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Onvacation
2023 Apr 21, 5:02pm
Onvacation
2023 Apr 21, 5:02pm
joshuatrio says
A lot of people change their mind about going around the world after their first rough passage. Preparation and calmness get you through. Get a good boat and when you are ready to passage from Panama to Tahiti I'll crew for you and fly back. It's good to have an extra hand on a long passage.
Here is my brother in law's boat:
This is the kind of boat for going around the world. Though a fast catamaran would be fun too.
My son graduates high school in 3 years, so the goal is to have a sail boat by then. Either start out with the great loop or island hopping in the Caribbean.
A lot of people change their mind about going around the world after their first rough passage. Preparation and calmness get you through. Get a good boat and when you are ready to passage from Panama to Tahiti I'll crew for you and fly back. It's good to have an extra hand on a long passage.
Here is my brother in law's boat:
This is the kind of boat for going around the world. Though a fast catamaran would be fun too.
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TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
2023 Apr 21, 5:12pm
TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
2023 Apr 21, 5:12pm
casandra says
If it floats, flies, or F**ks, rent it by the hour.
If It Flies, Floats or Fucks - Kevin Bloody Wilson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3aZrS_rLqA
Right down to make your own Home brew.
I want a boat but know they're a huge maintenance cost and dock/storage expense, not to mention time. More so if they're on salt water under the sun and humidity.
Oh, Ive had my share of boats in my lifetime and I can tell you the day you sell it is a BETTER day than the day you bought it.
If it floats, flies, or F**ks, rent it by the hour.
If It Flies, Floats or Fucks - Kevin Bloody Wilson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3aZrS_rLqA
Right down to make your own Home brew.
I want a boat but know they're a huge maintenance cost and dock/storage expense, not to mention time. More so if they're on salt water under the sun and humidity.
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Onvacation
2023 Apr 21, 5:34pm
Onvacation
2023 Apr 21, 5:34pm
AmericanKulak says
So True.
But you got to spend your money on something.
this boat is NOT meant for going around the world.
I want a boat but know they're a huge maintenance cost and dock/storage expense, not to mention time. More so if they're on salt water under the sun and humidity.
So True.
But you got to spend your money on something.
this boat is NOT meant for going around the world.
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Ceffer
2023 Apr 21, 5:37pm
Ceffer
2023 Apr 21, 5:37pm
People in early retirement put their names up in ads to crew other people's boats to various destinations. They have income already, can do work and maintenance (which they would be doing anyway with their own boats), and get the ride and the experience. They can also hop off somewhere and catch a plane back. I think I would rather do something like that.
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Onvacation
2023 Apr 21, 6:50pm
Onvacation
2023 Apr 21, 6:50pm
Ceffer says
And hope you don't get stuck with captain Bligh or pirates don't steal the boat and sell you into slavery.
Still, when joshuatrio gets his boat through the canal I will help him sail it to the South Pacific, but I'm getting off before the Philippines.
clambo says
A good boat with modern navigation equipment and a good weather window can easily make most passages. It's hard to avoid rough weather. Sail long enough and sooner or later a storm will come up that will make you believe in God and ask for his mercy.
get the ride and the experience. They can also hop off somewhere and catch a plane back.
And hope you don't get stuck with captain Bligh or pirates don't steal the boat and sell you into slavery.
Still, when joshuatrio gets his boat through the canal I will help him sail it to the South Pacific, but I'm getting off before the Philippines.
clambo says
l like sailing but I'm never crossing any ocean in a sailboat.
A good boat with modern navigation equipment and a good weather window can easily make most passages. It's hard to avoid rough weather. Sail long enough and sooner or later a storm will come up that will make you believe in God and ask for his mercy.
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WookieMan
2023 Apr 21, 7:57pm
WookieMan
2023 Apr 21, 7:57pm
joshuatrio says
I'm a Caribbean guy having been to the lower 48 already, but the loop is a perfect way to see the states, history, etc. if that's your thing. I think parts of the US are overrated. The Caribbean if you know where to go is a blast. Cruise ships being active is annoying, but with a boat you get to go where you want in quieter spots (private).
St. John, USVI is my favorite. Would like to explore Puerto Rico more for future tax savings. The hurricane thing is the only thing that freaks me out down there. We've lucked out in October/November when the prices are the cheapest. Off season, so not everything is open is the only issue.
If your time is free, I'd hit the Caribbean November to May and sail further south to Aruba area before hurricanes hit. Still a touch of a risk, but usually hurricane don't hit that far South. Then just sail up the Lesser Antilles as hurricane season ends. A Caribbean loop so to speak.
Either start out with the great loop or island hopping in the Caribbean.
I'm a Caribbean guy having been to the lower 48 already, but the loop is a perfect way to see the states, history, etc. if that's your thing. I think parts of the US are overrated. The Caribbean if you know where to go is a blast. Cruise ships being active is annoying, but with a boat you get to go where you want in quieter spots (private).
St. John, USVI is my favorite. Would like to explore Puerto Rico more for future tax savings. The hurricane thing is the only thing that freaks me out down there. We've lucked out in October/November when the prices are the cheapest. Off season, so not everything is open is the only issue.
If your time is free, I'd hit the Caribbean November to May and sail further south to Aruba area before hurricanes hit. Still a touch of a risk, but usually hurricane don't hit that far South. Then just sail up the Lesser Antilles as hurricane season ends. A Caribbean loop so to speak.
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clambo
2023 Apr 22, 7:40am
I was with my friend who works in a nursing home doing something.
She told me that the significant age is 70.
She's seen so many people develop problems at that age that she wants to retire early enough to be able to travel.
My 65 year old neighbor had strange hallucinations one morning; it was a mini stroke.
My friend in Santa Cruz felt strange, and found out he had tachycardia. It was cured by a procedure which was scary and he's fixed.
She told me that the significant age is 70.
She's seen so many people develop problems at that age that she wants to retire early enough to be able to travel.
My 65 year old neighbor had strange hallucinations one morning; it was a mini stroke.
My friend in Santa Cruz felt strange, and found out he had tachycardia. It was cured by a procedure which was scary and he's fixed.
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BayArea
2023 Apr 22, 9:32am
BayArea
2023 Apr 22, 9:32am
I’m 42yrs old and killing myself in the tech industry.
I find this post very interesting and thank you to some of you older guys for sharing.
I find this post very interesting and thank you to some of you older guys for sharing.
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mell
2023 Apr 22, 10:03am
BayArea says
Did you go fully remote already? Highly recommend
I’m 42yrs old and killing myself in the tech industry.
I find this post very interesting and thank you to some of you older guys for sharing.
Did you go fully remote already? Highly recommend
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I have learned a lot of them are sick, fucked up, or even dead. It's a shock because I remember them as they were in college of course.
I have an inherited IRA and the IRS makes me take out Required Minimum Distribution based on a mortality table; according to them I have about 18 years left on earth.
At the rate I'm going, I can't spend my money in that time so I better start having more fun.
You are 50% likely to have arthritis over age 60.
Cataracts are in your future, but LENSAR is the state of the art and can fix it in about 30 seconds.
All of your amalgam fillings need to be replaced on your molars; but CEREC can make the zirconia crown while you wait in the dentist's office.
A guy in Santa Cruz was a health and gym nut; he got diabetes and it's fucked up his teeth somehow and he's unable to spend $20,000 so he's probably going to have upper dentures.
Judging from myself and the people I know, it's all fine until about age 64; then shit starts to happen to us.
My father lived until 96 so I am still planning on having money just in case I need to hire two nurses; one big one to push my chair and a little one to look at and talk to ;)