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01-08-2020, 23:39
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A simple question.
Hello fellow cruising sailors. People who know one or more things about sailing know the name of Alain Colas. He was a French sailor, who sailed 236 foot 530 GT (with 787kW / 1056hp engine) sailing vessel single-handed in 1976 Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race. So my question is: what kind of Captain's/Master's License do you need, to pull off something like this today (with a similar size vessel)? Assuming sailing ship is configured for single-handed sailing and sailor knows what he/she is doing...
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02-08-2020, 06:13
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Re: A simple question.
Is this a troll?
Not gonna bite, sorry.
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02-08-2020, 06:31
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Re: A simple question.
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Originally Posted by Henry K
Hello fellow cruising sailors. People who know one or more things about sailing know the name of Alain Colas. He was a French sailor, who sailed 236 foot 530 GT (with 787kW / 1056hp engine) sailing vessel single-handed in 1976 Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race. So my question is: what kind of Captain's/Master's License do you need, to pull off something like this today (with a similar size vessel)? Assuming sailing ship is configured for single-handed sailing and sailor knows what he/she is doing...
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I remember this. He had a 4 mast boat. Quite a spectacular sight!
I saw some footage of it in a movie about a colleague of his, the famous Eric Tabarly.
Didn't know about that big engine though.
The vessel being a sport boat and not commercial, he would not need any other license than a normal boating license for a motor boat.
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02-08-2020, 18:33
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Re: A simple question.
If I remember correctly the boat was sponsored by, and named, Club Med. It was designed to win the OSTAR then use that notoriety to enhance the marketability as a Club Med cruiser.
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03-08-2020, 04:56
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Re: A simple question.
Hello Andreas W. I know that you don't need commercial Master's licence for a recreational boat up to 24 meters (78,7 ft) long. Anything over that I'm not so sure. It depends on national legislation of a sailor's home country though. Thank you for your answer.
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03-08-2020, 05:06
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Re: A simple question.
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Originally Posted by Fore and Aft
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Hi Fore and Aft! Sailing is a pretty straightforward business. Even a 236 ft four masted boat. It was probably highly automated (self tacking staysails, bow/stern thrusters etc). What baffles me is, how did he dock that boat single-handed? Or did he receive outside assistance for docking? Best regards.
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03-08-2020, 05:08
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Re: A simple question.
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Originally Posted by Orion Jim
If I remember correctly the boat was sponsored by, and named, Club Med. It was designed to win the OSTAR then use that notoriety to enhance the marketability as a Club Med cruiser.
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Hello Orion Jim. Thanks. I just learned something new.
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03-08-2020, 07:40
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Re: A simple question.
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Originally Posted by Henry K
Hi Fore and Aft! Sailing is a pretty straightforward business. Even a 236 ft four masted boat. It was probably highly automated (self tacking staysails, bow/stern thrusters etc). What baffles me is, how did he dock that boat single-handed? Or did he receive outside assistance for docking? Best regards.
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Crew is shuttled to the boat via a tender once it reaches harbor to assist in docking
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04-08-2020, 08:40
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Re: A simple question.
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Originally Posted by DDabs
Crew is shuttled to the boat via a tender once it reaches harbor to assist in docking
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Hello DDabs. Thank you for clarifying that for me. But it makes me wonder... what is the largest sailboat that has been docked single-handed?
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04-08-2020, 10:34
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Re: A simple question.
well- I'm not sure, but whatever it is, it's pointless information... even if you bring a boat of that size into port by yourself, it's not like youre going to hop off and tie all 4+ lines... you would have help from whatever marina you were pulling into.
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