My friend Dennis invited me over to his boat to watch the NCAA basketball games. He has satellite TV and a flat screen TV and I have included some pictures of Dennis on his boat and of the interior of his 47 + ft Beneteau sailboat. It is very nice in a kind of Winnebago way with all the amenities of home.
We watched the games on Wednesday night and then again on Thursday night although on Thursday the games we kind of blow outs so I cut out early.
Dennis is from Detroit and will be sailing his boat back home in a few weeks. He plans on shooting from here in the Bahamas right to New York City. Then will take the same route I'm planning on up the Hudson to the Erie Canal. His boat is capable of sailing anywhere so with a couple of guys to stand watches he should make the trip to New York in less than a week. Not a passage I would be interested in but I'm sure he will have a great time.
How many people are sailing with him? Does he live on it year around? Does it have an auto pilot, how can you do that with a sail boat? Who do you having visiting you next?
ReplyDeleteDennis will have a crew of two including himself. This is his longest passage ever and I guess at age 70 he wants at least one other person to stand watch. His sailboat is a "blue water" cruising sailboat and is capable of sailing any ocean on earth. He has a home in Detroit so he does not live aboard year around.
ReplyDeleteA sailboat is much more likely to make long passages than a power boat because your distance is not limited by your fuel capacity. The things that limit your passages are drinking water and food. Sailboats (mono-hulls) are generally more seaworthy than a power boat because of the heavy keel. They will self-right if knocked down or rolled in a storm where a power boat will often "turn turtle" and/or sink.
Mike Jacobs is arriving Wednesday for 10 - 11 days.
Whats the big boat beside his boat in the background? Didn't see any sails on it.
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I don't know what kind a boat that is, the carbon footprint is so big you can't see the name.
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