Howdy Good People, Let me introduce myself

CaptainShack · 25-09-2008, 04:12

Howdy!

I've been trolling these forums for going on well over 2 years now!! Wow time fly's. I've just wrapped up an enlistment with the Air Force and am now waiting on going to technical school for the Air National guard as a Meteorologist. About 3 or so years ago I found my self looking at sailboats and dreaming of an adventure. Of learning the "ropes" and taking off for new places.

I want to sail the deep blue, visit shores far and wide north and south. I've steadily started saving but on my pay its rough. Reading these forums I find my self leaning towards smaller mono-Hull older cruisers. Using people like Adam Baldwin as inspiration. He did two Circumnavigations in a Pearson Triton!

I'm sure I will have a ton of questions for you all as a finally start getting close to my first boat, gaining the skills knowledge and experiance need to work towards my goal. I might not know much about boats, but I'm fair handy with a computer Hardware and Software. So feel free to shoot me any questions.

So rock on and spread a little positivity today. Laterz

**GordMay** · 25-09-2008, 04:30

Greetings, and WELCOME aboard CaptainShack.
Hope your plans* work out.

* From "Firefly":
Zoe: "Captain'll come up with a plan."
Kaylee: "Well, that's good... right?"
Zoe: "Possibly you're not recalling some of his previous plans."

Zoe Alleyne Washburne, played by Gina Torres, is second-in-command onboard “Serenity”.
Kaywinnit Lee "Kaylee" Frye, played by Jewel Staite, is the ship's mechanic.
Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds, played by Nathan Fillion, is the owner/captain of “Serenity”.

imagine2frolic · 25-09-2008, 07:38

CaptainShack,

Most all of us here started with the same dream........BEST WISHES in putting together a good plan. Your blood sweat & tears along with some money will make it happen

.

SkiprJohn · 25-09-2008, 13:49

Aloha Captain Shack,
Thanks for serving in the Air Force and welcome aboard! Good luck at becoming a weather guesser. They certainly are becoming more accurate these days. Pearson Tritons are great boats and several have come through here from the West Coast headed for the South Pacific.
Kind regards,
JohnL

RickD · 25-09-2008, 18:27

Howdy!!!!!!!

25-09-2008, 04:12	#1
CaptainShack Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Chandler Arizona ATM Posts: 7	Howdy Good People, Let me introduce myself Howdy! I've been trolling these forums for going on well over 2 years now!! Wow time fly's. I've just wrapped up an enlistment with the Air Force and am now waiting on going to technical school for the Air National guard as a Meteorologist. About 3 or so years ago I found my self looking at sailboats and dreaming of an adventure. Of learning the "ropes" and taking off for new places. I want to sail the deep blue, visit shores far and wide north and south. I've steadily started saving but on my pay its rough. Reading these forums I find my self leaning towards smaller mono-Hull older cruisers. Using people like Adam Baldwin as inspiration. He did two Circumnavigations in a Pearson Triton! I'm sure I will have a ton of questions for you all as a finally start getting close to my first boat, gaining the skills knowledge and experiance need to work towards my goal. I might not know much about boats, but I'm fair handy with a computer Hardware and Software. So feel free to shoot me any questions. So rock on and spread a little positivity today. Laterz __________________ ""See, this is a sign of your tragic space dementia. All paranoid and crotchety, it breaks the heart."" : Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. : Yes Sir. Because it's a deathtrap. : That's not... you are very much lacking in imagination. : I imagine that's so, sir.

25-09-2008, 04:30	#2
GordMay Administrator Site Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W Boat: C.L.O.D. (Cruiser Living On Dirt) Posts: 9,339 Images: 230	Greetings, and WELCOME aboard CaptainShack. Hope your plans* work out. * From "Firefly": Zoe: "Captain'll come up with a plan." Kaylee: "Well, that's good... right?" Zoe: "Possibly you're not recalling some of his previous plans." Zoe Alleyne Washburne, played by Gina Torres, is second-in-command onboard “Serenity”. Kaywinnit Lee "Kaylee" Frye, played by Jewel Staite, is the ship's mechanic. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds, played by Nathan Fillion, is the owner/captain of “Serenity”. __________________ Gord May ~~_/)_~~ (Gord & Maggie - "Southbound") "If you didn't have time/$ to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"

25-09-2008, 07:38	#3
imagine2frolic Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: N.E. Florida Boat: Simpson, Catamaran, 46ft. IMAGINE Posts: 1,894 Images: 112	CaptainShack, Most all of us here started with the same dream........BEST WISHES in putting together a good plan. Your blood sweat & tears along with some money will make it happen. __________________ BORROWED! No single one of us is as smart as all of us! SAILING is not always a slick magazine cover!

25-09-2008, 18:27	#5
RickD Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Colorado Springs Boat: MacGregor Venture 25 - "Winds of Change" Posts: 139	Howdy!!!!!!! __________________ Rick Donaldson, CET, NØNJY It's better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for who you're not.

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25-09-2008, 13:49	#4
SkiprJohn Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kea'au, Big Island, Hawaii Boat: Cascade, Cutter, 42 - "Casual" Posts: 3,726	Aloha Captain Shack, Thanks for serving in the Air Force and welcome aboard! Good luck at becoming a weather guesser. They certainly are becoming more accurate these days. Pearson Tritons are great boats and several have come through here from the West Coast headed for the South Pacific. Kind regards, JohnL

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