NewbieFromNJ
Senior Member
Is there a defined definition for each or are both terms relative?
In my opinion..
"Coastal Cruising" is cruising where the longest distance between safe ports or harbors can be traversed during the window of reasonable weather forecasting.
"Passagemaking" is cruising where the distance between safe ports or harbors is in excess of the window of reasonable weather forecasting.
There is probably a fudge factor between the two. The conditions certainly can overlap. The defining point for me is that when I imply offshore I am thinking of a boat not seeing or being near land for days or weeks and there is no place to duck in. In the later situation a boat has to be prepared to be fully independent and capable of dealing with nasty seas and weather and soldier through what comes at you. A coastal inland boat need not abide by the same standard and can trade some sea keeping tankage and redundancy for room and amenities like cottage on the water things. The line between the two types is not sharp. So what is a Flemming? ocean hopper or coastal or both?
In my opinion..
"Coastal Cruising" is cruising where the longest distance between safe ports or harbors can be traversed during the window of reasonable weather forecasting.
"Passagemaking" is cruising where the distance between safe ports or harbors is in excess of the window of reasonable weather forecasting.
Originally Posted by ksanders View Post
In my opinion..
"Coastal Cruising" is cruising where the longest distance between safe ports or harbors can be traversed during the window of reasonable weather forecasting.
"Passagemaking" is cruising where the distance between safe ports or harbors is in excess of the window of reasonable weather forecasting.
So, true or false, there is no less danger in cruising between 2 ports that are 200 miles apart (no ports in between) then cruising from 2 land masses 200 miles apart (ie island to island). A coastal rated cruiser should theoretically be able to handle both?
Well the definition seems obvious to me... Coastal = near the coast, offshore = blue water
What is a window of reasonable weather forecasting?
That would depend on a number of things.
Such as, distance to travel, boat speed, boat type, etc.
In my opinion..
"Coastal Cruising" is cruising where the longest distance between safe ports or harbors can be traversed during the window of reasonable weather forecasting.
"Passagemaking" is cruising where the distance between safe ports or harbors is in excess of the window of reasonable weather forecasting.
And accuracy of the forecast