Ahoy!!
Hope I’m
posting in the right place. If not… please let me know!
I’ve been honored to be asked to be best man by a best friend for his wedding. He’s quite the amazing fellow and has been such a blessing of a friend in my life, so I truly feel humbled by the honor. Now it’s up to me to plan the bachelor party!
Every year him and I are the main planners in our friend group’s annual wilderness adventure. We always try to push it, so that we can set the group up for real adventure and a sense of accomplishment. I’ll never forget our trip coming out of the Montana wilderness. We all felt like a well oiled machine of brothers. Problem solving together had made us so.
It’s been on our hearts to go sailing and this is the gift I want to give him (and the group!) for his bachelor party. None of us are experienced sailors and most have never sailed. I have the most ocean experience, as I was a
commercial albacore
deckhand for a season in
Newport,
Oregon. We’d spend 5 to 9 days at a time 100 to 200 miles out to sea aboard a 50 ft sailboat converted for tuna
fishing. As for sailing, we’ only ever used the
mainsail. As for the
Pacific ocean, we became good friends.
So this is why I’m here. To get y’all’s
advice on what’s possible and where. The bachelor party is July 30th through August 4th. So about six days total. Also, this is coming up fast and we need to get the where in the bag so people can plan their flights. Everyone lives in different US cities so we are thinking either somewhere stateside (San Juan Islands, Channel Islands, etc) or in
Mexico (Sea of Cortez, etc) or the
Caribbean. No one is trying to cross the ocean or spend a fortune on a fight for such a short trip.
It’s unfortunate we are so tight on time (2 months from now) but due to unforeseen factors we couldn’t do anything about it.
I would LOVE it if we could sail a
boat from somewhere to an island and back.Really sense we accomplished something. A sense of wilderness is important. We are looking for the OPPOSITE of anything touristy. I’d rather forgo sailing and
head to some wild place in
Mexico and get some real culture and adventure than do something that feels easy, cookie
cutter, or in a touristy area.
I have no idea what the various conditions are in various places at the end of July/beginning of August. Obviously going somewhere hot and humid and miserable is out. Obviously we need easy beginner sailing if we are to do it alone (perhaps this is not even possible). If we are to hire someone then we want the real deal experience. Everyone in the group is experienced at real adventure, many are rock climbers, and we are not afraid of a challenge.
SO grateful for this forum. If there are any others you recommend
posting on, I’m all ears. Wanting to turn over every stone quickly and narrow in on something awesome. We are open to hearing of offers from y’all as well of course. Also, if anyone has time for a more extensive
phone call to really have a back and forth, I am most available for that.
THANK YOU! 🙏🏼🕊🌱💙
-Jacob