We have had an acceptable offer for our home and land today. In the short time until we close (I hope they go as fast as I do)we will have bought our AROUND THE WORLD boat. We will spend approxamatly the first 6 months learning about our boat and how she sails. We will be living aboard during this time. We also will refit as necessary, stock and store the required gear and supplies. Also during this time frame Reba and I will take any and all courses taught about offshore sailing, heavy weather sailing and navigation skills. We would love to find a boat on the West Coast but it appears that all are about 10 to 15 % higher in price with less gear for a true cruising
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Wm Mayberry
I know it's a long way away, but...
If you could get to Florida, you will be able to find a great number of cruising boats. It is also a good area to get accustomed to living aboard and the Bahamas are close. Good luck and keep us posted on your progress. Check out: http://www.geocities.com/bill_dietrich/RetireSailboat.html This site might help you.
If you could get to Florida, you will be able to find a great number of cruising boats. It is also a good area to get accustomed to living aboard and the Bahamas are close. Good luck and keep us posted on your progress. Check out: http://www.geocities.com/bill_dietrich/RetireSailboat.html This site might help you.
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Tom Wootton
Congrats Ray!
If Your searching takes you anywhere near north FL let me know. A suggestion: buy a good, 3 megapixel compact digital camera, and get upgraded memory capacity (32mb or better). It has a lot of uses in evaluating a boat: you can stick it into nooks and crannies to take pictures of things you wouldn't be able to see directly; since you can instantly view the picture you just took, it lets you take a lot of pictures and immediately discard the ones that aren't keepers; when you save the pics over to your computer you can organize them into folders for each boat you look at, and give each pic a filename that describes the subject (no more trying to figure out what the heck that pic is 2 weeks later when you finally get the prints); you can e-mail them back to your wife if you're scouting alone; and most importantly, you can post pictures of all the improvements you've done to your H26 for the rest of us to see before you head off into the sunset!
If Your searching takes you anywhere near north FL let me know. A suggestion: buy a good, 3 megapixel compact digital camera, and get upgraded memory capacity (32mb or better). It has a lot of uses in evaluating a boat: you can stick it into nooks and crannies to take pictures of things you wouldn't be able to see directly; since you can instantly view the picture you just took, it lets you take a lot of pictures and immediately discard the ones that aren't keepers; when you save the pics over to your computer you can organize them into folders for each boat you look at, and give each pic a filename that describes the subject (no more trying to figure out what the heck that pic is 2 weeks later when you finally get the prints); you can e-mail them back to your wife if you're scouting alone; and most importantly, you can post pictures of all the improvements you've done to your H26 for the rest of us to see before you head off into the sunset!
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Gary Wyngarden
Congratulations, Ray
We're really excited for the two of you. What do you have in mind for your 'round the world boat? Gary Wyngarden S/V Shibumi H335
We're really excited for the two of you. What do you have in mind for your 'round the world boat? Gary Wyngarden S/V Shibumi H335
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Mike DiMario
Same Congrats, Ray!
WOW! May all of your exeriences be the best ever. I am green with envy. Fair winds and followong seas, Mike DiMario
WOW! May all of your exeriences be the best ever. I am green with envy. Fair winds and followong seas, Mike DiMario
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Gary and Judith Backway
We are having a sea change too
Hi there Congratulations to you. It's a big step, we know, because we are doing much the same thing. However we are not going to sail the world, just around Australia. We have taken our H410 out of charter and are going to live aboard for a while, then take off. So if you can get out this way, look us up. We'll be based at the Laguna Quays Marina in the Whitsundays. Our vessel is "Just a Dash". Would love to see you out here - it's worth the trip. Cheers Judith and Gary "Just-a-Dash" email judithb@airliebeach.net.au.
Hi there Congratulations to you. It's a big step, we know, because we are doing much the same thing. However we are not going to sail the world, just around Australia. We have taken our H410 out of charter and are going to live aboard for a while, then take off. So if you can get out this way, look us up. We'll be based at the Laguna Quays Marina in the Whitsundays. Our vessel is "Just a Dash". Would love to see you out here - it's worth the trip. Cheers Judith and Gary "Just-a-Dash" email judithb@airliebeach.net.au.
Have you looked in Canada?
Ray: Have you looked for boats in Canada. With the exchange rate, I'd think that there would be excellent deals up there. Hope everything goes well with your plans. Good Luck!
Ray: Have you looked for boats in Canada. With the exchange rate, I'd think that there would be excellent deals up there. Hope everything goes well with your plans. Good Luck!
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Dave Simpson
Boy, are you in for it..............
Ray, you are either one of the luckiest guys in the world.......or not. I sincerely hope it's the former!!!! My lovely wife and I moved aboard ('81 H-37c) 15 years ago, she was stricken with breast cancer 5 years ago, (she's doing great, thank God!). We took that as a "tap on the shoulder", and we cast off the dock lines a year and a half ago. Far from going around the world, we headed for Mexico's Sea of Cortez, with a stop for a couple of weeks at Catalina Island. We're still here! Mexico will still be there when we want it, but for now, the Channel Islands of Southern California are bountiful and beautiful! We love it! One thing I've always been careful to keep in mind is the needs and comfort level of my wife. It was hard for her to move out of her 3,000 sq. ft. 3-bedroom house and onto a 150 sq. ft. floating home. She didn't do it as a favor to me; she was just as excited as I was to experience our new lifestyle, but I know it was hard for her. Therefore, rather than new sail-handling and anchoring equipment always being on top of our "to do" list, things like hot water and plenty of it, soft, comfortable beds and settees, lots of refrigerator space and such are right up there too. You'd be amazed at how many boats you'll see "out here" with a lonely guy at the helm or for sale altogether. Now is the time you can make those little adjustments to prolong your dream voyage with the one you love. That said, keep in mind when you're looking at boats that the bigger the boat, the less time/money you'll have to spend relaxing in paradise. It really is a balancing act!
Ray, you are either one of the luckiest guys in the world.......or not. I sincerely hope it's the former!!!! My lovely wife and I moved aboard ('81 H-37c) 15 years ago, she was stricken with breast cancer 5 years ago, (she's doing great, thank God!). We took that as a "tap on the shoulder", and we cast off the dock lines a year and a half ago. Far from going around the world, we headed for Mexico's Sea of Cortez, with a stop for a couple of weeks at Catalina Island. We're still here! Mexico will still be there when we want it, but for now, the Channel Islands of Southern California are bountiful and beautiful! We love it! One thing I've always been careful to keep in mind is the needs and comfort level of my wife. It was hard for her to move out of her 3,000 sq. ft. 3-bedroom house and onto a 150 sq. ft. floating home. She didn't do it as a favor to me; she was just as excited as I was to experience our new lifestyle, but I know it was hard for her. Therefore, rather than new sail-handling and anchoring equipment always being on top of our "to do" list, things like hot water and plenty of it, soft, comfortable beds and settees, lots of refrigerator space and such are right up there too. You'd be amazed at how many boats you'll see "out here" with a lonely guy at the helm or for sale altogether. Now is the time you can make those little adjustments to prolong your dream voyage with the one you love. That said, keep in mind when you're looking at boats that the bigger the boat, the less time/money you'll have to spend relaxing in paradise. It really is a balancing act!
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Doug T.
Couple of more years...
... and I hope to follow you! Best of luck to you, and I hope to see you out there someday!
... and I hope to follow you! Best of luck to you, and I hope to see you out there someday!
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