mvweebles
Guru
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2019
- Messages
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- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- Weebles
- Vessel Make
- 1970 Willard 36 Trawler
90-min film from 1963 by Eric and Susan Hiscock, legendary small boat navigators that was recently posted to Cruisers Forum . My Willard 36 is one of 39 hulls struck in roughly the same period - from 1961 to 1970. At the time, sisterships ventured great distances well before advent of radar, VHF, and Loran.
Simplicity of their 3-year circumnavigation is an interesting counterpoise to recent TF threads on what it takes to be a passagemaker - redundancy, certain boat, lots of money, etc. Not saying this is the right answer, but it is helpful to see what can be done with decent seamanship skills.
Peter
https://youtu.be/g_RHHIV4u1k
Simplicity of their 3-year circumnavigation is an interesting counterpoise to recent TF threads on what it takes to be a passagemaker - redundancy, certain boat, lots of money, etc. Not saying this is the right answer, but it is helpful to see what can be done with decent seamanship skills.
Peter
https://youtu.be/g_RHHIV4u1k