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Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 16-09-2018, 21:47
Replies: 190
Views: 35,255
Posted By John A
Re: Singlehanded passage making, Best Practices

Adjusting to the circumstances is the most sensible thing I've read in this thread.
I always planned any extended naps for after 8 am. I figured that the 'A' team was on the bridge of an ships...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 04-09-2018, 06:39
Replies: 190
Views: 35,255
Posted By John A
Re: Singlehanded passage making, Best Practices

During a very difficult long passage, with short naps, I found myself connecting my tether to the jack line to go forward and chase that damn elephant off of my boat!

I went below and slept for 3...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 28-08-2018, 12:47
Replies: 190
Views: 35,255
Posted By John A
Re: Singlehanded passage making, Best Practices

True. But most forums are used as a platform for negative judgement.

I'd like to voice a word of caution on the dependents of AIS and Radar.
Not everyone has them!
Your AIS will only detect...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 26-08-2018, 12:56
Replies: 190
Views: 35,255
Posted By John A
Re: Singlehanded passage making, Best Practices

Leaving Simpson Bay in St Martin on a clear calm day. I noticed a 120ft motor yacht cross 50 yards off my stern.

The Captain admitted that he was alone on the bridge setting his GPS course on his...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 25-08-2018, 21:40
Replies: 190
Views: 35,255
Posted By John A
Re: Singlehanded passage making, Best Practices

Yes you can get insurance if you want to pay an extremely high deductible. I based my remarks on conversations with the fellow cruisers I associated with. I had insurance on my boat for the 12...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 24-08-2018, 06:52
Replies: 190
Views: 35,255
Posted By John A
Re: Singlehanded passage making, Best Practices

You're absolutely correct.

I lived on our family farm until I was 29, and learned, very early, that I was totally responsible for everything that happened to me and our loverhood.

Lets not...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 23-08-2018, 13:27
Replies: 190
Views: 35,255
Posted By John A
Re: Singlehanded passage making, Best Practices

Crewed boating= proper watch keeping.

Nine survive boat collision in Chesapeake Bay - Capital Gazette (https://www.capitalgazette.com/news/for_the_record/ac-cn-boat-collision-20180817-story.html)
Forum: Our Community 22-08-2018, 07:32
Replies: 51
Views: 9,870
Posted By John A
Re: Anegada Passage in daylight

Thanks for sharing.

I guess I just prefer to sail longer distances. I once sailed from the USVI's to Trinidad just for the heck of it.

Have a great day!
Forum: Our Community 21-08-2018, 22:24
Replies: 51
Views: 9,870
Posted By John A
Re: Anegada Passage in daylight

Really? Have you done it?

My experience was a little different.

My longest non stop sail was from Panama to the Grand Caymans, it took 13 days. Some pesky stuff like 40 knots of wind on the...
Forum: Our Community 21-08-2018, 19:23
Replies: 51
Views: 9,870
Posted By John A
Re: Anegada Passage in daylight

It's a valid question. As a singlehanded cruiser who sailed to the Caribbean from SF and spent 7 years traveling from PR to Trinidad and back I can say that yes it's possible to sail from island to...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 21-08-2018, 13:25
Replies: 190
Views: 35,255
Posted By John A
Re: Singlehanded passage making, Best Practices

This is the current AIS traffic world wide.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-29.0/centery:28.6/zoom:2
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 21-08-2018, 11:55
Replies: 190
Views: 35,255
Posted By John A
Re: Singlehanded passage making, Best Practices

There are many more passages than just the North Atlantic, Just as there are many, many more boats in the ocean than sailboats.


Based on my observation, at this time of the year, there are...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 21-08-2018, 07:19
Replies: 39
Views: 15,256
Posted By John A
Re: How to set up jacklines & tethers

I used web jacklines, and before every passage I'd toss them in the water to soak them to stretch them so they'd dry super tight.
Always go forward on the high side and cross over if needed.
...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 20-08-2018, 19:45
Replies: 190
Views: 35,255
Posted By John A
Re: Singlehanded passage making, Best Practices

Good point. You can also worry about equipment failures while underway. Or maybe we should stress out about the weather going to hell with the odd rain squall complete with water spout ( it...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 20-08-2018, 15:01
Replies: 190
Views: 35,255
Posted By John A
Re: Singlehanded passage making, Best Practices

1 - live in the cockpit.
2 - If your passage is going to be over 12 hours, start napping before you need to.
3 - Don't depend on your AIS or Radar to save your life.
4 - Know where the shipping...
Forum: Our Community 20-08-2018, 10:08
Replies: 51
Views: 9,870
Posted By John A
Re: Is it possible to sail entire Caribbean with no night sailing?

Each Island is a separate country with their own Custom and Immigration departments, and their own check-in and check-out rules. Don't try to leave the next day or check-in the next day.

Most of...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 25-05-2015, 11:21
Replies: 54
Views: 21,292
Posted By John A
Re: Lightning Dissipator -- Any Good?

If there is the remotest possibility that they'll work, why not install one?

We all carry spare anchors, lite rafts, eprib, life jackets, life belts, etc, in anticipation that something could...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 17-11-2014, 07:03
Replies: 33
Views: 5,198
Posted By John A
Re: How much cash?

US credit card companies are converting to cards with chips.
Chase just sent me a card with a chip, even though the card expired next year.
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 16-11-2014, 09:52
Replies: 33
Views: 5,198
Posted By John A
Re: How much cash?

I had been a victim of identity theft and credit card number theft in the US, and was super cautious while visiting third world countries. I never did a credit card transaction for under $300. I...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 04-11-2014, 10:49
Replies: 72
Views: 9,327
Posted By John A
Re: Los Angeles County Cruisers Beware!

Take deep breathes.
The solution is simple, prove that you moved your boat! The first letter is computer generated when the computer discovers that you didn't pay the tax.

Years ago I had...
Forum: Forum Tech Support & Site Help 26-10-2014, 07:08
Replies: 20
Views: 3,664
Posted By John A
Re: Possible Scam.?

When you accept people on your boat to travel to a foreign country , they become your crew and you are responsible for their behavior.
You have no way of knowing how they will react to sailing...
Forum: Forum Tech Support & Site Help 25-10-2014, 22:05
Replies: 20
Views: 3,664
Posted By John A
Re: Possible Scam.?

Would you pick up a hitchhiker?
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 23-10-2014, 19:12
Replies: 117
Views: 13,710
Posted By John A
Re: Gonzalo

This was sent to me by a former cruiser that I had shared anchorages with in the Caribbean in 2002-03

Hi John, many thanks for the mails on Gonzalo.
But in future I would be pleased if you...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 20-10-2014, 07:16
Replies: 117
Views: 13,710
Posted By John A
Re: Gonzalo

I replaced both my mainsail and my jib in 50+ knot winds and 25 foot_ swells 200 miles NNE of Panama in December of 2001. Single handed.
I was there because I guessed wrong.

From the photo, the...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 19-10-2014, 11:42
Replies: 117
Views: 13,710
Posted By John A
Re: Gonzalo

Please everyone, remove all sails and dodgers in preparation for a hurricane, even while in a marina.
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