To start off with I have never sailed other than being on a
cruise ship or tourist type
boat on a joy ride in the ocean. Myself and my co-worker are about to retire early next year and were planning on
learning how to sail, and navigate. We would like to be able to take a
boat from
Texas sail around the coastline to
Florida, on to the keys and out into the caribean to
Aruba and back and do a little island hoping, then return. I know this sounds crazy but what I'm asking is where do we start. Any adviise would be appreciated.
1. Where should we get
training
2. What type boat should we be looking for on about a 40k
budget
3. What length of trip should we plan on
4. how much
money does it cost to
dock in most of the
ports
5. are we totally insane on attempting this, we have about two-three months after we retire we planned on spending on this trip
6. should we rent instead of
buying our boat etc..