Maiden Trip Home Advice

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Oct 12, 2008
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chrysler 26 my house lower Florida Keys
The general vote here seems to think a supervised solo trip is best, and with the economy in shambles it is all she afford, for all those sailors who think it's not wise,
thats why my buddy from up Miami way with much more skills than me will go along and remember although our plans are to go due south and not hug the coast and lose time we all grew up on Florida Bay and know channel currents well, I do agree that not know this vessel is risky, but thats why I hauled it ( she wanted to leave the day she bought it in it's slip ) with a nasty NW wind.....Mom said "No" by leaving at first light
we hope she has all day to get comfortable with her boat while Dad has a Mojito or two
she does have autohelm 1000, but untested. by the way she is reading your advice skippers...Thank You she says from the crew of " Nauti One "
 
Oct 22, 2008
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- Telstar 28 Buzzards Bay
You're welcome. I hope you'll post after the trip to tell us how it goes, and post some pix too. Us sailors in the great white north are getting withdrawal and its still over a month til we splash the boat again.
 

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Jul 26, 2006
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Hunter 420 Stamford
Cell phone

I assume she will hug the coast, so she should have cell coverage, if not all the time, at least once in a while. You should set a "phone home" schedule, say, every hour? Every other hour? Or whenever she gets a signal? If you do, make sure she has a 12v charger to top off the battery.
 
May 2, 2008
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S2 9.2C 1980 St. Leonard (Chesapeake Bay), MD
Re: Cell phone

I am anxious, as I am sure many others are, to hear how the Maiden Trip Home was. Let us know how it went and how the new, proud captain did.
 
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