Rethinking the smallest boat circumnavigation

BTW Stonedpirate, Mydauphin claims to be serious, so take his offer and you have a sponsor . . . :idea:

I guess PM or email will do between you, just letting us know if you guys can get it sorted would be nice though . .

Good luck !
Angel

 

LMAO...checked out those videos. Now this is stretching the definition of a boat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRr9OX7FnK0

 

That was a successful project . . . . :idea:

Cheers,
Angel

 

I could easily list thousands of 30+ footers that have been lost at sea with experienced crew on board. Not to mention the millionair dollar race yachts with professional sailors onj board that snap and drown all on board.

The ocean is dangerous, it will kill the experienced and inexperienced alike.

Experience improves your odds of survival, doesnt gauruntee it.

 

ignorance will certainly improve your odds of perishing........

 

Indeed

Hence my future sea trials.

I will gain experience as i go..

 

Hey Stonedpirate, point was that you claimed to have read nearly every book by those people while most of them were not able to publish after their adventure

Cheers,
Angel

 

Making it all the more easy to read all their books

I have read:

Alone Against the Atlantic - Gerry Speiss
500 Days - Serge Testa
The Stormy Voyage of Fathers Day - Hugo Vihlen
And numerous other sailing books from other improbable boat voyages.

Just about every website and magazine article and interview and blog given by the micro cruising world.

It is a niche area made up of a handful of madmen. Good to know i am not the only one

 

I like your humor , hope to see some stories about your adventures, you could make some money out of it . . :idea:

Did you speak to Mydauphin yet about financing the project . . ? ?

Good luck !
Angel

 

Exactly what research did you do that says you can't live aboard in many places in Oz? It's easy to google on the subject and find people who confirm that you can still live aboard in many places if you keep a low profile.

Sure, WA may be hard, but hey you're a young guy with a comp sci degree aren't you? Move interstate, buy a Top Hat or something and live aboard and you'll have paid off the boat and saved for your trip within a few months.

It's pretty odd that you deride others for saying your unproven ideas are wrong, then you try to say people can't live aboard when the fact is that some of us have done it for years.

BTW if you have a Red Jacket and records aren't the issue, then why not go cruising on it tomorrow?

And if you are not interested in doubters, don't post questions and ask "Yay or nay".

 

I am not saying its entirely impossible to hold down a job and live in a port, i'm just not interested. I would rather rent a nice apartment and have a hot shower everyday.

Living in a crappy little cabin while having the same old 9-5 doesnt appeal to me.

Its not about living aboard, it is about travelling.

I could have a house with a boat on the driveway to get my fix. This is about long distance travel, not about living cheap on a crappy little boat.

I have seen liveaboards around the world that keep their jobs. Their boats haven moved in months. After a hard days work, raising the anchor, tying down your belongings and going for a sail only to rush back in time for work the next day sounds about as exciting as living under a bridge.

I do appreciate your input, but i think you miss the point of this lifestyle. Living on a boat for the sake of living on a boat is doable if that is what you are into, but i'm not.

 

It's hard to believe so many people want to involve themselves in the self-aggrandizing adventures of SP, anyone giving him encouragement is as silly as he is. He has probably already worried his parents to death with this nonsense, please advise him to take up Yowie-hunting or something safer, that way he might come home for christmas, even though both activities would be equally fruitless..

 

I could, but as you obviously haven't done your homework, I'm not going to.

Move somewhere else.

As I said, you're wrong. You're not trying hard enough. Easier to ***** on the net than do.

Once again, you are wrong. You aren't really trying, just making excuses.

Yeah? What are you going to do about resupply? Everyone comes into port sometime. Where's your money coming from? Food, clothing, fuel, replacement parts etc etc aren't free.

Lots of people have circumnavigated on small boats. John Guzzwell on 'Trekka'. Anne Gash on a Folkboat. Your argument that you can't afford anything bigger than 10' has already been shown to be crap, you could easily get something in the 20 - 25 range if you actually bothered trying. I know where there's a 36' steel ketch available for less than $20K, for example. Needs TLC for sure, but it's all there. Lots & lots of smaller boats out there. If you can't afford even $10K for a boat, perhaps your first move should be to get a job, any job, and earn some money. You could earn lots by working in the mining industry, for example, so why aren't you? No saleable skills would be my guess.

I'll keep watching this thread for the entertainment value because you've amply demonstrated that it has no other value....

PDW

 

i am as guilty as the next guy of getting too close to this monkey cage i guess.... time to go fishing..... good luck spinning on your own little paradoxical hamster wheel ..................much love from the cheap seats................................wb

 

What is so hard to understand about me not wanting to live in a port?

If i go out and buy a 24 footers, i need a mooring to store it before i leave.

10 footer lives in my backyard and is trailered to the boat ramp.

No fee, no fuss.

If i curcumnavigate in a cheap 24 footer, still dangerous, still uncomfortable and no record.

Simply not interested. My goal is a 10 foot or less boat. Nothing more.