Talonewo
Senior Member
After reading some of the comments on GG/meatsea threads… it got me thinking…
I have been lurking/sucking up information on this forum for years… It’s time I toss out my first opinion.
It’s okay to jump in to boating feet first as long as you know your limitations and have a healthy respect for Mother Nature and the Sea. You have to start somewhere. It may not be practical for everyone to start with a 20’ then move to a 30 something foot then after awhile get a 40 something foot then on up from there.
I have had ski and fishing boats for years, nothing over 22 feet, last October I bought a late 1970s 55 foot steel trawler, most defiantly in the fixer-upper category. The boat has been on the hard getting much needed repairs since, in July or August I will make the 500+ mile trip from New Orleans to her new home port of Corpus Christi TX. I will hire a captain for the first day or two to get me safely through the locks and busy marine industrial area where the boat is currently. IF all goes well and I’m feeling comfortable my crew and I will take it on our own the rest of the way. At this point I have to say part of that crew will be my brother who has much more experience than I, albeit sailing experience, delivering boats up and down the west coast.
What is my plan for the boat… I don’t know, sure I have the same dream as most of us, distant shores… that cruise through the south pacific, Norwegian fjord, the med… my boat is capable, am I?? Not today but you have to start somewhere. For all I know it may become a dock queen, but as long as the wife and I are around water we are happy.
I’m comfortable with the decisions I have made and look forward to the experience. I will be honest, I’m nervous about the trip, but I see that as a good thing, after flying in the Air Force for 20+ years and having lost friends to complacency and over-confidence… I know a little fear is good.
Heck, if Bumfuzzle can do what they did I can safely get to Corus Christi and beyond. If you have not heard the Bumfuzzle story go to Bumfuzzle go to the bottom left and to archives and select September 2003…. Wild story, myself and most on this forum would say they were insane. But I have to give it to them… most of us sit on the dock and talk about the adventure… they are living it.
Galaxygirl and meatsea…. Go for it…. when we meet up in some distant port the first cold one is on me.
Joel
I have been lurking/sucking up information on this forum for years… It’s time I toss out my first opinion.
It’s okay to jump in to boating feet first as long as you know your limitations and have a healthy respect for Mother Nature and the Sea. You have to start somewhere. It may not be practical for everyone to start with a 20’ then move to a 30 something foot then after awhile get a 40 something foot then on up from there.
I have had ski and fishing boats for years, nothing over 22 feet, last October I bought a late 1970s 55 foot steel trawler, most defiantly in the fixer-upper category. The boat has been on the hard getting much needed repairs since, in July or August I will make the 500+ mile trip from New Orleans to her new home port of Corpus Christi TX. I will hire a captain for the first day or two to get me safely through the locks and busy marine industrial area where the boat is currently. IF all goes well and I’m feeling comfortable my crew and I will take it on our own the rest of the way. At this point I have to say part of that crew will be my brother who has much more experience than I, albeit sailing experience, delivering boats up and down the west coast.
What is my plan for the boat… I don’t know, sure I have the same dream as most of us, distant shores… that cruise through the south pacific, Norwegian fjord, the med… my boat is capable, am I?? Not today but you have to start somewhere. For all I know it may become a dock queen, but as long as the wife and I are around water we are happy.
I’m comfortable with the decisions I have made and look forward to the experience. I will be honest, I’m nervous about the trip, but I see that as a good thing, after flying in the Air Force for 20+ years and having lost friends to complacency and over-confidence… I know a little fear is good.
Heck, if Bumfuzzle can do what they did I can safely get to Corus Christi and beyond. If you have not heard the Bumfuzzle story go to Bumfuzzle go to the bottom left and to archives and select September 2003…. Wild story, myself and most on this forum would say they were insane. But I have to give it to them… most of us sit on the dock and talk about the adventure… they are living it.
Galaxygirl and meatsea…. Go for it…. when we meet up in some distant port the first cold one is on me.
Joel