|
|
17-10-2015, 08:03
|
#61
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Marathon, FL
Boat: Pearson 530 Cutter/ketch 53
Posts: 36
|
Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
I would you purchase a bit older higher quality yacht for your trip down the "thorny path to the BVI. But people go in all forms of transportation and "survive."
I like "safety" and simplicity, makes for peaceful trips and sound sleep.
All the best.
|
|
|
25-10-2015, 08:34
|
#62
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 2
|
Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
West Marine says they never heard of Stop Creak.
Mystery Oil another solution to stop creaks...Really?
|
|
|
25-10-2015, 09:06
|
#63
|
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Everywhere (Sea of Cortez right now)
Boat: PSC Orion 27
Posts: 1,377
|
Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
Quote:
Originally Posted by lance11peter
West Marine says they never heard of Stop Creak.
Mystery Oil another solution to stop creaks...Really?
|
Welcome to CF Peter! I'd try a different West Marine.
goat
|
|
|
26-10-2015, 10:56
|
#64
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 2
|
Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
I can't even find it online at West Marine.
|
|
|
26-10-2015, 11:36
|
#65
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Long Island's North Shore
Boat: 1997 Catalina 42 MkII
Posts: 165
|
Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
Quote:
Originally Posted by lance11peter
I can't even find it online at West Marine.
|
I do think it was a joke.
|
|
|
26-10-2015, 15:52
|
#66
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Houston
Boat: '76 Allied Seawind II, 32'
Posts: 9,626
|
Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
Quote:
Originally Posted by lance11peter
I can't even find it online at West Marine.
|
It's stocked locally next to the can of wind.
Sent from my iPhone using Cruisers Sailing Forum
|
|
|
26-10-2015, 15:58
|
#67
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Left coast.
Posts: 1,451
|
Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
The label on that can is "Sailboat Fuel".
Sent from my iPhone using Cruisers Sailing Forum
|
|
|
26-10-2015, 16:25
|
#68
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Houston
Boat: '76 Allied Seawind II, 32'
Posts: 9,626
|
Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
Quote:
Originally Posted by Training Wheels
The label on that can is "Sailboat Fuel".
Sent from my iPhone using Cruisers Sailing Forum
|
The name brand is ethanol free.
Sent from my iPhone using Cruisers Sailing Forum
|
|
|
26-10-2015, 16:38
|
#69
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Left coast.
Posts: 1,451
|
Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
Or do what I do, eat a lot of beans!
Sent from my iPhone using Cruisers Sailing Forum
|
|
|
27-10-2015, 11:15
|
#70
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Toronto summer rest somewhere else
Boat: Outremer 45/pdq36
Posts: 1,169
|
Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
You see a lot of boats in the Caribbean that when described the following comment was "I wonder how they made it".Several years ago a blue 18 foot roto mounded sloop with a cuddy cabin pulled up on the beach in Bequia. It featured a bent mast kept in column with some old rope and sails and line in a similar state of disrepair .It was skippered by a young guy who was having the time of his life. He had the same view and weather as the folks on the very expensive yachts in the harbour. Now I'm not saying that it would work for every one ,but the strangest boats can make it if you are careful,lucky ,and ,or don't know any better.
Here is the kicker he sailed from Sweden
|
|
|
27-10-2015, 11:19
|
#71
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cowichan Bay, BC (Maple Bay Marina)
Posts: 9,703
|
Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
Good point. A friend of mine, who sailed his Catalina 34 from Vancouver BC to Mexico wrote this a few years ago:
I find it really interesting on the whole debate of what makes an offshore sail boat. It is unbelievable how much BS floats around and how many people have opinions but no experience based on the particular boat they happen to have an opinion on. I now believe it matters far more how the boat is prepared than what boat it is. Obviously you need a minimum standard in terms of hull integrity and rig strength and I think the Catalina 34 has that easilly. The question is can the boat and crew be prepared for offshore? I believe the answer question lies only with the skipper who does the preparation. In our case, we have had a fairly good shakedown cruise and I rate the boat highly. I've had "experienced" sailors who were aghast that I would take my family with no offshore experience in a Catalina 34 from Vancouver to San Francisco - a nasty bit of coast. And it takes some serious thought to call bull#### and say you're up to the challenge having never sailed in an ocean swell. I've also had experienced sailors who say go to the Marquesas and you'll find a lot of less capable boats than yours crewed by Europeans having the time of their lives. And you'll also find North Americans with real fancy boats with a lot of broken bits waiting for parts.
__________________
Stu Jackson
Catalina 34 #224 (1986) C34IA Secretary
Cowichan Bay, BC, SR/FK, M25, Rocna 10 (22#) (NZ model)
|
|
|
27-10-2015, 11:31
|
#72
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Skagit City, WA
Posts: 25,453
|
Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
Quote:
Originally Posted by admiralslater
You see a lot of boats in the Caribbean that when described the following comment was "I wonder how they made it".Several years ago a blue 18 foot roto mounded sloop with a cuddy cabin pulled up on the beach in Bequia. It featured a bent mast kept in column with some old rope and sails and line in a similar state of disrepair .It was skippered by a young guy who was having the time of his life. He had the same view and weather as the folks on the very expensive yachts in the harbour. Now I'm not saying that it would work for every one ,but the strangest boats can make it if you are careful,lucky ,and ,or don't know any better.
Here is the kicker he sailed from Sweden
|
In the mid 80's when I was sailing in the Sea of Cortez, there was a plywood sailboat, maybe 25 feet long at the most. It was home built and only had lee boards. Probably a Bolger design. It had been sailed down from the West Coast US somewhere. So it can be done in most anything. Trekka was 21 feet (?) plywood also.
It's all a matter of what you want. But if you run into anything hard etc, you might like being in a long keel thickly built boat vs a Catalina etc. I've been involved in that situation with both types.
__________________
"I spent most of my money on Booze, Broads and Boats. The rest I wasted" - Elmore Leonard
|
|
|
27-10-2015, 12:54
|
#73
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Palm Coast Florida
Boat: 2018 Seadoo GTX 230
Posts: 1,059
|
Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
I say just the Bahamas and Caribbean. Probably that statement is 95% true. Not sure if after a few years I would venture further...probably not.
I may ask on a different thread of after awhile the adveturous human nature typically kicks in and causes people to use the boat in a different way then originally intended.
Sent from my SM-G360V using Cruisers Sailing Forum mobile app
|
|
|
29-10-2015, 03:59
|
#74
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Netherlands
Boat: Hunter ad least 30 ft
Posts: 12
|
Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
My plan is also to sail the Carribean with a Hunter. The plan is to start in Florida in september 2016 and sail for 6 monts and then sell it again in Florida. So meaby we could help eachother, when are you planning? I'm looking now already for a buyer of the sailboat. So if you or annybody is looking for a Hunter which is ready to sail, please let me know. The Hunter 33 or 34 will be available end february 2017. The price will be arround the 25 k.
|
|
|
08-11-2015, 06:39
|
#75
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Palm Coast Florida
Boat: 2018 Seadoo GTX 230
Posts: 1,059
|
Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
enrico34 - I looked at the Hunter 33 a few days ago. That will be a boat that I have mild interest in. What year are you looking at. I was looking for a 2004 and 2005. The price on those boats was approx. $75,000. If I made any offer I would offer $60,000 to $65,000.
The Hunter 33 is on the small side but I think would make a good 'starter' sailboat for me.
Sent from my SM-G360V using Cruisers Sailing Forum mobile app
|
|
|
|
|
Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
Display Modes |
Rate This Thread |
Linear Mode
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
Advertise Here
Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor Spotlight |
|
|
|