After forty odd years on Mono,
fishing, ski, speed,
cabin cruisers, Etc, up to 30 feet,
and sailing my over powered Paper Tiger for 3 years, That taught me about the
wind, Quick
learning experience, But Fun, It cart wheels easy with only one Bum on Board, Hahahaha
My
motor boats went where I pointed them, Too slow, Chuck in a bigger
motor, Simple,
But I didnt buy my 34 foot
Gemini for speed, I bought it because its always flat and level, and it costs bugger all to live on,
It will be all on the Hook, No Marina's for me, Here, I can park on the beach beside the Road, walk across the road to get
fuel and supplies from Servo's and Supermarkets,
I bought it to sail in the conditions We get here in Southern OZ, It Can be very severe, Instantly,
and the conditions we get across the north of
Australia, The tide goes out 2 miles up there, 3 metre tides,
I want to be parked on the sandy beach or in very shallow water, Away from the Crocs in the shallow water,
I have a Draught of 2 feet, So I can sneak up the creeks and rivers, Where I want to go,
I want to live on it full time for at least a year, Maybe two or three, That includes a
circumnavigation of
Australia, Anti clockwise, I am Retired, and its about 12,000 miles around,
That to me is coastal cruising,
I could not afford to buy a Cat in OZ and still Retire, They are double the
price of overseas to here,
I had no intention of crossing Oceans in my
new Boat, Its just the way it worked out,
So I had to buy one from overseas, The
shipping by ship, the cost was out of reach for me,
So it was down to hire a
captain and or, sail it home myself, Depending on my Confidence and
Competence in my own Ability to Navigate and Sail it home, Safely, Thats me, Not you or what you think,
USA was out of the question to sail it home for me, Thats just too far, Even for me,
I had narrowed the field down to two suitable Cats, One in
San Diego, and one in
Fiji, Fiji's not far, I could do that with some instruction and teaching, and a fair bit of practice,
I am the
BUYER, I want everything on the
boat and for FREE, Or next to nothing,
The Seller might have a different opinion, Stiff Cheddar, My
China Plate, Take it or leave it, You want the CASH or not,
After about two years of
research, The
Gemini in
Fiji was the one I bought, After a Full
Haul out survey at my cost, It had all the Bells and Whistles and a
cheap price, And everything worked,
Mine was one of the first Gemini's that had the heavy
wood work removed after the
Builder crossed the north Atlantic in one for a
delivery,,
If this
Catamaran can cross the northern Atlantic, It can handle the Oceans we get down here,
Its only 14 feet wide, So I can park it in a normal wet berth if I have too, Same price as a Mono,
Would a Mono do what I want my Cat to do, No way, A Mono doesnt and cant even enter my picture,
They have made approx 1200 Gemini's, only a couple have sunk, Mainly Stupidity, Hahahahaha, Rolling them over sideways, Nearly done it myself,
In approx 3000 miles, I have never felt unsafe in my Gemini Catamaran, Its everything I wanted it to be,
And more, Totally
Seaworthy,
. The most 
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