Sailing from Savannah, GA to BVI.

I am used to sailing against wind and current and have sailed 30 000 nm around the world. Seen my fair share of tough conditions and I have done this passage south to north so I know general conditions. Also, I never sail to a schedule and always happy to keep going when conditions are good (or when they’re not but will deteriorate so best keep pushing through).

Thanks for your contributions!

Just put my boat on the trailer and it will be spending the winter in the yard at the yacht club. Is it okay to keep them on the boat or will that invite rodents and other issues like mold?

The alternative is the basement or attic at home but they just take up so much space

My local marina/repair yard/storage has a sub-30ft monohull that's been sitting for 3 years on the hard for sale as seized property for $5k with about $1k of scrap lead in it and probably the same in salvagable hardware. It's a nice boat, tons of extras, good sails, just the right size, cosmetically beautiful on the inside, and if it were in good shape we could afford to maintain it. Comparables in my area are $15-20k, including one of the same model a year older in worse cosmetic shape but recently sailed. I figure they haven't scrapped it for a reason.

Problem is, it'll require about $10k in replacement equipment and rigging/paint I can see and a $2-3k outboard to get it into the water under it's own power where it would be safe to enjoy and continue to work on it. We don't have $20k. We have $15k to spend on a boat before spring including storage, at best. Current budget is much less boat, but in great condition, or OPB another season (other people's boats).

My thought is this: Offer to buy the boat at scrap value minus labor and headache, $1k. Offer to pay storage costs for 6 months, up front ($2k), until sailing season comes around, which is money they're not currently getting for storing it anyway. Ask they give us a deal on parts and materials they stock to get it repaired faster for that 6 months, and offer them an exclusive agreement to store the boat for the next 2 years when it is repaired ($4k) unless the boat is out of the region. We're relatively handy with everything but woodwork and have tools for everything but woodwork. There's minimal woodwork. Spend all winter under shrinkwrap doing repairs with a small heater. Sail away in the spring.

By boat math and girl math (doubly irresponsible math): drop sub+$1k on survey (maybe), $1k on the purchase, $2k on storage (this is unavoidable unless we want to have nothing to fix all winter), $8k on repairs and an outboard (not a penny more, most of the repairs are rigging and we can motor on bare pole while we save up if it floats), and then have the $20k pit to throw money in we want for the next several years for maybe as little as $11k.

They have a possible captive income source for 2 years and immediate income ($3k on the spot instead of the $5-$7k they hoped for) and as much as an additional $8k in sales during a very slow period. Probably some labor sales too. Everybody wins, mostly them. Figure worst case, make them a new offer in the spring when it's still sitting there.

Advice, mockery, thoughts? I'm not used to working with yards and marinas, but I do know we'll have access all winter and it's the design we want. They're not getting easier to find in good shape.

This is mostly hypothetical, but basically im a highschool sailor sailing mostly fjs and was wondering what the skill curve and difficulty was for something like an Aero. This is only my second year and 3rd season sailing so while I know alot about how sailing works and boat movement and such my handling as a skipper isnt as refined. Would you recommend an aero as a sort of fun sailing boat? And how does it perform in lighter winds is something im also curious about.

Hey fellow Captain's and Crew,

I was just going thru my go bag a few days ago, checking expiration dates, etc. While doing so I had the idea of getting a green high power laser pointer to add to the bag.

I order a rugged for like 30 bucks and it's my newest addition with an extra set of batteries.

Just seems like it would be useful for signalling planes/ vessels at night.

Has anyone else had a similar idea?

I'm new to sailing and have a goal of sailing the inside passage from Ketchican to Seattle in 4-6yrs. I plan to get a boat that will become a live aboard while I'm living in Alsaka.

This would be a solo trip.

In that time I need to get a boat, learn to sailing, plan, practice, maybe get another boat 🤔

Anywho.... for those who've sailed the inside passage and those who've lived aboard sailing boats, what should I look for in a boat?

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Hey all,

Just recently moved out west and came across the online presence for this club, it sounded perfect for me. I've signed up for more information twice on their website, called twice, and even messaged them on facebook. No word on any front.

Are they still active? Does anyone know how I can get in touch with them?

Im planning to come to down Perth in the future, but wont have immediate access to my own boats.

Are there any major regattas that I would be able to join in on? I can think very heavy thoughts.

Which clubs have dinner docks?

This weekend I'm going to try to find the dolphins 🐬 and humpbacks 🐋 still being reported off of Seaside NJ. ⚓️👨⛵️

Hello, armchair dreamer here, saw one of these for sale and was curious if anyone knows anything about them? Steel hull pilot house sloop, but I can’t find anything online. Thanks!

I apologize if this is the wrong place to ask these questions, or if the fictional aspect is inappropriate here, but I figured this was the best place to go for accurate knowledge.

I am a dungeon master for D&D and am currently designing my latest campaign setting. It is going to take place on an absolutely massive sailing ship which has many deck levels, which essentially encompasses a city on the water. I’m aware that something of this size and usage is impossible, it is a fantasy setting after all so we suspend our disbelief. I want to make the dimensions and ratios of the ship realistic(ish) though. My questions are thus:

It will be a wooden fantasy ship in aesthetic and design and has an approximate length of 6000’. What would an appropriate width and draught be? What would be an appropriate height for the above-water decks to be? (I’m hoping for 5+ levels at least) And how tall should any masts be to match the size for a ship this large?

I appreciate any help and again apologize if this is the wrong sub for this.

I sold my last boat (Irwin 34) in the spring of 2023 after sailing it from Chicago to the Bahamas and spending a winter in the Exumas.

I had been searching for my next multi-year restoration project and finally found it. A Hinckley Sou'wester 50 has been left in a yard on Long Island for many years. I closed on it a few weeks ago, but work travel prevented me from going back out to start work on her. She's now shrink-wrapped and will stay in Sag Harbor till spring, when I'll bring her back to Chicago to start all the real work on her. I'm flying out next week to start some routine maintenance work (engine, stuffing box, polish fuel, etc.) since I'll be in Europe for work from January to May.

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Attached is a picture of a toggle I see as seriously damaged. The seller of this boat told me they are designed with flair (aren't perpendicular on purpose). Am I getting trolled?

Anybody out there have LED interior lights hooked to a dimmer that are quiet?

I'm doing a refit on a bigger boat, and they have a bunch of fairly high end cabin lights that buzz like crazy when you dim them. Talked to the manufacturer and they sent a "fix" which was literally a g4 socket that fits a halogen bulb.

Next we talked to Imtra (top end LED lighting supplier, very yachtie) and they gave us a dimmer and light to test. It buzzes also. Thought it was interference or noise from the boat, so set it up on a bench with a battery. Still buzzes.

I'm about 2 mins away from just telling the owner that they can't have dimming LEDs, and roll him back to halogen. But figured I would ask here first.

Anybody have any quiet LEDs???

Edit: sorry it wasn't clear from the post, the lights are high end polished bronze dome lights selected by the owner, so I can't switch to a strip light or similar. I'm fine swapping out the "guts" of the light if I can find literally anything that doesn't buzz, but cosmetically it has to either be a dome light or fit inside one. Currently testing a few bayonet style LED replacement bulbs, will update