Myself, wife and 11 year old daughter are planning on a Seabatical starting in June of 2017. We have a rough
draft of a plan but would like to have the all knowing Cruisers Forum give us some insight. I will list some details about us below and any comments, criticisms, or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Departure date Summer of 2017
Initial plan -
purchase a
boat somewhere in the southern
caribbean in the summer of 2017. Spend the bulk of
hurricane season developing our skills and the
boat by bouncing around the Grenadines,
Grenada and possibly
Trinidad and Tobago. Start heading north in October/November and arrive back in the states before August of 2018. If we love the boat and want to keep it we would continue on to our home in
North Carolina. If we have had enough of sailing, the boat or both, we would leave it in the
Florida market to sell.
Crew and age at departure: me (45), wife (44), daughter (13, 8th grade)
Experience at present time: We currently live on the
ICW and have been around
boats all our lives; specific sailing
experience, 2
bvi bareboat charters and 1 Grenadines
bareboat charter, 2 week
bvi charter planned for August 2015
Budget for boat
purchase and upfitting for trip, $115,000
Initial boat - 40 - 45 foot
monohull with at least 6’,4” inches of
head room (I’m 6’3”) and hopefully less than 6 feet of
draft.
Specific questions:
Does this sound ridiculous??
We are not locked into the
Caribbean, would somewhere in the
south pacific be an option based on our skill level?
Does it make sense to purchase a boat down island to avoid the trades heading down?
Is boat
financing available on what more than likely be a vessel built in the 80’s or 90’s.
If a boat is purchased out of the US, what has to happen to be able to sell the boat once back to the states?
What are the most common home schooling resources cruisers use?
Thanks in advance
Fletcher Johnston
Cape Carteret NC
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