ScorpionGlass@xxxxxxx wrote:
hello all -- i'm n8 (nate)
is this a good open water / ocean sailboat ... i realize it is a bit
small for blue water but what kind of waves can this boat handle ??i
want to take it from the Deleware bay to Florida and across to the
Dominican republic ... i am getting rid of my 22' Douglas and McLeod
(which was designed for one man blue water sailing but is in really bad
shape) to buy it and really want to know if i'm doing the right thing
...
thanx n8
ps if i do get it i say thanx for this group i will definetly be part
of
I am sure you would have no problem using the inland passage but I
would defer to skippers from the southeast area as to passage to
offshore countries. I don't think you would get me in the Carri bean in
any kind of boat in hurricane season. I have sailed the San Juan and
Gulf Islands north on the sunshine coast to Desolation Sound but I
don't think I would circumnavigate Vancouver Island in the SJ23. But
look at all the sailors who have sailed fro England and France in much
smaller boats.
Chuck Vande Wetering
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