My first cruise!!!

marty9876 · 19-03-2008, 12:00

Just got back from a week long live aboard ASA class in the BVI!!! Must say it was great and I can't wait to buy a boat now!

Never thought I could so sail around all day lone, catch a ball, eat dinner, sleep and never leave the boat and have a GREAT day of it- and want to do it all over again the next day!

Missed the swells, not sure if that's a good thing or not....

This whole "cruising" thing might get addicting...

**Hud3** · 19-03-2008, 12:15

Marty,

Congratulations! Sounds like the bug has bit you. That's a good thing!

Alan Wheeler · 19-03-2008, 12:17

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This whole "cruising" thing might get addicting...

Whada ya mean Might?? I think it's too late for you mate. You've caught it and there ain't no known cure.

slomotion · 19-03-2008, 12:18

There's no hope for you now. What were you thinking?

marty9876 · 19-03-2008, 12:45

Yea... Girlfriend already met with her financial folks to mock up a budget to allow for a circumnavigation..... Nothing like planning ahead right?

Now, all I need is the winning lotto tickets and I'm all set! As I sit here working up slip pricing for the '08 season up here in chilly Minnesota... those things cost more than the boat itself! Almost...

swagman · 19-03-2008, 12:48

Well done Marty,
And having a partner prepared get involved in financing the plan also - you are a lucky bu@@er.
JOHN

imagine2frolic · 19-03-2008, 13:23

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA,
My first time I came down with tonsilitus. I was a sick dog for the last 4 days. We had crummy weather, and the last day I thought I was a deadman. Well, I lived, and came right back, and the sailing sickness set in. The only cure is to sail, and when your not. It's just about all you think about. I second Swagman also.....

....ENJOY, and show some pics of your trip

marty9876 · 19-03-2008, 15:28

imagine2frolic · 20-03-2008, 08:45

LIFE IS GRAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SkiprJohn · 20-03-2008, 12:33

Aloha Marty,
We do our first classes in 14 foot Sunfish and get up to 26 foot Folkboats so you really are in the lap of luxury. Congratulations on getting the bug! Hopelessly hooked.
JohnL

marty9876 · 20-03-2008, 12:36

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Originally Posted by SkiprJohn

Aloha Marty,
We do our first classes in 14 foot Sunfish and get up to 26 foot Folkboats so you really are in the lap of luxury. Congratulations on getting the bug! Hopelessly hooked.
JohnL

I started in the 14ft boats too...then the 22ft ones. We call it the class of death! Was on a small city lake that had really high winds those evenings we had the class. Boats were flipping all over the place, learned what it meant to "turtle" a boat there! 2/3's of the class did not show up for the last class.

And we came back for more!

Reality Check · 20-03-2008, 15:37

BVI is great... I was down in December thru Feb this year and heading back in May for about 8 weeks or so. Love it... just gotta get the solar pannels and wind generator installed... gotta have ICE...

Zanshin · 22-03-2008, 06:57

Was that with Rob Swain Sailing School?

marty9876 · 22-03-2008, 08:13

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Originally Posted by Zanshin

Was that with Rob Swain Sailing School?

No was actually a local outfit here in Minnesota, Northern Breezes.

19-03-2008, 12:00	#1
marty9876 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 113	My first cruise!!! Just got back from a week long live aboard ASA class in the BVI!!! Must say it was great and I can't wait to buy a boat now! Never thought I could so sail around all day lone, catch a ball, eat dinner, sleep and never leave the boat and have a GREAT day of it- and want to do it all over again the next day! Missed the swells, not sure if that's a good thing or not.... This whole "cruising" thing might get addicting...

19-03-2008, 12:15	#2
Hud3 Moderator Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Nevis, West Indies Boat: Island Packet 380, The Belle of Virginia (now sold) Posts: 5,089 Images: 16	Marty, Congratulations! Sounds like the bug has bit you. That's a good thing! __________________ Hud Nevis, West Indies Click to Search Cruisers Forum Archives

19-03-2008, 12:48	#6
swagman Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Winter - land based UK south coast. Summer - sailing. Boat currently in Portugal waiting for 2010. Boat: Hanse 461 - Swagman Posts: 1,435 Images: 5	Well done Marty, And having a partner prepared get involved in financing the plan also - you are a lucky bu@@er. JOHN __________________ Read our boring cruising blog via http://www.yotblog.com/swagman/3099

19-03-2008, 13:23	#7
imagine2frolic Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: N.E. Florida Boat: Simpson, Catamaran, 46ft. IMAGINE Posts: 3,375 Images: 114	HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, My first time I came down with tonsilitus. I was a sick dog for the last 4 days. We had crummy weather, and the last day I thought I was a deadman. Well, I lived, and came right back, and the sailing sickness set in. The only cure is to sail, and when your not. It's just about all you think about. I second Swagman also.........ENJOY, and show some pics of your trip

20-03-2008, 15:37	#12
Reality Check Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: West Indies, Now live aboard as cruiser/ voyager often with guest/ friends Boat: s/v Reality Check 36' Bene Posts: 491	BVI is great... I was down in December thru Feb this year and heading back in May for about 8 weeks or so. Love it... just gotta get the solar pannels and wind generator installed... gotta have ICE... __________________ I prefer a sailboat to a motorboat, and it is my belief that boat sailing is a finer, more difficult, and sturdier art than running a motor. --- Jack London

19-03-2008, 12:18	#4
slomotion Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lakeland, FL Posts: 968	There's no hope for you now. What were you thinking?

19-03-2008, 12:45	#5
marty9876 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 113	Yea... Girlfriend already met with her financial folks to mock up a budget to allow for a circumnavigation..... Nothing like planning ahead right? Now, all I need is the winning lotto tickets and I'm all set! As I sit here working up slip pricing for the '08 season up here in chilly Minnesota... those things cost more than the boat itself! Almost...

19-03-2008, 15:28	#8
marty9876 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 113

20-03-2008, 08:45	#9
imagine2frolic Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: N.E. Florida Boat: Simpson, Catamaran, 46ft. IMAGINE Posts: 3,375 Images: 114	LIFE IS GRAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

20-03-2008, 12:33	#10
SkiprJohn Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kea'au, Big Island, Hawaii Boat: Cascade, Cutter, 42 - "Casual" Posts: 5,548	Aloha Marty, We do our first classes in 14 foot Sunfish and get up to 26 foot Folkboats so you really are in the lap of luxury. Congratulations on getting the bug! Hopelessly hooked. JohnL

22-03-2008, 06:57	#13
Zanshin Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Germany Boat: Jeanneau 49DS Posts: 387	Was that with Rob Swain Sailing School?

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