed on the bow for every port and country he visited. Joked he was running out of room and needed a bigger canvas. It was hard to sand her clean, felt like I was taking away her badges of honor.
I added 8 extra feet on the mast, an could fly some huge spinnakers running with the wind, big old balloon off the bow. I outfitted her with a 5' bowsprit and graced her with roller furls. She was a beamy old broad, an could realy fly across the water.
Ohhh, but on the nights, listening to the stays clank, and the waves slap her hull, while being gentle rocked to sleep, paradise I tell ya, dreaming before you even closed your eyes.
All my life I've been on the water but mostly under power. Living on a boat is a bucket list item. Decided to combine the 2. Planning lots of schools. Friends run sail school. Just gonna do it. Buy it, crew it home while I start learning. I want to be free and sailing feels right. I am so excited! I'm looking now. Love your story. The passion really came through. Thanks!!
My ex was a land lubber, a country girl with a love for all things equine. She was never really comfortable on the blue water, bless her heart.
She tolerated my salty soul, but often reminded me that my boats were holes in the water I threw money into, at which time, I pointed out that her four hoofed children were eating us out of house and home...
Sunshine state you say?
Lived in Tampa/Carrolwood, Gainesville/Archer , and Lakeland. Headed north in 95.
The land of Hemingway no more, more like the nearly dead and the newly wed.
Florida was just growing to fast for my liking, I'd find a quiet little place in the country, a hop and a skip into a city, and the next thing you know I had neighbors all around me.
I'm becoming even more antisocial in my grumpy old age, if that's even possible.
I do have fond memories of Florida. Family and Friends give me the excuse to visit every so often. I've been accused of being a snow bird, come November December I start planning trips.
Happy hunting, the market should be abound with sailboats when things start to get tight. You should start those lessons soon so you know what to look for.
They all have their strengths and weakness, but some are chronically problem children, with no chance for redemption.
A full keel is more forgiving, but not as fast or as agile. Plus generally has a bigger cabin, no keel trunk.
Winged keels are faster but more fragile.
A swing or daggers are more versatile as for as draft, but not as stable in stormy seas.
It's not always paradise on that open water, she's a Seductive Mistress with lots of secrets to share, but in the blink of a eye she can turn into a Psychopathic Bitch with scorn and vengeance on her mind.
She's claimed many of unfortunate souls who thought they could fool her.
It's a delicate dance when you've fallen in love with a Murderous Mistress.
Know how to do EVERYTHING old school, modern electronics are wonderful, until they stop working and then fools are doomed.
Looking at a 41 Morgan Ketch with aft cabin and v berth. Nice, will outfit for total off grid. Planning to make an offer in a couple weeks when my buyout finalizes on my co owned home. Im excited. In PC, Fl. Visit! We'll go for a sunset cruise! Gotta get a marine survey, etc...
My kids think I'm crazy, but I don't really care. Love them but they're grown and have their own lives to live. I'm gonna live mine.
Yea, you've been bitten. Morgans are solid, or they were when I was closer to the sea.
A 41' ketch is a LOT of boat, especially for a novelist. Soloers generally stay in the 30' range and sloops are much easier to handle.
However, I do like the mizzenmast for balance, and they are real handy in a blow. Reef the main, and use the mizzen to keep her head into the wind.
I've seen some creative manual autopilots using the mizzen.
Aft cabins are a big plus, keeps the cockpit dry, and the helm close at hand. What little space you loose in overall interior design pays dividend in security by having a center cockpit. Less likely to get washed away when waves come aft.
Your a Wild Woman for sure! You should spend some time at the tiller of a smaller sailboat to nail down some basics. Back in the day they were cheap to rent, and not that expensive to buy. Great way to learn the rules of the road, and coastal navigation skills to boot. Introduction into the many ways to use a sextants which opens the door for celestial navigation, and sharpens those dead reckoning skills.
I wouldn't say it's hard, but there's a lot to know. But then again, I've seen some mentally challenged neanderthals pass ABLB (able body lifeboat) school required on drilling platform, and it covered all the basics.
I'm so exciting for you, an lost in nostalgic bliss.
I promise to not start on this one. I'll deck it home and be spending time with some smaller ones as I learn. Lol. I'm stoked. Figured if I'm gonna climb a mountain, might as well do everest, ya know? I'm going to be living on it right away tho. Bucket list. Always wanted to live on a boat. Ill keep ya posted.
So, basically, I'm just gonna do it. No experience sailing, but screw it, I'll learn. Lmao. If I'm gonna climb another mountain in this ole life, I'm gonna make it Everest. Gonna show my granddaughter what a real woman can do if she sets her mind to it. Not some emotional pansy ass shit, nope, gonna sail the world...off grid sailing Nana! Lmao.
Wish I could afford one. Gonna insure a monohull to the hilt and hope for a hurricane. Move up with each destruction. Thats how we do shit in Florida. Lmao.
Why would you do that? Name one place besides Heaven that's better than the US.
Never in your life. Its a vacation destination and not much more.
Ukraine, the job opportunities for americans are incredible, a simpleton can get a job that pays 83-86k/month in USD. /sarc
Iām trying to get the fuck out of Canuckistan
Sailboats. My pick.
Are you a salty dog NanaQ?
I think sailing very well may had been my first love in life. There's magic when you hear that main flutter and feel that keel cut through the water knowing you could just go on forever and ever...
