Sensible Small Boat Cruising

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Comment by sailorgirlca on January 18, 2009 at 5:52pm

Some years ago a friend gave me a book entitled "Sensible Cruising: The Thoreau Approach" This book by Don Casey & Lew Hackler provides a philosophic & practical approach to cruising, primarily in boats around 30ft and under 40ft. If any of you come across this book, it's a good read

Comment by zeehag on January 18, 2009 at 4:22pm

i used to sail with a friend long ago in the late 80s to catalina from lost angeles with a friend in her 25 ft coronado sloop---had a lot of fun in that boat--i have had my share of smaller boats--i still have a 35 ericson mII...my other favorite dink is a kite class---newport 11....a real kick.....

Comment by h on January 13, 2009 at 7:01pm

Dear all,

In browsing the pages of Seaknot I find that there are a lot of sailboat maintenance questions posted in various groups. This created an idea for a new group focused on sharing our boat maintenance questions and answers.

Please post your question there and hopefully someone with more experience will be able to assist. I will try to answer your questions too, if I know what it is about.

Howard

Comment by sailorgirlca on January 3, 2009 at 11:11am

Hello everyone, so nice to find this group. I have been single-handing my CS27 sloop around Lake Ontario for the past 28 yrs. Although I do have others aboard, I really enjoy solo sailing and especially when it's possible to sail in tandem with a buddy boat. It makes sharing a dinner or breakfast more pleasant when at anchor or another harbour. Currently I am at the eastern end of the lake exploring 1,000 Islands. I've had the opportunity to sail on boats up to 50' in the BVIs, both coasts of Florida, a bit in the Bahamas, Chesapeake, the ICW from Annapolis to Fl and the coast of Turkey. I have stayed aboard over many summers & gone to work from there although I have not yet lived aboard full-time. I have decided it's time to list my boat & once sold move up to a more liveaboard in the 32-34' range. I hope to spend a few years further exploring the Carribean. I am looking forward to reading all your posts and have no doubt I can learn much from you more experienced sailors. Hopefully, I can contribute as well ........ Dianne

Comment by Wilson on December 19, 2008 at 10:36pm

Hello Small Cruiser Group:
After a 40 year very hectic environmental engineering career, our main retirement activity has been small boat cruising on our local 100 mi shoreline lake. Clear Lake is the largest natural lake in California and is located 75 mi north of San Francisco.
Since we bought our 1983 MacGregor 25 "Chantel Marie" in March 2003 we have sailed 254 days covering 4,631 gps track miles. Before each cruise which is usually 4 or 5 days, we zero our Magellan Meridian Color gps and use the gps to track our mileage and route. After the cruise, we printout the route on a map of Clear Lake and use printout as a cruise log.
We have had a good 2008 year cruising a total of 44 days covering 893 gps track miles. Our new Rolly Tasker Sails have worked fine and we especially like the two line reefing system.

Best Regards to All and happy Holidays,
Wilson and Christine
"Chantel Marie" Mac 25

Comment by Richard on November 1, 2008 at 2:16pm

Hi, Pam, welcome to the group.

Comment by Pam on October 30, 2008 at 10:50pm

Hi, I mostly sail boats in this size range, and have been pondering becoming a co-owner in one... I'm sure there's lots to learn and friends to make here.

Comment by Capt. Ron on September 3, 2008 at 9:34am

Hi all, just got back from Alaska. so now its time to go sailing. Peace,
sundoger

Comment by Richard on August 6, 2008 at 7:38pm

Check this out:

http://www.wikisailing.com/Wikisailing

Comment by Richard on July 24, 2008 at 3:46pm

Gail, thanks for your kind words. Fortunately I only live six blocks away from the emergency room and they went to work on me in no time.

Also, thanks for joining the group. I hope you'll find something of interest in here that can help you and please don't hesitate to give your own tips on how to sail sensibly on small boats.

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