Real Blue water Boats

[philiosophy]

I wonder what their thought were on Heaving to.

[MartinR]

Don't forget the vikings. They sailed open boats across the North Atlantic 1000 years ago.

No positive buoyancy, no leaking hatches, no engines.........
One hull, no keel

[john61ct]

Tangentially relevant

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...at-204514.html

[Mithril Bham]

Great stories.
I prefer to live.

[Kenomac]

Originally Posted by sailorboy1

People are losing the point. Look at that first 19’ boat. It doesn’t even have storage really and some on a dare was sailed solo across the Atlantic in the 1890s. So Backburn to prove he was studier did it twice on “ big” boat and he didnt have any fingers.

Yet here we are forever arguing about what it takes for a modern boat to be blue water. Good thing there was no internet back then.

So when do you plan on showing us that your Hunter can do it?

[sailorboy1]

And then there’s just a useless trash post to mix things up some

[barnakiel]

I have seen two French guys taking off in a small (maybe 25' or so) cat. No house at all, all life in two narrow hulls!

And they did not have any sextant nor compass either.

They made it all right to the other side too. All by the stars, wind and waves.

Water boats">Blue water boats, blue water people.

b.

[Time2Go]

How about a modern 16 footer
Met the fellow sailing this vessel
in Bermuda on his way to Europe
from the Caribbean.
Cheers
Neil

[john61ct]

Wow, makes a Flicka seem spacious

[James S]

I do wonder about the ones who didn't make it... like they say ..history is written by the victors... or something like that... successful ocean crossings are know about because they are...ahh.. successful!
Slocum.. yep once.. what about the second time? thats 50/50..
Several people have survived falls from the sky without parachutes... so is it safe to jump from a plane without one.....?

[IdoraKeeper]

So, I get it.. The sense of the thread.. If I am out there alone (mostly) and I start to feel like a wussie I should imagine myself in a much smaller boat drinking rum.:-) certainly appreciate the pix and Food for thought

[Dranflydbl]

Years ago I was fascinated to read about the Irish monk Brandon sailing the Atlantic in the 5th century. Tim Severin's re-creation and book describe the event and the amazing skills of sailing from island clouds to island clouds in a leather curragh!

[DumnMad]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

So when do you plan on showing us that your Hunter can do it?

Yeah; do it man do it.

[john61ct]

Yes life was cheaper back in the day.

The first guys figuring out how to hunt mammoths I'm sure had a high failure rate.
We should really still allow Darwin to operate more with our (over) population.

But most prefer to play it safe(r) these days, each life a precious snowflake

[Sailorbob8599]

Thankyou! … I now have a 'crick' in my neck, trying to read the damned poster.