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#141948 - 07/28/08 11:42 PM Re: Sailboat bug out / bug in [Re: BobS]
Fitzoid Offline
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Actually, they're a pretty normal couple! And they weren't all that far from Palmer Station, a US scientific base that has a physician. They vowed not to use the base outside of a life threatening emergency and went so far as to bury supplies in the surrounding ice in case of fire. (Antarctica is the driest place on earth and fires are actually the main threat. It's generally around 20-30F degrees where they wintered, near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, although the wind can be a b*tch!)

Some real nuts have wintered over on the ice much further south; some of the survivors have written books with the few fingers they had left. grin
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#141950 - 07/28/08 11:45 PM Re: Sailboat bug out / bug in [Re: Fitzoid]
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If you want someone to winter in an island in the Bahamas I’m all for it, I might even volunteer to go through the stress of doing it myself. But Antarctica, forget it!!!
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#141952 - 07/29/08 12:00 AM Re: Sailboat bug out / bug in [Re: wildman800]
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Originally Posted By: wildman800
I would not have a problem getting 250 miles from land in such a craft as long as I had my charts, GPS, and VHF-FM radios including the NOAA Wx Freqs.

at 250 miles offshore, I'd want a quality offshore life raft, as well as good PFDs for the entire crew. As for GPS, at least two with plenty of spare batteries.

Oh, and an EPIRB with PLB backup


Edited by Doug_Ritter (07/29/08 12:03 AM)
Edit Reason: added EPIRB and PLB
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#141953 - 07/29/08 12:01 AM Re: Sailboat bug out / bug in [Re: Doug_Ritter]
wildman800 Offline
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Registered: 11/09/06
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If I am sailing that far offshore, you can rest assured that I would have all of the appropriate equipment.

Then again, I've been doing this stuff for over 30 years.
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#141962 - 07/29/08 12:22 AM Re: Sailboat bug out / bug in [Re: dweste]
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Registered: 09/01/05
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Saw a documentary about the Martin family sailing around Iceland, Greenland, etc, in a relatively small boat. There's a book too. Here's a link with some of their info. Pretty interesting.

http://www.setsail.com/s_logs/martin/martin.html

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#141963 - 07/29/08 12:23 AM Re: Sailboat bug out / bug in [Re: dweste]
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Registered: 07/26/06
Posts: 34
Loc: Conroe, Texas
I have a 31' sailboat ready to go as my ultimate escape "just in case" I can't stay hunkered down at home. She is fiberglass, shallow draft, and rigged for all safety and comfort for the two of us. I would suggest courses from Power Squadron, USCG, and lots of reading. I learned the basics of sailing, knots, dead reckoning navigation, rules of the road, and lots more from those courses, but the best teacher was experience...in little baby steps. We sailed in bays, then marina-hopped on the Texas coast, then headed out to blue water when we felt confident. Of course, have a VHF radio, GPS, Epirb, and all the goodies...harness, tether, life jackets. Welcome to the world of those of us who like to throw money into a hole in the water!

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#141976 - 07/29/08 01:32 AM Re: Sailboat bug out / bug in [Re: dweste]
wildman800 Offline
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Thanks a lot DWeste!

Now I'm looking at sailboats again, like I would ever have the time to use one!!!

You have relit the fever. Now I've got to undergo a very long bath with massive amounts of ice poured in.
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#141978 - 07/29/08 01:44 AM Re: Sailboat bug out / bug in [Re: wildman800]
BobS Offline
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Registered: 02/08/08
Posts: 924
Loc: Toledo Ohio
Originally Posted By: wildman800
Thanks a lot DWeste!

Now I'm looking at sailboats again, like I would ever have the time to use one!!!

You have relit the fever. Now I've got to undergo a very long bath with massive amounts of ice poured in.


For doing this, I think he should compensate (sp?) you by helping outfit your new boat you now have to buy…
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#141979 - 07/29/08 01:47 AM Re: Sailboat bug out / bug in [Re: BobS]
wildman800 Offline
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Registered: 11/09/06
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I already have the equipment required/needed to sail most anywhere. It is a nice sentiment.

I will stick to my plan and in 15 years, I'll start my retirement job with a new sailboat!
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#141981 - 07/29/08 01:50 AM Re: Sailboat bug out / bug in [Re: wildman800]
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Loc: Toledo Ohio
At least make him come wash the boat every so often...
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