This is far down the line, but when I do get a decent-sized boat, I will be doing coastal stuff but if my job carries me back to America, and I feel I have honed my skills to the point it would be safe to do so, I would like to sail it from Japan to the states. It's a significant dream I know, and I may not be up to it. The point of the inquiry is if the Yamahas are.
I have fallen in love with the lines and styling of their boats, and the few first-hand accounts I can find sing the praises of the vessels. I have started flipping through Japanese sailing magazines and they seem to accord themselves well in island-to-island class racing. Okinawa to Kyushu isn't two months crossing the big blue, though. :neutral:
I have seen too many new car guys, I'm a lot more salty with those, who decide on a car or product and think backwards to justify it when it really doesn't fit their needs. They blow it up and walk home lesson learned, or not. Being out in the middle of the merciless ocean in a craft I deluded myself about, and being confronted with the hard reality of my folly is not what I want to do, though.
My searching has led me to conclude the "blue water capable boat" question is one that is the subject of much debate, with hard opinions clashing. There is lots of good info to look through on the characteristics of a "good boat," and i will certainly keep these in mind when looking at any future boat. This is specifically for those that have, have sailed, and know these boats firsthand. We see more variations in the home market and I am still trying to find out exactly what is out there, but I am fairly certain it will be a late 80's to early 90's 26'-33' Yamaha.
If afforded the opportunity, the funding, the time, and your skills were such that you felt you were ready, would you trust your Yamaha on a crossing?
I have fallen in love with the lines and styling of their boats, and the few first-hand accounts I can find sing the praises of the vessels. I have started flipping through Japanese sailing magazines and they seem to accord themselves well in island-to-island class racing. Okinawa to Kyushu isn't two months crossing the big blue, though. :neutral:
I have seen too many new car guys, I'm a lot more salty with those, who decide on a car or product and think backwards to justify it when it really doesn't fit their needs. They blow it up and walk home lesson learned, or not. Being out in the middle of the merciless ocean in a craft I deluded myself about, and being confronted with the hard reality of my folly is not what I want to do, though.
My searching has led me to conclude the "blue water capable boat" question is one that is the subject of much debate, with hard opinions clashing. There is lots of good info to look through on the characteristics of a "good boat," and i will certainly keep these in mind when looking at any future boat. This is specifically for those that have, have sailed, and know these boats firsthand. We see more variations in the home market and I am still trying to find out exactly what is out there, but I am fairly certain it will be a late 80's to early 90's 26'-33' Yamaha.
If afforded the opportunity, the funding, the time, and your skills were such that you felt you were ready, would you trust your Yamaha on a crossing?
