Recent content by Gilligansdeckhand

I was apologizing for my indesgresion. I’m not a trained author either. I got some helpful tips from you as well. Thank you

Time to apply information I am normally a candid person and can sometimes appear rude. After re-reading a few of my replies I can see where I could have ruffled some feathers. I don’t mean for my abrupt nature to be a personal attack. After years as a supervisor and then cnc machine programmer...

✌️ That has been my take on most replies. 3 years from now I’ll be all over it.

? Thank you. Everybody has been so helpful. I have been copying and pasting bits from most posts, ones that aren’t redundant, and texting them to myself. Now it’s time to do some research.

Ditto Pete’s post was an eye opener for sure. I have been googling looper clubs and I will tag along with one when I take the plunge and very helpful about the wrong way on the Mississippi River as well as hanging out in the Great Lakes area and northeast coast as well. I am grateful for your...

Yep You are dead on. I’ll find a sailing forum. Maybe you can recommend one.

Same page Loved your post. You’re witty ?. Funny thing is, no pun intended, I have been feeling that I am going to take the information I’ve been given and do some research. I was just about to thank everybody for trheir advice and sign off while I continue to look into things using this new...

Older and more mature ? I almost never drink and I never bring alcohol with me in my jeep and trailer. That won’t be a problem. One of the things I hope to get an idea for is navigating storms. Common sense tells me directly into it if I can’t avoid it. I’m sure common sense might get me in...

Wow Good articles. Probably wouldn’t be a good idea for me to navigate alone. Thanks

Since my plan to start isn’t for another 3 years I will be maybe 61 at launch. I mentioned that given what I’ve been reading from everybody’s replies, if I did a cross ocean voyage I would have to wait til getting 10+ years boating experience. From the sounds of it that might not even be long...

Valuable thread information Since getting so much advice in this thread I have pretty much bailed on the transatlantic idea. While dreaming all this up i asked google the minimum sized boat for that voyage and it said 32’. Your advice is why I started the thread. Thank you.

Feel ur pain In my earliest of searches I googled what size boat I would need and it recommended around 34’ so I’ve been leaning that way but one of the earlier posts mentioned a 26’ would be a good starter. I don’t have a house anymore and would be living on the boat and don’t want to limit...

Yep. I said brother in law. And because he charters deep sea in the Gulf is why I mentioned hanging out in the Gulf for awhile to learn things. “I have a brother in law that is a captain who charters his boat in the Gulf, Sabine lake and south.”

Since you’ve read my posts that are letting people know the passages I’d like to make then you read the one where I said it is to let people know where I plan to go so I can get true right boat for them all instead of having 11 boats. And surely you read the one where I mentioned that I did plan...

Avoiding SOS Getting information 3 years early is part of avoiding issues later that I can cause from not having the necessary experience. The insurance information was handy to know. I’m definitely doing the classes. Would going to a captains seminar and having the captains credentials help...