sail a way
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i am planning to sail around the uk in a trailer sailer single handed
any body got a boat suggestion
any body got a boat suggestion
i want to sail around the uk i need a boat?
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sarabande
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Have you seen Keep Turning Left, and OnKudu ?
What experience do you have ?
How much money ?
How long can afford to take ?
What experience do you have ?
How much money ?
How long can afford to take ?
MASH
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If you've got the knowledge, expertise and experience to do that I'm surprised you need to ask the question.
What happened to your plan to but a "stable spacious and fairly fast catamaran around 35.40"(sic)? Bit of a change of direction, isn't it?
As for suggestions, capital letters and punctuation might be a good place to start.
What happened to your plan to but a "stable spacious and fairly fast catamaran around 35.40"(sic)? Bit of a change of direction, isn't it?
As for suggestions, capital letters and punctuation might be a good place to start.
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nathanlee
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Oh god, I wouldn't emulate those nutters if I were you. Rumour has it that the OnKudu chap actually lives on his trailer sailer.
To the OP, in all seriousness, despite a suspicion you are trolling, if you have no experience, it's absolutely not going to be how you imagine it to be while you're dreaming of an eve. It's cold, it's wet, it takes far longer than you imagine and you can't get off for a break, and it'll test your capability for dealing with fear to places you can't imagine yet. If you're still determined though, go for it.
Buy a Corribee, they're proven little boats, but to be quite honest anything that small is going to be of equal uncomfort, so just get whatever comes up in your search... Oh, and go for a shallow draft (ideally bilge keel) boat because it will give you many more options for seeking shelter.
ukmctc
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I started on a Hunter 701, then a folkboat, then a Trapper 500 and now a Moody 33 all of which are ideal 1st boats to sail round the UK.
The best boat was the Trapper 500, safe cheap and easy to handle. great little liveaboard.
The best boat was the Trapper 500, safe cheap and easy to handle. great little liveaboard.
rivonia
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This person is a DREAMER! only (see other thread)
bendyone
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Aren't we all at the end of the day
srm
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Do you realise that you will be sailing in the open Atlantic almost up to 61 degrees north to get around the top of the UK? The RB Race leg from Barra to Lerwick is all open Atlantic ocean sailing near the edge of the continental shelf. Suggest you do a bit of passage planning first.
AngusMcDoon
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The West coast of Scotland has lots of shelter. When I went over the top (mainland only, not the Northern Isles) we sat in Kinlochbervie until the weather was right, and then got to Scrabster after 2 gentle days. Another wait there, then through Pentland and southwards.
It was all dramatically undramatic and scarily unscary.
Seajet
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One question has to be, 'why a trailer sailer ?'.
If you want a seaworthy, economical boat with lift keel, which is trailable- possible to trail ( trailers are expensive, need a lot of maintenance, somewhere sagfe to store them and a big car / RangeRover) - then an Anderson 22 would suit nicely.
I personally think 'trailer sailing' is a myth, it's so much hassle rigging a boat, let alone trailing her, finding a slip one can access at peak times without having to brandish a kalashnikov, somewhere to leae car & trailer safe, then do all this in reverse at end of play, + somewhere to keeop the -expensive-trailer at home, trying to prevent corrosion to trailer structure, brakes, bearings; it's a non-starter compared to a decent half-tide mooring.
The Anderson 22 is a lot roomier than a Corribee, and much faster too without being extreme; remember sped is a safety point, getting you into port before bad weather hits.
Good sitting headroom, not luxurious for long periods but by far the best you'll get anywhere near the trailable size range.
3 have crossed the Atlantic, and the boat has a lot of good features, not least having the outboard in a well. The engine controls are thus to hand, and the prop' stays in the water, neither of which is true of a transom mounted engine.
Also if one gets anything nasty around the prop' like a lobster pot one can simply lift the engine and free it with a breadknife. For any decent sail the outboard is stowed in a cockpit locker and a fairing plug put in the well to give a smooth low drag hull.
I run the Anderson Owners association at www.anderson22class.co.uk
- and no I don't make any money out of boat sales or anything else, quite the reverse !
Good luck.
If you want a seaworthy, economical boat with lift keel, which is trailable- possible to trail ( trailers are expensive, need a lot of maintenance, somewhere sagfe to store them and a big car / RangeRover) - then an Anderson 22 would suit nicely.
I personally think 'trailer sailing' is a myth, it's so much hassle rigging a boat, let alone trailing her, finding a slip one can access at peak times without having to brandish a kalashnikov, somewhere to leae car & trailer safe, then do all this in reverse at end of play, + somewhere to keeop the -expensive-trailer at home, trying to prevent corrosion to trailer structure, brakes, bearings; it's a non-starter compared to a decent half-tide mooring.
The Anderson 22 is a lot roomier than a Corribee, and much faster too without being extreme; remember sped is a safety point, getting you into port before bad weather hits.
Good sitting headroom, not luxurious for long periods but by far the best you'll get anywhere near the trailable size range.
3 have crossed the Atlantic, and the boat has a lot of good features, not least having the outboard in a well. The engine controls are thus to hand, and the prop' stays in the water, neither of which is true of a transom mounted engine.
Also if one gets anything nasty around the prop' like a lobster pot one can simply lift the engine and free it with a breadknife. For any decent sail the outboard is stowed in a cockpit locker and a fairing plug put in the well to give a smooth low drag hull.
I run the Anderson Owners association at www.anderson22class.co.uk
- and no I don't make any money out of boat sales or anything else, quite the reverse !
Good luck.
srm
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But to sail around the 'UK' involves going outside N Ireland, St Kilda and Shetland at the north end. By going through the Pentland Firth you are only circumnavigating the British Mainland (as you say). Whenever someone claims to have sailed around Britain I ask about conditions off Muckle Flugga - most look blank having missed all the best bits, as they are north of the Caledonian Canal.
For those who do not know Muckle Flugga is the most northerly lighthouse in Britain (and the UK), about 200 miles further north than the Pentland Firth.
Ubergeekian
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Most people miss out Gibraltar and the Falklands too. Wimps.
Seajet
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Most people miss out Gibraltar and the Falklands too. Wimps.
Love it !
Love it !
Salty John
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The OP has been conspicuous by his absence since setting this thread going. Clearly confused or dreaming on multiple levels, seeing as he can't decide between a large catamaran (see his other thread) and a trailer sailor.
But, we're all dreamers before we actually do it, as I've said in my blog:http://saltyjohn.blogspot.com/
But, we're all dreamers before we actually do it, as I've said in my blog:http://saltyjohn.blogspot.com/
AngusMcDoon
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Oh how correct you are. I only sailed round Birminghamshire.
