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18-04-2011, 12:32
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Senior Cruiser

Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Ladysmith,BC, Vancouver Island , Canada
Boat: Lancer 44 Motorsailer
Posts: 1,760
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Re: Commute to Your Boat, How Far?
Commute ? What is that about? Takes me 15 min. to be on my way.
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18-04-2011, 12:32
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Armchair Bucketeer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 10,013
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Re: Commute to Your Boat, How Far?
depends on traffic. could be 20 mins
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18-04-2011, 12:49
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: St Pete FL
Boat: 1972 Contest 33
Posts: 783
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Re: Commute to Your Boat, How Far?
Same as David old Jersey 20 minutes depending on traffic.
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18-04-2011, 12:57
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2009
Boat: 1979 Hughes 35
Posts: 219
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Re: Commute to Your Boat, How Far?
I used to wake up on it, then commute 30mins to work, now its in my front yard which sucks, but it needs the work.
Then it'll be either 3 mins or 2.5hrs depending on where I decide to put it.
The 2.5hr marina will be much nicer sailing.
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18-04-2011, 12:59
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Boat: 1975 Pearson 35
Posts: 145
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Re: Commute to Your Boat, How Far?
Currently about 12 hours, in the process of moving her up the coast, with luck this summer it will be a 5 minute swim,dingy ride from work and 15 minute drive from home.
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18-04-2011, 13:05
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: ontario canada
Boat: grampian 26
Posts: 1,743
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Re: Commute to Your Boat, How Far?
Twenty minutes including the coffee stop. The other boat on the left coast 3000k miles away about a six hour plane ride.
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18-04-2011, 13:07
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Kansas City, MO
Boat: In the hunt again, unknown
Posts: 1,330
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Re: Commute to Your Boat, How Far?
25 minutes, but it is a nice drive in the country.
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18-04-2011, 13:13
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Boston
Boat: Chris Craft 42ft.
Posts: 4
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Hour and a half! But it's worth it. I have downtown Boston right off my bow!
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18-04-2011, 13:22
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Registered User

Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Marathon FL
Boat: Endeavour 35, 1984,
Posts: 937
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Re: Commute to Your Boat, How Far?
Same here at this time: 20mn one way depending on traffic. When in marathon will live aboard or have our little condo on the shore out of Boot Key Harbor (dinghy ride)
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18-04-2011, 13:25
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Clear Lake Marine Services - Seabrook, Texas
Boat: Gulfstar, Mark II Ketch, 43'
Posts: 2,359
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Re: Commute to Your Boat, How Far?
2 1/4 to 2 1/2 hrs each way, 150 miles each way
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18-04-2011, 13:39
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Moderator

Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The boat: Cowes (Winter), Above 60N (Summer); me: somewhere in the air!
Boat: Cutter-Rigged Moody 54
Posts: 21,065
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Re: Commute to Your Boat, How Far?
I'm pretty sure I win the (booby) prize on this point - about 1700 miles and three time zones. But since the boat lives an hour and a half from a place I spend a week a month on business in anyway, it's not too bad. I managed 52 sea days last year while pretending to hold down a full time job. And probably as many days again in port or at anchor. So I manage to spend a good 25% of my life on board despite the distance.
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18-04-2011, 13:51
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Central Ohio
Boat: Lord Nelson 41 S/V Fair Wind
Posts: 111
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Re: Commute to Your Boat, How Far?
2.5 hours, sigh. In a year or so hopeing it will be out my back door!
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18-04-2011, 13:57
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Vancouver Washington
Boat: Ed Monk designed 34' Sloop Second Wind
Posts: 400
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Re: Commute to Your Boat, How Far?
275 Miles 5 hours in the dead of night 12 hours at rush hour in Seattle. To be changed this summer.
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18-04-2011, 14:04
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Navarre, Florida
Boat: Ericson 32-200
Posts: 70
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Re: Commute to Your Boat, How Far?
So it is safe to say that a bunch of you have a commute to your boat but that doesn't diminsh your desire to sail.
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18-04-2011, 14:42
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Massachusetts
Boat: Morgan OI 30' Itinerant
Posts: 254
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Re: Commute to Your Boat, How Far?
Obviously, the 'commute' is pretty irrelevant...takes me half an hour, but I really enjoy the trip....like a kid going to the candy store.
But the folks that have to 'fly' to China to use a boat thats in the charter business or moored w a vacation home...aren't realy being honest...errrr lets change that to 'being accurate' .. they don't hop in the car to go to the boat...but, the folks who do drive hundreds of miles...Happy sail season!
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