2002 itama 38
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I think the pilot and government boat discussion has been exhausted if I may kindly suggest gentlemen.
This is my first time in a forum so I shouldn't play smart but isn't the idea to share with each other the experience we all have so as to help each other avoid making mistakes?
I don't have experience in patrol, pilot or military boats. I know the boats I ve owned (1 open boat as a bachelor, 3 fly bridge boats as a father with many kids, a few ribs at the same time and now that the kids are too old to follow, the small Itama).
I ve also sailed on (or adjacent to) many other boats of all types belonging to friends of mine.
Crossed all the roughest parts of the Aegean all the way to Turkey with many of the above.
Some of those boats were bad choices , others were great ones. I like to think that I learned from my poor as I did from my good choices.
During my August vacation this year I crossed the roughest parts of the Aegean with this little Itama and it really impressed me believe it or not.
Are there also many other boats out there that are also (or even more so) extremely sea worthy? OF COURSE there are!!
Do I know all of them? Of course I don't and that's why I m making friends with all of you to share experiences.
But this much I do know Kind Gentlemen! You can't put Targa and Axopar in the same sentence. There s tons of both in my country. The Targa is Top of the Top in terms of sea worthiness and Axopar....is someting for much-much...I mean REALLY MUCH lighter use..
This is my first time in a forum so I shouldn't play smart but isn't the idea to share with each other the experience we all have so as to help each other avoid making mistakes?
I don't have experience in patrol, pilot or military boats. I know the boats I ve owned (1 open boat as a bachelor, 3 fly bridge boats as a father with many kids, a few ribs at the same time and now that the kids are too old to follow, the small Itama).
I ve also sailed on (or adjacent to) many other boats of all types belonging to friends of mine.
Crossed all the roughest parts of the Aegean all the way to Turkey with many of the above.
Some of those boats were bad choices , others were great ones. I like to think that I learned from my poor as I did from my good choices.
During my August vacation this year I crossed the roughest parts of the Aegean with this little Itama and it really impressed me believe it or not.
Are there also many other boats out there that are also (or even more so) extremely sea worthy? OF COURSE there are!!
Do I know all of them? Of course I don't and that's why I m making friends with all of you to share experiences.
But this much I do know Kind Gentlemen! You can't put Targa and Axopar in the same sentence. There s tons of both in my country. The Targa is Top of the Top in terms of sea worthiness and Axopar....is someting for much-much...I mean REALLY MUCH lighter use..