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[CodStewart]

Of course I've done google searches for the above and have obviously come across the obvious. However, there might be other sites out there that I haven't come across and yet you have come across. Where do you go for information other than coming to YBW for a good old time with the resident gits?

 

[paulrossall]

Try
http://www.cruiser.co.za/
http://www.syfuga.co.uk/
http://www.onpassage.com/
Hope these are of interest.
Paul

 

[CodStewart]

Thanks! Mo and John's site has a wealth of information to offer and their links are inspiring, too.

 

[CodStewart]

The site gets better. TeamToucan's words are making me want to leave my job right here, right now.

 

[Salty John]

Hey Fish,
Slightly off subject, try and get hold of a copy of Blue Water by Bob Griffith. This American cruised for years on Awhanee and his book is quite inspirational. It will also help you in your defence of ferro boats.

 

[CodStewart]

Thanks, John.

 

[snowleopard]

For good info, try Jimmy Cornell's site. He doesn't run a forum but there's lots of gen for all parts of the world.

 

[PIGLETSDREAM]

You should have a look at this site

http://www.onpassage.com/

 

[tcm]

forget it, my fish-flavoured friend. The web needs this re-energising of frustration injections from a landlocked love-lorn loon who owns a chocked-up boat in a different continent. I mean - with your dream threshold it'll be downhill from here won't it?

OK, look - if you did chuck the boat in the water in Mexico (which coast?)...where would you want it to go from there?

 

[CodStewart]

Hmmm.....well, I thought I could nip down to the Galapagos coz everybody goes there and then turn upwards a bit again for the pretty islands of the S. Pacific and then take a sharp right for Cannock.
Basicaly, gorra go South. Looking at going down coast of S.America, but of course, there is a hell of a lot of planning involved and that is what we are doing right now. 'We' as it would seem that I've found the perfect compromise - a chick skipper with heaps of sailing experience and compatible star signs! We then get to choose the male screws....he he.......yes, that's the trailer trash in me.
Ja ne.

 

[CodStewart]

....and the boat is on the mainland side, not the Baja California side, with the Sea of Cortez between both shores. So, not the frisky Gulf of Mexico side with all those darn hurricanes.

 

[richard2626]

more like the ole bike in you..........

 

[Sammo]

A reference you might find interesting is the Donald Crowhurst story, this shows how the sea can be a merciless leveler.
He sought fame with lies and deceit.
Eventually when the whole thing caught up with him he went into denial and tried in his mind to assume another identity, finally, the beast that he had created became larger than life and forced to live with a lie and riddled with guilt he stepped off the back of his boat.

………..
a sad story.

 

[CodStewart]

I read that. An extremely sad end. I'll probably go the same way. Thanks for pointing it out, Uncle.

 

[Kundi]

Hiya Cod,

If you are serious about long term blue water cruising try the Seven Seas Cruising Association site www.ssca.org
hope this helps.

 

[Bob]

Another cruising/sailing forum specific to the Indian Ocean:

http://www.cruisingconnections.co.za/forums/