Crossing the Atlantic on a 2001 Jeanneau 37

[SausalitoDave]

You might consider joining the ARC. You will get lots of support and be part of a flotilla that will include some smaller boats. When I did the ARC last year there were several boats in your size range. One had some serious issues (lost his mast), but other boats came to his rescue and transferred enough fuel for him to complete the trip. I agree that a successful crossing is heavily dependent on the skipper, the boat has to be up to the challenge. That is not necessarily a size issue as much as how robust your rigging, motor, rudder, safety systems, sails etc are up to the task.

Best

Dave

[boatman61]

The thing to remember about the ARC is that the Canaries were picked not because its the best place to make a crossing from but because it suited the organisers better.
Traditionally the Cap Verdes were the way to go.. just over 2000nm across and steady trade winds.. they now have 2 ARC's tho.. the classic route and the hot shot route futher North.

[double u]

Originally Posted by double u

I’d look for one with less engine hours & more draft, but certainly no reservations because of Jeanneau.
Here in the anchorage min 2 sunshine (much older), any number of Bavaria’s & other boats generally badmouthed as “blue water-unsuitable youghurt Containers, & they all sailed here, they weren’t shipped

Also here in Taravao, Tahiti:
2 Melody, 2 Gin Fizz, 1 Sun Fizz, 1 old Beneteau First ~37' and probably more Jeanneau & Beneteaus as those are the boats I see everyday without having gone looking for them.

[Michael Cobbe]

Originally Posted by HighTide9000

Hi all,

What do you think the feasibility of crossing the Atlantic (Canaries to the Caribbean) on a 2001 Jeanneau 37 is? There is a marked lack of info online on whether she could face the Atlantic or not (in of itself not hugely encouraging)

Take these ones here as an example:
https://www.yachtworld.fr/boats/2001...ey-37-3243884/

https://www.yachtworld.co.uk/boats/2...ey-37-3245956/

If you had €55,000 to spend and wanted a minimum of 35 feet what would



you buy? Objective: liveaboard, Med cruising and an Atlantic crossing for



Caribbean cruising.

Eager to hear your thoughts!

Cheers!
HighTide9000

If you do cross the Atlantic then everything on the boat is made for weekend and holiday salors so, as we found, everything will break more than once except electronics. We carried two spares for everything, parts diagrams and tools including ring and open spanners.

[Pete7]

Originally Posted by Michael Cobbe

If you do cross the Atlantic then everything on the boat is made for weekend and holiday sailors so, as we found, everything will break more than once except electronics. We carried two spares for everything, parts diagrams and tools including ring and open spanners.

Really? wow do tell us what happened, sounds dreadful

Have you sailed a Jeanneau much btw?

Pete

[mikedefieslife]

Originally Posted by captmikem

Canaries to the Caribbean is perhaps the easiest and nicest crossing a person can make. It is simple, no bad weather, following wind, little to no traffic, and with GPS, little to no navigation.

Hmm. Many were due to leave last week, they held off. Tomorrow they'd be encountering up to 5m waves on the beam. Later in the week the waves 3.8-4.5m move even more westerly from their current NW direction meaning those leaving from Lanzarote, Gran Carnaria will encounter them forward of the beam. That doesn't sound like the most comfortable passage in the world.

Originally Posted by boatman61

The thing to remember about the ARC is that the Canaries were picked not because its the best place to make a crossing from but because it suited the organisers better.
Traditionally the Cap Verdes were the way to go.. just over 2000nm across and steady trade winds.. they now have 2 ARC's tho.. the classic route and the hot shot route futher North.

And before Las Palmas, i'm informed that Los Cristianos in Tenerife was the main port of departure.

[daletournier]

Originally Posted by Michael Cobbe

If you do cross the Atlantic then everything on the boat is made for weekend and holiday salors so, as we found, everything will break more than once except electronics. We carried two spares for everything, parts diagrams and tools including ring and open spanners.

That's ridiculous, most boats have similar stuff, pumps ,engines, toilets, hatches, windless ,regulators, alternators etc, it's not the hulls that break it's the stuff inside the boat, the systems ,and that applies to all boats.

[Sailmonkey]

Originally Posted by Michael Cobbe

If you do cross the Atlantic then everything on the boat is made for weekend and holiday salors so, as we found, everything will break more than once except electronics. We carried two spares for everything, parts diagrams and tools including ring and open spanners.

Who is a good manufacturer of an offshore head?

[boatman61]

My statement stands, the boat can do it comfortably, it all depends on the skippers decisions..
Don't push the boat, just crossing is breaking a record..
Reef early, shake out late..
Have a good nav system and AIS..
Carry spare bottled water 'in case'..
Good route planning..
Just because everyone else goes that way does not make it the best.. most only do it because everyone else does it..
The ARC is just some sailor called Cornell who wrote about his journey and found another cash cow.
Like the bible its not gospel just his decisions.. learn to research data and make your own.
As for prep.. to be honest what I do getting my boat ready for a new season is enough..
Inspect and replace where needed, service engine, clean the tanks, refill and go.. I am not like some who in my view go OTT, spare filters etc thats it..

[rupertfb]

Beyond a fairly rudimentary and obvious inspection and safety check of equipment list and buying loads of food - its about the sailor, not the boat.
Loads of people will say "Its been crossed in smaller boats".....but its down to the seaman's eye of the skipper, and his/her experience of offshore long distance passage making.

[jbrasseul]

Crossing the Atlantic between the Canaries and the Caribbean is easy, if done at the right time, with the Trade Winds, December is the best month. It's the Milk Run, according to the sailors of previous times : wind in the back, all the time in t-shirt under tropical weather, no bad weather possible, sun and relatively calm seas (a little chop all the time coming from the North Atlantic in Winter), about two weeks from Cabo Verde islands, a little more from the Canaries. Best to leave from Cabo Verde, the Trade Winds are better established there at the beginning of the leg.
https://jbrasseul.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/milk-run/

[double u]

Originally Posted by Sailmonkey

Who is a good manufacturer of an offshore head?

After 2rtws with what I consider the best manual Toilet, the Lavac Zenith, I gave the most widely distributed head, the Jabsco à Chance- lo & behold, After 1,5 years it is still ging strong. Reasonable Price, sparen available anywhere, no less reliable than the much more expensive Lavac.

[double u]

Originally Posted by daletournier

That's ridiculous, most boats have similar stuff, pumps ,engines, toilets, hatches, windless ,regulators, alternators etc, it's not the hulls that break it's the stuff inside the boat, the systems ,and that applies to all boats.

Agree 100%!

[double u]

Originally Posted by Michael Cobbe

If you do cross the Atlantic then everything on the boat is made for weekend and holiday salors so, as we found, everything will break more than once except electronics. We carried two spares for everything, parts diagrams and tools including ring and open spanners.

...those Beneteaus, Janneaus, Bavarias, etc. here in Tahiti don‘t Look all that „broken“

[joelhemington]

Originally Posted by sailorboy1

OMG the OP is going to die on the that boat


Just kidding

Amen to that. You could circumnavigate on that boat. What we don't know is how much experience the OP has - any ocean crossing for a noob is probably a bad idea.