I appreciate a good power boat, and had a few twin screws, but I just didn't love em like I LOVED my 22' Chrysler amc swing keel, "Lou's Lady Blue". Easy to solo, comfy enough for 2, keel up draft 18" keel down 4'8". Shallow enough for bays and bayous, big enough for blue water adventures.
She crossed the pond, and spent time in that nasty river Rhine. She look like a traveling trunk, the old squid had her all tattooed on the bow for every port and country he visited. Joked he was running out of room and needed a bigger canvas. It was hard to sand her clean, felt like I was taking away her badges of honor.
I added 8 extra feet on the mast, an could fly some huge spinnakers running with the wind, big old balloon off the bow. I outfitted her with a 5' bowsprit and graced her with roller furls. She was a beamy old broad, an could realy fly across the water.
Ohhh, but on the nights, listening to the stays clank, and the waves slap her hull, while being gentle rocked to sleep, paradise I tell ya, dreaming before you even closed your eyes.
I was born to be a Son of a Son of a Buccaneer.
I vote sailboat too.
You spend much time on the blue water?
All my life I've been on the water but mostly under power. Living on a boat is a bucket list item. Decided to combine the 2. Planning lots of schools. Friends run sail school. Just gonna do it. Buy it, crew it home while I start learning. I want to be free and sailing feels right. I am so excited! I'm looking now. Love your story. The passion really came through. Thanks!!
Part science,
Part art,
100% passion...
My ex was a land lubber, a country girl with a love for all things equine. She was never really comfortable on the blue water, bless her heart.
She tolerated my salty soul, but often reminded me that my boats were holes in the water I threw money into, at which time, I pointed out that her four hoofed children were eating us out of house and home...
Sunshine state you say? Lived in Tampa/Carrolwood, Gainesville/Archer , and Lakeland. Headed north in 95. The land of Hemingway no more, more like the nearly dead and the newly wed.
Florida was just growing to fast for my liking, I'd find a quiet little place in the country, a hop and a skip into a city, and the next thing you know I had neighbors all around me. I'm becoming even more antisocial in my grumpy old age, if that's even possible.
I do have fond memories of Florida. Family and Friends give me the excuse to visit every so often. I've been accused of being a snow bird, come November December I start planning trips.
Happy hunting, the market should be abound with sailboats when things start to get tight. You should start those lessons soon so you know what to look for. They all have their strengths and weakness, but some are chronically problem children, with no chance for redemption.
A full keel is more forgiving, but not as fast or as agile. Plus generally has a bigger cabin, no keel trunk.
Winged keels are faster but more fragile.
A swing or daggers are more versatile as for as draft, but not as stable in stormy seas.
It's not always paradise on that open water, she's a Seductive Mistress with lots of secrets to share, but in the blink of a eye she can turn into a Psychopathic Bitch with scorn and vengeance on her mind.
She's claimed many of unfortunate souls who thought they could fool her.
It's a delicate dance when you've fallen in love with a Murderous Mistress.
Know how to do EVERYTHING old school, modern electronics are wonderful, until they stop working and then fools are doomed.
Looking at a 41 Morgan Ketch with aft cabin and v berth. Nice, will outfit for total off grid. Planning to make an offer in a couple weeks when my buyout finalizes on my co owned home. Im excited. In PC, Fl. Visit! We'll go for a sunset cruise! Gotta get a marine survey, etc...
My kids think I'm crazy, but I don't really care. Love them but they're grown and have their own lives to live. I'm gonna live mine.
Yea, you've been bitten. Morgans are solid, or they were when I was closer to the sea.
A 41' ketch is a LOT of boat, especially for a novelist. Soloers generally stay in the 30' range and sloops are much easier to handle.
However, I do like the mizzenmast for balance, and they are real handy in a blow. Reef the main, and use the mizzen to keep her head into the wind. I've seen some creative manual autopilots using the mizzen.
Aft cabins are a big plus, keeps the cockpit dry, and the helm close at hand. What little space you loose in overall interior design pays dividend in security by having a center cockpit. Less likely to get washed away when waves come aft.
Your a Wild Woman for sure! You should spend some time at the tiller of a smaller sailboat to nail down some basics. Back in the day they were cheap to rent, and not that expensive to buy. Great way to learn the rules of the road, and coastal navigation skills to boot. Introduction into the many ways to use a sextants which opens the door for celestial navigation, and sharpens those dead reckoning skills.
I wouldn't say it's hard, but there's a lot to know. But then again, I've seen some mentally challenged neanderthals pass ABLB (able body lifeboat) school required on drilling platform, and it covered all the basics.
I'm so exciting for you, an lost in nostalgic bliss.
I promise to not start on this one. I'll deck it home and be spending time with some smaller ones as I learn. Lol. I'm stoked. Figured if I'm gonna climb a mountain, might as well do everest, ya know? I'm going to be living on it right away tho. Bucket list. Always wanted to live on a boat. Ill keep ya posted.
Well aren't you a early riser.
Red skies in the morning sailors take warning, Red skies at night sailors delight.
So, basically, I'm just gonna do it. No experience sailing, but screw it, I'll learn. Lmao. If I'm gonna climb another mountain in this ole life, I'm gonna make it Everest. Gonna show my granddaughter what a real woman can do if she sets her mind to it. Not some emotional pansy ass shit, nope, gonna sail the world...off grid sailing Nana! Lmao.
Wish I could afford one. Gonna insure a monohull to the hilt and hope for a hurricane. Move up with each destruction. Thats how we do shit in Florida. Lmao.