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Forum: General Sailing Forum 19-11-2018, 13:43
Replies: 356
Views: 37,778
Posted By Bob Morane
Re: Cruising Sailboats: a Dying Breed?

Sailing Kittiwake has been sailing the med in high season last year and did a video report. They are on the frugal side of things I believe and pretty close to what I want to do.

They ended up...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 19-11-2018, 00:01
Replies: 356
Views: 37,778
Posted By Bob Morane
Re: Cruising Sailboats: a Dying Breed?

That sounds pretty damn good.
Any idea where to go now to get the feeling of semi-exploration you are describing ?
Some parts of PNG/Papua ? Vanuatu ?
Forum: General Sailing Forum 05-11-2018, 23:40
Replies: 356
Views: 37,778
Posted By Bob Morane
Re: Cruising Sailboats: a Dying Breed?

This might not be an accurate representation but, in my circles in both France and Australia, there are 4 scenarios that I encountered among friends in their 20's who expressed interest in cruising :...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 05-11-2018, 21:56
Replies: 356
Views: 37,778
Posted By Bob Morane
Re: Cruising Sailboats: a Dying Breed?

A simpler way to look at that would be to chart Home prices to Income Ratio along the years.
It's actually not that bad for the US, the ratio didn't skyrocket by any means, in fact barely moving,...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 30-10-2018, 16:08
Replies: 356
Views: 37,778
Posted By Bob Morane
Re: Cruising Sailboats: a Dying Breed?

Are you actually arguing that crossing the atlantic single-handed on a sailboat is safer than flying from Paris to New york ?



But it is, if you can visit 12 countries spread around the world...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 29-10-2018, 20:33
Replies: 356
Views: 37,778
Posted By Bob Morane
Re: Cruising Sailboats: a Dying Breed?

The main factor is air travel in my opinion.

A mate of mine got a round the world flying ticket.
2200 euros.
13 stops in 12 countries over a 12 months period.
Only condition is that he had to...
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