I crossed the south pacific in a 45ft sailboat. Ask me anything.
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I want a sailboat now. I'll probably be on many boats as a marine biologist but doing these little voyages on 40-50 foot sailboats seems fun as hell.
Any problems with pirates/bribing officials etc. ?
This is a pretty interesting read, thanks OP :smile:
What's her name?
[editline]lmao[/editline]
Also, this
[QUOTE=NorthernFall;30398142]
Can you take a picture of the sky at night, so I can see some proper stars? :saddowns:[/QUOTE]
Do you have a good Camera on you?
Can you take a picture of the sky at night, so I can see some proper stars? :saddowns:
[QUOTE=Mr. Bleak;30396644]
And he explained that he's been sailing and going to sailing school for ages, how could you miss that?[/QUOTE]
It wasn't in the op, am I required to read the entire thread before posting? no.
[QUOTE=NorthernFall;30398142]Do you have a good Camera on you?
Can you take a picture of the sky at night, so I can see some proper stars? :saddowns:[/QUOTE]
I dunno. I could use my dad's camera, but even then it wouldn't come out very well, unless I set it to a really long exposure time, which wouldn't come out since the boat moves too much. I'll give it a try though.
Sounds like a good adventure. I've wanted to do something like that too, but i don't know anyone as eager as myself. Not specifically sailing, but travelling far away with just a tent on my back. Sigh, one day maybe.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;30382680]OvB is the swarthiest sea captain Facepunch has to offer. OvB, if you haven't already, make sure that you grow an appropriate beard before our voyage. Zeke, it's cool if you don't, because all I'd really expect from you is clever wisecracks about hoisting the sails.[/QUOTE]
Can I come too :saddowns:
Edit: I can supply the food, Zeke supplies the wise cracks, and OvB the boat, and BDA the smoothing, intellectual sounds of poetry.
[QUOTE=Zambies!;30399280]Can I come too :saddowns:
Edit: I can supply the food, Zeke supplies the wise cracks, and OvB the boat, and BDA the smoothing, intellectual sounds of poetry.[/QUOTE]
Need to go through the Goldmember naval academy first.
i roll with the fishing vessels
[QUOTE=OvB;30399557]Need to go through the Goldmember naval academy first.[/QUOTE]
2 Months brother :patriot:
[QUOTE=Zambies!;30399280]Can I come too :saddowns:
Edit: I can supply the food, Zeke supplies the wise cracks, and OvB the boat, and BDA the smoothing, intellectual sounds of poetry.[/QUOTE]
If we're going to do this I think we should start with a gold member canoe trip and gradually move up
Can you post a picture of the boat?
I'd really like to build my own boat and sail it across the pacific to South America.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;30402195]If we're going to do this I think we should start with a gold member canoe trip and gradually move up[/QUOTE]
It would take much longer to sail a canoe across the South Pacific.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;30402195]If we're going to do this I think we should start with a gold member canoe trip and gradually move up[/QUOTE]
I've Skippered 22 foot power boats on a lake. I think I'm ready to sail across the ocean.
I was in a sea kayak once and a dolphin tried to steal my oar, but I was like fuck you, dolphin, and I poked at it a little bit and it went away.
Why did you bring weed on the ship? When would you have the time/privacy to smoke it?
I used to sail a 420 class dinghy. It was fairly enjoyable although the furthest I've gone away was only about 1-2 nautical miles from shore.
Must take some balls to do this. Imagine all the things that could go wrong.
I love boats. Living inland, I've only ever tooled around on lakes. Real fun, though. Wish I had a chance to do this sort of stuff.
I just learned something from your brother OP:
[img]http://www.sailblogs.com/sbgallery/pics/bruce_calou_com/sbd8vzntq/w/sb0346u8.jpg[/img]
When I turn goldmember I volunteer myself for the gold trip.
I believe I would make a valuable addition to the team because:
I've been on a boat before.
No! I did not puke.
It was for about three full hours!
did you see any pirates?
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;30386310]What if you guys got attacked on the sea by pirates/jack sparrow? What do you guys have to defend yourselves? Axes? Flare guns? This?
[img]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-7/767317/SHIPS1724CANNONSIDVW%20001.JPG[/img][/QUOTE]
They probably just got a jar of rum and threatened to break it if they got attacked.
"I've got a jar of ruuum, I've got a jar of ruuum, I've got a jar of ruuum and guess what's inside it!"
Did you see any dolphins?
Did you have to resort to eating other people when the refrigeration went out?
If you ever have kids, would you take them on a similar trip across the Pacific?
[editline]12th June 2011[/editline]
oh wait this is the future, replace "Pacific" with "Europan Ocean"
Also, what were some of the chores you had to do when you are sailing?
did you see any sharks?
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