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Comment by ROD MCDONNELL on July 24, 2008 at 1:33pm

SOLO SAILING?? HELL, IF I HAD WAITED FOR SOMEONE TO APPEAR TO JOIN ME 30 YEARS AGO I'D STILL BE @ THE DOCK. I'M IN THE BAHAMAS TILL 04/09 @ THE LATEST, THEN HEADING SOUTH TO BEQUIA/TRINIDAD/VENEZUELA. CARE TO JOIN ME. SEE WHAT I MEAN??

Comment by Capt. Adam on July 23, 2008 at 6:02pm

Well anybody in the Corpus Christi area??

Comment by seafarer 26 on July 19, 2008 at 11:35pm

why yes we are crazy

Comment by Richard on July 18, 2008 at 8:40pm

Mark, your whine is totally understandable. Autohelms, in my opinion, are only useful in a dead calm. My last boat was only 26' but had a Navik windvane on the transom. Less to go wrong and worked like a charm for thousands of miles.Mp drain on the battery bank. But the key word is "wind." No wind, no work. That's when an autohelm would be handy.

And then there's the "sexy" factor to consider. Just because you're sailing on the Great Lakes (and Lake Michigan ain't no River as the song says) doesn't mean you couldn't have wind vane gear on your boat. Think how outrageously salty your boat would look with one. You'd look like a conquerer of vast oceans.

Comment by Robert Watson on July 16, 2008 at 11:12pm

I singlehanded my previous boat, an F27 trimaran, a lot on San Francisco Bay, including racing.
My new boat, a Leopard 40 catamaran "Changing Spots" is a lot easier, but much more complicated, and much more boat. I had crew all the way up from Miami to Annapolis, but singlehanded (buddyboating) from there to New York. 7/16 (tomorrow) I head north again.
It's too much fun to not share the adventure.
My slow speed internet makes it tricky to add photos, but check out my website.

Comment by Mark (Voodoo Acrobat) on July 16, 2008 at 1:21pm

Just checked in to whine for a minute..... I'm supposed to take off Sunday (singlehanding) from Monroe, Michigan to hang out for several days at Catawba Island, Ohio. I'm staying at a friend's marina there and we'll be hosting a "pirate party"!! Should be oodles of fun!

Here's the whining part; my new Autohelm has developed a nasty noise. Sounds like a dolphin screaming in the cockpit!! I'm not sure what's inside the case - and I'm not about to take it apart - but it sounds like broken teeth on a cog or a belt. It's still under warranty and I'll have it taken care of right away, but I was sure looking forward to having it for the trip. (sigh)

Oh well, I sailed for a long time without one, and I can do it again. But they sure are handy!

Fair winds!

Comment by Aria on July 15, 2008 at 7:56pm

One plus of singlehanding is that I've had the freedom to meet many sailors I had only known online. I'm well in to my second dozen, and look forward to meeting many more.

Comment by ric on July 10, 2008 at 12:50pm

relatively new to sailing - love it!

Comment by Charles Harker on July 4, 2008 at 1:38pm

Hello to all...hope you are having a great summer out on the water! Charles

Comment by Richard on June 29, 2008 at 11:13pm

Typically French, Christine, but I sort of understand the feeling. When people ask me about my 9 month single-handed trip down through Mexico, Belize and the Rio Dulce they invariably ask if I didn't wish I had someone along?

Of course there were a couple of times things were so spectacularly beautiful it would have been nice to have someone to share the memory with. . . but it's better to have gone alone than not to have gone at all. I had $Xs and if I'd waited around for that right someone I wouldn't have had any dollars at all.

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