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Just reading through the posts on here, many of you lot have covered some serious distances. Nice!
Daydream believer
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It is not about the miles one has covered . It is about the experience of sailing & the enjoyment one gets from it. I have a friend who has crossed the Atlantic 5 times & a friend who just sails up local creeks all the time. They both love their sailing, but are at 2 different ends of the spectrum. I suspect that the Atlantic sailor would run hard aground in the first creek, but Creek sailor would actually get across the Atlantic- somehow.
Robin
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I have some 50,000 plus miles logged, but 95% of that in European waters, have crossed the Atlantic too many times to remember, but always a mile high or more, even joined the 'club'. have canoed, ditch crawled, dinghy raced quite successfully, even wind surfed
Don't prove (or disprove) owt 'cept I'm pisces and like water.!
Don't prove (or disprove) owt 'cept I'm pisces and like water.!
rotrax
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Since retirement First Mate and I seem to cover about 1500 to 2000 NM's each season. If I add our previous logged mileage we have covered in excess of 30,000 NM's in total.
Which is small beer compared to a Mentor during our early sailing days. He told me - and there is no need to doubt him - that in 45 years he had covered over half a million miles at sea.
He had never owned a boat.
Which is small beer compared to a Mentor during our early sailing days. He told me - and there is no need to doubt him - that in 45 years he had covered over half a million miles at sea.
He had never owned a boat.
capnsensible
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Daydream believer
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Because he says so. When I said that I though he must be an excellent sailor, he said that he admires my sailing round Uk SH & considers that much harder than crewing in a 50ft Swan or Oyster across the Atlantic. When discussing it, two others in the club (who have both crossed SH many years ago) felt the same & that local navigation can involve some much harder challenges.
capnsensible
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Well I personally think thats a crock. Any navigator will prepare a plan and put it into use for wherever they are sailing.
Plenty of techniques available to everyone to use as appropriate.
Daydream believer
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johnalison
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Our current boat has logged something around 30k nm in its twenty years. I had intended to have a celebration when we had sailed 'around the world' in her but never got around to it. I admire and fell slightly jealous of those who have completed epic trips, but I am content with what we have managed.
capnsensible
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Indeed. Not everyone has the time or the inclination to sail masses. For me its more that people enjoy what they have.
PhillM
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In my first 8 years I logged 2400 NM. In that time I only left the Solent three times and the longest stay on board was 5 days.
In the last two years I have logged 1000+ per year. Each year I have been on board for at least 3 months.
In the last two years I have logged 1000+ per year. Each year I have been on board for at least 3 months.
Skylark
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That sums it up quite nicely.
I did a lot of miles last season, broken into 3 categories.
On my own boat, sailing with my wife or with mates, it’s mostly about the destination. Sailing is about using the autopilot and trying to remember to look around every 20 minutes or so. The rest of the time would be dedicated to chatting, reading, listening to music and, the best bit, drinking coffee and cake. Typical daily mileage, say 30.
I was invited by a friend to do a long trip. Many days and nights were spent at sea. Sailing consisted of occasionally putting a couple of turns of reef in and out of the 2 headsails. The rest of the time was spent reading, eating cake, fresh bread, ice cream and tart and freshly caught fish. Typical daily mileage, say 170.
On a school boat the average daily mileage is about 20. Days are spent explaining, demonstrating and coaching students to perform skills, usually in congested waters. Regretfully, no cakes are consumed ?
[70521]
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Outrageous. That school should be named and shamed.
How is anybody going to learn if no cake is supplied? Even my daughters maths teacher used cake to demonstrate all sorts of mathematics.
ryanroberts
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I got tunnocks tea cakes doing a day skipper on the Clyde at least.
Cardinal
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Surely in a maths class there would be pie and also pi in any event but cake would still be required for boosting morale.