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16-09-2011, 16:29
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Melbourne Australia
Boat: Paper Tiger 14 foot, Gemini 105MC 34 foot Catamaran Hull no 825
Posts: 2,912
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Re: A Boat Question
My Gemini, 105Mc
After I get a bit of experience in the Southern Ocean around Tasmania,
Which is very easy for me as I live on the corner of the Tasman Sea and Bass Straight, and the Southern Ocean is about two hundred miles that way, Hahahahahaha
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16-09-2011, 16:38
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Seattle,Wa
Posts: 202
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Re: A Boat Question
A Jongert 20S would be my pick. 
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16-09-2011, 16:38
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Resin Head
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Seattle WA
Boat: Nauticat
Posts: 7,205
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Re: A Boat Question
A serious custom built expedition cruiser like Crusoe here. She has 25mm bottom plate, not too worried about ice with that...
Lifting Keel Yacht | Lifestyle Sailing Blog
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18-09-2011, 09:06
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: La Ciudad de la Misión Didacus de Alcalá en Alta California, Virreinato de Nueva España
Boat: Cal 20
Posts: 18,646
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Re: A Boat Question
Quote:
Originally Posted by NeptunesTrident
 If you had to make the passage around Cape Horn, what sailboat would you wish to have for the passage.
No need to own past or present, just a question for discussion. |
Alajuela 33
ALAJUELA 33 sailboat on sailboatdata.com
Pros:
Big enough for 2 or 3 onboard
Good seaberths for 4
Small enough to be handled easily
Pretty good sail area
Well built
Cutter rig
Wonderful layout below for offshore.
Keel-stepped mast
Bulwarks
Substantial skeg
Cons:
Aft end of side decks are a bit narrow
Shrouds in the middle of side decks
Bowsprit
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18-09-2011, 09:13
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Clear Lake Marine Services - Seabrook, Texas
Boat: Gulfstar, Mark II Ketch, 43'
Posts: 2,359
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Re: A Boat Question
Did it in my 28' Herreshoff back in 1970. Next time a cruise ship.
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20-09-2011, 10:12
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: PNW
Boat: custom teak ketch 48' Eastwind
Posts: 607
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Re: A Boat Question
I've had enough rough weather in my life - I think I'd choose a submarine and take pictures of the Cape through the periscope!
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20-09-2011, 10:23
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Seattle, WA
Boat: 'Pacific 30' sloop - being optimized for singlehanding
Posts: 153
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Re: A Boat Question
The boat to round the Horn is the boat you have owned for several years, preparing thoroughly for just this event. It's the new, untested boats that are the killers and headaches. Cases in point - Gypsy Moth IV, American Promise, and Coyote.
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20-09-2011, 10:25
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Skagit City, WA
Posts: 25,041
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Re: A Boat Question
Queen Mary II or the Polar Sea
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20-09-2011, 10:52
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Alameda, CA
Boat: C&C Newport 41
Posts: 586
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Re: A Boat Question
oh...this is an easy one!
SV Maltese Falcon
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20-09-2011, 12:30
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Boat: My 3 Freedoms 28 35 and 44 Cat Ketches
Posts: 117
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Re: A Boat Question
Spray replica
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