Now if Ihad Tahiti Ketch

[Bouba]

cruising with his girlfriend

Ahhhh...now I see what you have been missing......sorry mate...but that ship has sailed

 

[Wansworth]

Ahhhh...now I see what you have been missing......sorry mate...but that ship has sailed

 

[Blueboatman]

Bit of background on how the Tahiti ketch came to be.

It would seem that the name was chosen to inspire would be sailors and home builders in the 1930s Great Depression

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[Greenheart]

So when Gauguin was in Tahiti on his ketch, did he moan?

If you haven't read Somerset Maugham's The Moon and Sixpence, which was inspired by Gauguin's story, I recommend it.

You can't go wrong with any of Maugham's tales set in the tropics a hundred years ago. The ending, after the artist's death, briefly describes his son by a native woman of the islands, who inevitably goes to sea and whose spirit of freedom is as untamable as Gauguin's had been, unlike the dull offspring of his dull marriage back in Europe. It seemed to me to connect the reader with the choice we all have, either to be predictable, or not, and the enormous value to the spirit of sometimes doing something crazy.

Only barely on that theme, surely the Westerly 22 is the proven dream boat?

 

[Bouba]

If you haven't read Somerset Maugham's The Moon and Sixpence, which was inspired by Gauguin's story, I recommend it.

You can't go wrong with any of Maugham's tales set in the tropics a hundred years ago. The ending, after the artist's death, briefly describes his son by a native woman of the islands, who inevitably goes to sea and whose spirit of freedom is as untamable as Gauguin's had been, unlike the dull offspring of his dull marriage back in Europe. It seemed to me to connect the reader with the choice we all have, either to be predictable, or not, and the enormous value to the spirit of sometimes doing something crazy.

Only barely on that theme, surely the Westerly 22 is the proven dream boat?

I remember swimming on the black sand beaches of Tahiti when I was six years old.....and I’ve always loved the paintings of Gauguin because they were so evocative of my teenage years growing up in the South Seas...in fact, in another place also made famous by Maugham

 

[Wansworth]

I remember swimming on the black sand beaches of Tahiti when I was six years old.....and I’ve always loved the paintings of Gauguin because they were so evocative of my teenage years growing up in the South Seas...in fact, in another place also made famous by Maugham

Did you see many ocean sailing boats

 

[ducked]

Instead of a Dufour 24 I could laze on the cabin sofa dreaming of distant shores in between caulking the decks or graving in some planking that was rotten.Instead all my Dufour 24 offered is dusting and rearranging the bookshelf……wooden boats are better for your dreams and soul

You seek the Infinite Procrastination Machine?
Relax
You dont need one
Its perfectly achievable with a classic plastic
Especially if its over 10,700 formerly shark infested nautical miles away.

 

[Bouba]

Did you see many ocean sailing boats

No, back in the day it wasn’t so common

 

[ducked]

No, back in the day it wasn’t so common

More a headhunters, pirates and cannibals scene, huh?

 

[Bouba]

More a headhunters, pirates and cannibals scene, huh?

It could get rough

 

[Blueboatman]

If you haven't read Somerset Maugham's The Moon and Sixpence, which was inspired by Gauguin's story, I recommend it.

You can't go wrong with any of Maugham's tales set in the tropics a hundred years ago. The ending, after the artist's death, briefly describes his son by a native woman of the islands, who inevitably goes to sea and whose spirit of freedom is as untamable as Gauguin's had been, unlike the dull offspring of his dull marriage back in Europe. It seemed to me to connect the reader with the choice we all have, either to be predictable, or not, and the enormous value to the spirit of sometimes doing something crazy.

Only barely on that theme, surely the Westerly 22 is the proven dream boat?

Your photo prompted me to look up the delightful tale of Walter Pidgeon again.
He who built a hard chine timber yawl which he sailed around the world twice 100 years ago ..

As the quip went: Go simple, go perhaps before you’re 100% ready, but go !

 

[Bouba]

Your photo prompted me to look up the delightful tale of Walter Pidgeon again.
He who built a hard chine timber yawl which he sailed around the world twice 100 years ago ..

As the quip went: Go simple, go perhaps before you’re 100% ready, but go !

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Imagine traveling the world that long ago...when it was as it’s supposed to be....not all homogeneous cities and societies as it is today

 

[Greenheart]

And a message in a bottle, in lieu of an EPIRB.

 

[Wansworth]

Unfortunately sailing the world is not what it was …my shelf of sailing accounts by Pye and Hiscock and others left room to dream and put yourself there these youtubers make it plain to all that they are already there with no room for dreaming

 

[Blueboatman]

Each new generation see the world afresh
But what are they ‘seeing’ when you are strongly advised to telephone ahead and prebook your next marina berth?

And the boats are too valuable to anchor off anywhere for more than 2 minutes unattended? Ditto the planing inflatables.

Hey ho, it’s their problem . I’m sure they deal with it

 

[Wansworth]

Each new generation see the world afresh
But what are they ‘seeing’ when you are strongly advised to telephone ahead and prebook your next marina berth?

And the boats are too valuable to anchor off anywhere for more than 2 minutes unattended? Ditto the planing inflatables.

Hey ho, it’s their problem . I’m sure they deal with it

We were lucky…..just caught the end of a time

 

[Fr J Hackett]

We were lucky…..just caught the end of a time

There are still places to go although challenging, high latitudes North and South spring to mind.

 

[Wansworth]

There are still places to go although challenging, high latitudes North and South spring to mind.

It’s not so much challenging I was trying to say it’s just like all things these days there are just too many of us ….this month 80,000 pilgrims flooding into Santiago de Compostela …pilgrims supposedly walking the road in contemplation .The north west passage in a yacht is on YouTube to anchouring off the isle of Cíes here inthe Ria de Vigo you are required to book in advance

 

[Fr J Hackett]

It’s not so much challenging I was trying to say it’s just like all things these days there are just too many of us ….this month 80,000 pilgrims flooding into Santiago de Compostela …pilgrims supposedly walking the road in contemplation .The north west passage in a yacht is on YouTube to anchouring off the isle of Cíes here inthe Ria de Vigo you are required to book in advance

I am not saying you won’t see others but there are still places to go if you are equipped and they are far from the Madding Crowd. Tourism is another matter I was on the ille de Re this weekend ( out of season) it was still packed out but we can’t deny people their choices and if it’s solitude that we seek then it’s up to us to find it.

 

[zoidberg]

....if it’s solitude that we seek then it’s up to us to find it.

And then not tell anyone where it is.

Especially not on 'ere!

Hint: In among the thousands of islets off the Swedish east coast. The Swedes don't go there, 'cos it's too shallow and they can't be fussed wi' the RYA Secondary Ports Tide Heights rigmarole.... and the Russians run aground on the outer skerries where their embarassment shows up swiftly on prime time television.

You could also try your luck in among the thousands of islets off the western coast of Finland, but you'd be eaten alive by the trillions of little 'flying piranha' that infest that airspace.