So, I've been cruinsing this forum for awhile and I'd like to ask some questions that I haven't seen answered. I'm in the
research phase of possibly cruising a
catamaran for several years and maybe making it a
liveaboard later. I saw some guy get reamed the other day about sailing to
Tahiti, so let it be know that I've already signed up for
sailing lessons and I'll wait plenty long enough before I start pushing my limits.
So, I'm thinking about
purchasing a 40-45' cat in the $300,000 range in FL and then island hoping in the
Carribean then heading down to
South America (Buenos Aires in particular). This is still a long ways off.
I've seen post talking about how expensive it is at
marinas. What's to keep me from primarily
mooring or
anchoring and taking my dingy in to the marina or even public beach for that matter, free of charge (small charge for marina dingy I guess)? I've also done some
research on
marinas in So.
Cal. and the waiting list is like 5 years. Can't someone just move up and down the beach from week to week or are you hassled by some authority? So.
Cal. would be after I run out of
money from cruising for 2,3,4 or more years. I would only do this until I could get into a marina of course.
Also, once in the
Argentina area I would like to get over to
Chile, but would either have to
sale around "the horn" or come back up to the
canal. I think I read that the
canal has a long wait and is very expensive. Has anyone ever heard of trailering a yacht over the Andes? Expensive if not impossible I guess, just wondering.
After spending several months in
Chile I would like to end up in
New Zealand. I know the
South Pacific is "sick", so I would imagine I would come back north from May-August around
Mexico, then
head over to
Hawaii and the down, island hoping as I go.
This has been a dream for about 12 years and I'm finally in a financial position to make it happen. My main objectives are to 1.."take it easy and cruise", 2...party while island hoping
, 3..surf in amazing places around the world..4 whitewater
kayak (the Andes,
New Zealand,
Corsica, ect., as this is my
current passion). Oh yea, anyone know about how long the trip from
San Diego to Maui would be (estimation)?
Any other advise would be great. Again, I may sound dumb, it's because I am "sailing dumb" at this point, that's why I'm asking the questions. I can't wait for my week long class in December.
Thanks,
K
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