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IF it gets Chilly at night at Port Townsend, Blue, do you don a Straight Jacket ??

Blue_Shiba

Port Townsend is awesome!!! I live in Eastern Oregon and the second weekend of September each year is the Wooden Boat Festival....we try to go each year! Beautiful boats, interesting people, take a sail on the Lady Washington, eat great food, and drink moderate amounts You could go there and talk to the locals about sailing out of there....I have not hauled the boat over there as it is a short weekend and it is the busy time for a teacher, yet have always wanted to. Randy

Blue: I would buy a generator 1000 or 2000 watts, make sure the boat is wired for shore power( the dealer can do this before you take del.). all lines taken all the way back to the cockpit and sailslugs. roller furler and genoa You can roll the gen in to make it a lot smaller when you dont need it. Some kind of pressure water system with another water tank around 15 gals. I have the plastic flexable tank, a stove of some kind I have a
stainless pro. one from walmart. extra battery, some kind of dingy and motor. BBQ I have the stainless george forman from walmart.
for what you were saying there would be more then ten things I would
need to be comfortable. I just said a few if you want to pm me ill tell you how to set up some of the stuff I brought up. Dont get a dealer installed battery charger unless its 10 amps. or more. The large porta pot. or a regular marine toilet sys. A chart plotter would be great too.

a big bottle of wine and a corkscrew
Mike

Blue,

Make sure you get a rail-mounted propane BBQ and an alcohol stove. Also, a 13 lb anchor, 15 feet chain and at least 150 feet rode. Also, buy a good, reliable engine 50-70 hp (Evinrude E-Tec or Tahatsu TLDI) are amoung the top choices and get the easy disconnect steering linkage system. I think the rest have compiled quite a list.

Have fun!

On Edit;
Cruising Spinnaker,
Large porta-poty with pumpout
Jib not genoa if you will be mostly sailing in 12 knts+
18" wheel (20" may make the cockpit of the too crowded)

AYA16 << ... I know what you mean referring to thing-a-ma-jigs, & watcha-ma-callums...they're stored in abundance in my Mac also...reminds me of a lady's purse--is all that stuff necessary? If ya ask any lady or Mac owner...the answer is always a resounding "absolutely" ...

Blue - a lot of things people are suggesting are cruising only type items, which may or may not fit into your plans.

If your goal is just to sail on Ontario occasionally, you dont need generators and BBQs (most of the marinas on our side dont let you use your BBQ in the marinas, and you dont want to use them on the water)

In terms of sail plan, there are light air days on Ontario where the genoa will be the foresail of choice and I would recommend that.

delevi wrote:Blue,

Make sure you get a rail-mounted propane BBQ and an alcohol stove. Also, a 13 lb anchor, 15 feet chain and at least 150 feet rode. Also, buy a good, reliable engine 50-70 hp (Evinrude E-Tec or Tahatsu TLDI) are amoung the top choices and get the easy disconnect steering linkage system. I think the rest have compiled quite a list.

Have fun!

On Edit;
Cruising Spinnaker,
Large porta-poty with pumpout
Jib not genoa if you will be mostly sailing in 12 knts+
18" wheel (20" may make the cockpit of the too crowded)

OK.....what about NOT putting in one of those 1-2 burner stove thingies.. and doing the bbq instead... with the back up of a small Microwave? I have a 1-2 cup automatic drip coffeemaker already....

About the straight jacket post

I don't have anything bought for gearing up a boat... SINCE I dont have a boat yet... that will be next years purchase...I know a lot can change/happen in 1 1/2 years but its this dream that keeps me motivated to seek, learn and then enjoy all that life has to offer my mate and I....
anyways... the more viewpoints and opinions I can gain from all of you.. perhaps the better informed I will be at making a sound decision on many of the boating aspects.........

Thanks a bunch for all the input thus far...

----------Blue

wasnt trying to put you in a Straight Jacket Blue - just end of day humor...

No offense meant.

As far as what you put on your boat most of the stuff we all use was listed.
You also mentioned living on board for some time. The boat power cord would be a must with an adapter to use in camp grounds. Your comfort and money level would dictate what you buy. you can save some money getting regular camping items at walmart and such. A micro wave is great as long as you have power. The BBQ would be a pain to use as a regular stove although it can be done.
a generator would be a must for your power needs in remote camping times and a 2000 over a 1000 watt gen would also be a must if you depend on the micro wave.

if money is tight you can buy as you go as the need comes up. alot of people gave you a very good start on what you would need to get started
add the cost of these things up and it gets pretty high.
and most of us bought over time and day sail. You want to take a bare bones new mac and start living on it. Thats a big jump. It would be like buying a house and nothing else, no furiture or electricty or water. those thing you would need to buy when you bought the house or soon after.
also alot of us have spent many many weekends and vacations installing all that stuff that was mentioned. So time is a big factor and some skill would be needed too.

sometimes to live a dream you have to put way more effort into doing it then if you just dreamed it and stayed home. At some point you have to decide if its worth it. Comfort is at the top of my list for my Mac, and alot of stuff I mentioned wasnt what I need as to what I wanted. Two people living on a mac is hard, I think it would be fun but it would not be easy.
One of you two will some day say this sucks and get away from it if the comitment isnt there at the same level for you two.

You can always do what most of us do and day sail and day dream about
what you want to do someday.
Good luck open your eyes to see just what your into and
go for it if thats what you really want.
Mike

wanna haves..

full cockpit enclosure
shore power
portajohn w/pumpout
anchor roller
stainless anchor for roller
larger battery bank
larger solar panel
windvane

Catigale wrote:wasnt trying to put you in a Straight Jacket Blue - just end of day humor...

No offense meant.

[chuckling] none taken.. I thought it was an actual necessity to sailing LOL

----------Blue

I'm adding this linkhttp://search.ubid.com/search/Search.as ... generators the Mcullough gens are the exact same weight and dimensions as Hondas for 1/2 the cost. I talked to a local salesman who said a local aid group had been running 6 computers and printers on one in New Orleans,

Just got my chutescoop UPS today. Cant wait to get the boat home. With all of my lines lead aft this year incl the chutescoop controls, I cant wait to go sailing.

I would not consider this one of the top 10 items but if you use your spinnaker a lot I would!! Woohoo!!


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