Have you sailed offshore (on the ocean)? Was it your boat, someone else', or a charter? Was a true blue water passage, a day of coastal sailing, or a quiuck jaunt out of the breakwater? How did the boat hold up? How did you hold up? Would you like to do it again, or was once more than enough? Share your ocean sailing experiences here, then vote in this week's Quick Quiz at the bottom of the home page.
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Roger Noble
Offshore is great
I was luck to have a semester at S.E.A. (Sea Education Association) 24 years ago, and we spent ~25 days off shore, 14 of them at one stretch. This was as an apprentice aboard the R/V Westward, a 115' staysail schooner. I loved it, but haven't ever gotten the chance to go offshore again (yet). I'd go again in a heartbeat.
I was luck to have a semester at S.E.A. (Sea Education Association) 24 years ago, and we spent ~25 days off shore, 14 of them at one stretch. This was as an apprentice aboard the R/V Westward, a 115' staysail schooner. I loved it, but haven't ever gotten the chance to go offshore again (yet). I'd go again in a heartbeat.
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Bob
16 days at sea
I started sailing in southern Calif. and for 40 years only sailed in the ocean, with some extended trips lasting up to 16 days. Here in the northwest, I have done some coastal cruising with our C-36 from Astoria to Greys harbor and back. We are looking forward to sailing outside to the sound. Bob C-36
I started sailing in southern Calif. and for 40 years only sailed in the ocean, with some extended trips lasting up to 16 days. Here in the northwest, I have done some coastal cruising with our C-36 from Astoria to Greys harbor and back. We are looking forward to sailing outside to the sound. Bob C-36
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Randy
Offshore
My greatest offshore voyage was a trip from Woods Hole, MA to St. Lucia. We sailed east of Bermuda to pick up the trades, then south to the Carribean. At points we were more than 700 miles from land, and spent three weeks at sea. That trip was aboard a 125' steel hulled schooner. On my own boat, a Catalina 27, I stay within about five miles of shore, since the C27 is primarily a coastal boat. We've sailed up and down the coast, but were usually within easy reach of a safe inlet. Randy
My greatest offshore voyage was a trip from Woods Hole, MA to St. Lucia. We sailed east of Bermuda to pick up the trades, then south to the Carribean. At points we were more than 700 miles from land, and spent three weeks at sea. That trip was aboard a 125' steel hulled schooner. On my own boat, a Catalina 27, I stay within about five miles of shore, since the C27 is primarily a coastal boat. We've sailed up and down the coast, but were usually within easy reach of a safe inlet. Randy
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Randy
Roger Noble--please read
The trip I described was also aboard the Westward (1993)! (I read your post after sending mine). It's always great to run into another SEA Grad. Do you get to do much sailing in Texas? Randy
The trip I described was also aboard the Westward (1993)! (I read your post after sending mine). It's always great to run into another SEA Grad. Do you get to do much sailing in Texas? Randy
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Bob Camarena
Not for Me
Offshore is not for me. I suffer from mal-de-mer everytime I go out on the ocean. No problems in SF Bay, but once I hit those ocean swells, watch out. As a child I crossed the Pacific from SF to Tokyo and from Honolulu to SF on ocean liners and did get better after a day or so, but I don't know about a sailboat.
Offshore is not for me. I suffer from mal-de-mer everytime I go out on the ocean. No problems in SF Bay, but once I hit those ocean swells, watch out. As a child I crossed the Pacific from SF to Tokyo and from Honolulu to SF on ocean liners and did get better after a day or so, but I don't know about a sailboat.
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Kevin F
Been there, done that
Some of you may remember back in May we were getting to sail "as far as we could" in a month's time. That took us from Mobile to Dog island to St. Marks to Cedar Key. Because of bad weather we tried to keep our jumps in one day increments but finally had to do an over-nighter to reach our mark at Cedar Key. In a C30 things got interesting, only because it was our first time to jump together. For two days we encountered 6 to 8 foot seas with winds up to 40 knots. After about 10 hours we pulled in the jib and motor sailed the last sixty miles across the gulf and into port. I think we slept for two full days. The boat did fine, and I think that it sat there as if to say, "what's your problem? I did all of the work." Right now we are planning our next trip. Mobile to Ft. Jefferson, in the Dry Tortuga's.
Some of you may remember back in May we were getting to sail "as far as we could" in a month's time. That took us from Mobile to Dog island to St. Marks to Cedar Key. Because of bad weather we tried to keep our jumps in one day increments but finally had to do an over-nighter to reach our mark at Cedar Key. In a C30 things got interesting, only because it was our first time to jump together. For two days we encountered 6 to 8 foot seas with winds up to 40 knots. After about 10 hours we pulled in the jib and motor sailed the last sixty miles across the gulf and into port. I think we slept for two full days. The boat did fine, and I think that it sat there as if to say, "what's your problem? I did all of the work." Right now we are planning our next trip. Mobile to Ft. Jefferson, in the Dry Tortuga's.
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Hal Smith
Offshore sailing
We have the convenient opportunity to sail offshore in our C-36, and we go as often as possible. It is usually for a daysail out through the jetties, but we have made short day passages to/from nearby destinations. We have been cought in "near gale" squall conditions (35 kt winds, 6-8' seas), and the boat did great. It is comfortable and responsive even in testing conditions, and can be managed by my wife and myself without trouble. It is a wonderful feeling to be on a broad reach in the warm sun and gently rising and sliding down long ocean swells while listening to island music. But then, we used to do this in a C-22, so the C-36 has to be comfortable, right?
We have the convenient opportunity to sail offshore in our C-36, and we go as often as possible. It is usually for a daysail out through the jetties, but we have made short day passages to/from nearby destinations. We have been cought in "near gale" squall conditions (35 kt winds, 6-8' seas), and the boat did great. It is comfortable and responsive even in testing conditions, and can be managed by my wife and myself without trouble. It is a wonderful feeling to be on a broad reach in the warm sun and gently rising and sliding down long ocean swells while listening to island music. But then, we used to do this in a C-22, so the C-36 has to be comfortable, right?
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Final results
Final results for the Quick Quiz ending 10/23/2000: How far have you ventured offshore? 31% 11-50 miles (58) 22% Haven't (41) 21% 50 or more (40) 18% To 10 miles (35)
Final results for the Quick Quiz ending 10/23/2000: How far have you ventured offshore? 31% 11-50 miles (58) 22% Haven't (41) 21% 50 or more (40) 18% To 10 miles (35)
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