On Aug 18, 3:27 pm, wrote:
On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:18:34 -0400, hk wrote:
I really don't think you have enough boat to go to Bimini in but if
you stay within sight of your friends in bigger boats and wear your
PFD you will probably OK.
Bear in mind, these are the things that created the legend of the
Bermuda Triangle. It is a tricky stretch of water, not like the
relatively calm and predictable Gulf. Bad stuff can come up fast and
you are in a pretty stiff current all the time. Guess that one wrong
and you miss your island by dozens of miles. Screw up and they find
your body in North Carolina ... or Scotland.
Maybe I sound grumpy but 6 years in the CG will do that.

Perhaps he should consider taking a liferaft in a suitcast.

Or even a suitcase.

If he does that he will get mistaken for a Cuban and taken "home".

I am 52 this year, my days of doing insane adventures involving
extreme physical exertion are past. However, we all need something to
get our adrenalin going. I actually think this is reasonable compared
to some other things. Underwater caving..........TRULY crazy, if you
make any mistake, you die. I was tempted to try it until a good
friend of mine died doing it. Skydiving, almost safe by comparison to
cave diving but I hate falling. Mountaineering, did some when I was
younger until I realize I had lousy balance. Extreme cave exploring,
been there, done that, am now too old. Long distance sailing, done
some, day after day at 4 kts will make you crazy.Am not yet ready to
have a Winnebago where the biggest adventure is a flat tire in rural
Alabama. So.........

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:54:51 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

I am 52 this year, my days of doing insane adventures involving
extreme physical exertion are past. However, we all need something to
get our adrenalin going. I actually think this is reasonable compared
to some other things. Underwater caving..........TRULY crazy, if you
make any mistake, you die. I was tempted to try it until a good
friend of mine died doing it. Skydiving, almost safe by comparison to
cave diving but I hate falling. Mountaineering, did some when I was
younger until I realize I had lousy balance. Extreme cave exploring,
been there, done that, am now too old. Long distance sailing, done
some, day after day at 4 kts will make you crazy.Am not yet ready to
have a Winnebago where the biggest adventure is a flat tire in rural
Alabama. So.........

I think you need a deck and scuppers. Saw some scupper talk on the
Tolman site, so that's a start. But you need a deck to keep a greenie
from stopping your trip real fast.
IMHO.

--Vic

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:51:01 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

I have considered it
and decided that because I do not want a deck in the boat, self
bailing may not work well. Instead, I will go with two Rule 3500
pumps each with its own dedicated battery.

How will you improve your resistance to capsizing?

That is the biggest risk, especially on a small single engine boat.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/200...quest_for.html

If it can happen to an 80 footer, it can happen to you.

Here's mo


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRY6l...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZvCcentjVk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8qvikosVCM

Are you feeling lucky ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRY6l...eature=related

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:09:18 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

How will you improve your resistance to capsizing?

That is the biggest risk, especially on a small single engine boat.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/200...quest_for.html

If it can happen to an 80 footer, it can happen to you.

During WWII the Cunard liner Queen Mary was doing a winter Atlantic
crossing. She was in a gale with no big deal thirty to forty footers.
A hundred footer took out the pilothouse windows 93 feet above sea
level, and rolled her to within a degree or two of the point of no
return. Almost disappeared without a trace.

Casady