| 8/8/2011 10:05:01 AM |
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coyfish9906
San Diego, CA
36, joined Jul. 2011
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Hi I been a self proclaimed adventurer for 11 years. From crab fishing in alaska to back packing most of north america. My new adventure / dream is in the works. Im going back to the Florida keys to buy a sail boat, live on it learn to sail:: better and cruise the Caribbean by next summer. Any helpful tips or just stories woul be great and its usless to try and change my mind. Its the last dream I have left! Thanx 
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| 8/8/2011 10:49:00 AM |
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camperpaul
Zion, IL
75, joined Mar. 2008
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I have been a sailing instructor since 1957...
Remember a boat is a hole in the water into which you continuously pour money.
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Life is the journey, not the destination.
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| 8/8/2011 7:57:16 PM |
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coyfish9906
San Diego, CA
36, joined Jul. 2011
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I agree. I know a lil bout boats..very little about sailing. That's the fun part! But the freedom to ride with the wind discovering new places and enriching my life.....that's a hole I have no problems filling!
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| 8/9/2011 12:09:18 AM |
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camperpaul
Zion, IL
75, joined Mar. 2008
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If you are really serious, you need a serious boat...
This 50' ketch will probably cost you around $300,000...
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Life is the journey, not the destination.
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| 8/9/2011 8:44:08 PM |
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coyfish9906
San Diego, CA
36, joined Jul. 2011
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A bit out of my price range... I got my eye on a few used but dry vessels from a 24 ' morgan to a 40' er. Im a bit of a minimalist. Don't need all the fancey stuff. I can navigate and use a ploter and gps other then that I just want something dry and roomy.
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| 8/10/2011 4:10:20 PM |
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acads
Saint Paul, MN
61, joined Feb. 2011
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Here's a story of a person that did a circumnavigation on a Cape Dory 28, so it is possible.
http://www.sbastro.com/FeNIX/mainFrameSet.htm
I was curios what it might cost, here is a listing for a Cape Dory 28 for $15,000, it would obviously need refitting but it gets one thinking.
http://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/23652
[Edited 8/10/2011 4:12:40 PM ]
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| 8/10/2011 8:25:18 PM |
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coyfish9906
San Diego, CA
36, joined Jul. 2011
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Even 15 is a little much. I found a ton of beautiful boats under 2000 grand ready to sail. Seems the keys have more boats then ppl. Most likely the rich buy a boat, figure sailings to hard and leave them sit until the dock master claims them then sells them at un extreme discount. I know sailing isn't for everybody but I wake up dreaming about it and I know I posses the constitution to do it and enjoy it. And thanx for the story!
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| 8/18/2011 6:52:59 AM |
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browneyz
San Diego, CA
98, joined Jan. 2008
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A bit out of my price range... I got my eye on a few used but dry vessels from a 24 ' morgan to a 40' er. Im a bit of a minimalist. Don't need all the fancey stuff. I can navigate and use a ploter and gps other then that I just want something dry and roomy.
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| 8/20/2011 11:35:02 AM |
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acads
Saint Paul, MN
61, joined Feb. 2011
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a smaller boat is better, Morgan is good choice in the Carribean. I lived aboard a 36 Angleman Ketch for 12 years, many adventures and would do it again. Go for it!
What are the advantages of a smaller boat, how small is to small, for say circumnavigation, would you say.
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| 8/24/2011 9:54:50 PM |
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bumpersticker
Riverview, FL
59, joined Jul. 2011
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Do You Know What Boat Stand`s For ~~~ BUST OUT ANOTHER THOUSAND
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