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06-02-2021, 12:37
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: La Ciudad de la Misión Didacus de Alcalá en Alta California, Virreinato de Nueva España
Boat: Cal 20
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Re: Blue Water Monohulls Under 32ft
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Originally Posted by silkie
I suspect the atom list is North Atlantic centric, & are largely unfamiliar to me.
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Welcome.
I would suggest updating your profile with your general location and your boat made & model in the "Boat" category. This info shows up under your UserName in every post in the web view. Many questions are boat and/or location dependent and having these tidbits under your UserName saves answering those questions repeatedly. If you need help setting up your profile then click on this link: https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...ml#post3308797
If you need further help let me know, I would be happy to.
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08-02-2021, 16:57
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#62
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Morrisburg, ON
Boat: 1976 Bayfield 32
Posts: 1,248
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Re: Blue Water Monohulls Under 32ft
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Originally Posted by silkie
I suspect the atom list is North Atlantic centric, & are largely unfamiliar to me.
My story is of a Tophat 25, which were a very successful JOG racer designed in britain. made locally on the east coast of Australia. I bought a run-down example back in the '90s to rejuvenate for a long cruising trip. I was single, sick of working, ready to chuck it all & go cruising.
Over the fit out, I spent a lot more than the boat cost or would ever be worth. I enjoyed every moment. Removing the old diesel & attaching a 4stroke outboard was a wonderful improvement, & also the one thing everyone advised against. It created more space for water, & made the cabin cleaner & more liveable. Rigging was good, but needed 2 new sails.
My girlfriend agreed to come with me, which was half a surprise, she hated boats. For the next six months, we had the time of our lives cruising the east coast of Aus from Sydney to the Whitsundays. Never actually crossed an ocean, but the dream remains.
It was the best year of our lives.
We married on our return, over 20 yrs ago.
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Great story!
A testament to "Go small, go simple, go now!" as the Pardeys said.
YMMV.
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08-02-2021, 17:28
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#63
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Lower Chesapeake Bay Area
Boat: Bristol 27
Posts: 10,932
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Re: Blue Water Monohulls Under 32ft
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Originally Posted by SuW
Great story!
A testament to "Go small, go simple, go now!" as the Pardeys said.
YMMV.
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Yep that is what they said but their small boats were total beasts displacing in the neighborhood of 17,000 lbs.
https://www.woodenboat.com/register-...sin-victoria-0
The Tophat 25' is closer to 5,000.
That is for their 29'r
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08-02-2021, 18:12
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#64
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Toronto, Canada
Boat: Luders 33 - hull 23
Posts: 1,843
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Re: Blue Water Monohulls Under 32ft
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Originally Posted by Jamesiv1
All I know about James Baldwin is what I've seen in his atomvoyages YouTube channel, but it looks like his workmanship is top-notch.
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He is also an author and I've read his books, pretty good.
Here is one of them:
https://www.amazon.com/The-Next-Dist...2832806&sr=8-1
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08-02-2021, 18:25
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#65
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Toronto, Canada
Boat: Luders 33 - hull 23
Posts: 1,843
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Re: Blue Water Monohulls Under 32ft
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Originally Posted by Paul Howard
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I did a five year circumnavigation of the world on a 30ft. steel boat with my wife and two young children. ...
Choosing a boat that is easy to handle, within you capabilities and confidence level means you are more likely to do more sailing than being reluctant to leave harbour.
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Well said Paul. Note that back then, a 35 footer was a pretty big boat. When you were building your Karmac 30 I was looking for a 28-30 footer, lots to choose from, so I built a Brewer Bulldog 30.
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25-03-2021, 20:47
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#66
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2019
Posts: 127
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Re: Blue Water Monohulls Under 32ft
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Originally Posted by vicki6
ISo if you own one of the sailboats listed on Atom Voyages, please share us your story here. How much money and time you had to spend to finally sail it away, a couple of photos maybe, and what ever you'd like to say about the boat.
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You might look for books, blogs and YouTube to get stories on some of these boats. Here’s a couple on the list:
Dana 24 blog: karen and Jim’s excellent adventure. They sail their Dana 24 from Washington state across the Pacific to New Zealand.
http://karenandjimsexcellentadventur...-bits.html?m=1
Contessa 26 YouTube: Wave Rover. Canadian sailed across the Atlantic and back last year.
https://youtu.be/nboM_C8af48
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25-03-2021, 21:27
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#67
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Washington DC
Boat: Bristol 30
Posts: 104
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Re: Blue Water Monohulls Under 32ft
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Originally Posted by vicki6
Inspired by the Atom Voyages, I'd like to learn how much others have spent on their Blue Water Monohulls Under 32ft.
A little info about me. I have plenty of sailing experience on various wooden dingies thanks to my uncle. I grew up helping him maintain his old boats, nothing classical, mostly junks, but they still sailed fine after fixing them up. I've not sailed anything since he passed. I owe him the best childhood one can ever have.
Now, it's time for me to buy my first sailboat. Old sailboats like Flicka 20 or Dana 24 are what I want. Money is not an issue; still, this doesn't mean that I wanna spend a little fortune. As my experience is on dingies only, I'd hate to jump on something longer than 25 ft. This part is my problem, and this tread is not about that at all...
I had been invited to a few cruises on friends' boats. One of my friends chartered a cat; I hated it so badly. I helped sailing a Hunter and a Beneteau, and didn't like either of them. While going through the posts here, I came across Atom Voyages...
This thread is not about what boat I should buy, or how I should learn to sail, or opinions on certain sailboats, or what I'm doing wrong, or seeking help of any kind.
I just want to learn the story of the real life owners of these kinds of sailboats. I will not be writing many replies so that this can stay as an easy to follow, well organized post.
So if you own one of the sailboats listed on Atom Voyages, please share us your story here. How much money and time you had to spend to finally sail it away, a couple of photos maybe, and what ever you'd like to say about the boat.
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I own a Bristol 30, which is a Bristol 29 with a Bowsprit (glorified anchor roller on my boat), which in turn is a 3 foot longer version of the Bristol 27 which I believe is on the list.
My boat before this was a Montgomery 17 - another seaworthy boat, but its really too small for serious passages. I sailed the pants off of that boat, learned to do fiberglass repair, and a little bit of electrical.
The jump to B30 was big. It was daunting, but not in the sailing sense - more so doing maintenance and repairs. I felt like I had to learn everything all over again.
I think the ideal jump goes dinghy -> 22 footer -> 30 footer.
Or maybe dinghy -> 17 footer -> 25 footer -> 30 footer.
Thats of course, if it correlates with the type of sailing you want to do. Lake sailing -> bay sailing -> coastal cruising -> some smaller passages -> crossing oceans.
I want a 34 footer or more for a atlantic crossing. Mainly because short handed sailing is so tiring and would like to take a crew of 3 with me. But I'm definitely going to do a bermuda passage on my boat.
Hope this helps.
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