Yacht for solo trip to Hawaii?

Blue Ghost · May 26, 2015

NYCAP123 said: ↑

Nor spent much time paying for it.
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Admittedly I never went for satellite. Horrible uploads, magnificent downloads, or last I checked in the late 90s. I'm guessing things have improved.

Blue Ghost · May 26, 2015

bobhorn said: ↑

How does that "solar powered laptop" work in the middle of the Pacific?
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That's a good question.

Blue Ghost · May 26, 2015

HTM09 said: ↑

The biggest problem of those sailing solo circumnavigators is not being run over by other ships or hitting a partially submerged container or a sleeping whale. Modern electronics like GPS, Radar(s) with MARPA, AIS, Sat Com and Sat Weather and last but not least, reliable Autopilots and steering vanes make things much easier nowadays and a little bit safer. But the point is valid, their is no redundancy in human resources on board. Sickness or an accident with a broken bone can endanger life immediately.

No, the biggest problem almost all solo circumnavigators had, was loneliness, awfull loneliness. Maintaining mental stability in weeks of total loneliness takes a strong character and a decent amount of self discipline.

Doing the necessary daily routine, keeping the constant rhythm of short periods of sleep, personal hygiene, cleaning, regular eating, doing the necessary daily maintenance on the above and below deck gear on top of the necessary seamanship, just on your own, takes discipline. Mental instabilty will lead into idleness and carelessness and can be mortal.

I have talked to one of the German solo circumnavigators, Wilfried Erdmann. He has done the circumnavigation several times, both solo and with his wife and solo in both directions and in a fairly small boat. A special character, I must say. After his last solo trip, it took him some time to get resocialized to the civilized land locked world again.

I could not do that. I have done a solo ferry trip with a new 49 ft sail boat from the factory in Sweden around Denmark to Germany many years ago, which took 4 days of non stop at pretty rough sea. More than enough for me and I would not do it again. Just boring and to much unnecessary risk.
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That's an incredible story But see? Even your WiZ riding in the back couldn't help you (poor dude).

I don't know, I've seen and heard about it being done several times over. When I get the funds and some more hours under my belt, I'm going to go play Russian Roulette on a 20 footer.

Wish me luck

Delfin · May 26, 2015

Blue Ghost said: ↑

I've seen a few videos of people crossing the Pacific from CA to Hawaii, but they the boats seem to be these small 20 footers, your standard yawl with enough room for a fold out bed and hot plate.

Can a man sail a larger vessel safely for the same trip? If so, then what is a good size an individual can sail safety by himself?
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Sure you can, assuming you have roller furling. I sailed the same route on a 36' Cape George and with roller furling on staysail and jib it was a piece of cake. A bit of a boring piece of cake but easy enough. AIS would make it far safer for solo runs. Those who say it is unsafe to sail long distances alone are quite correct, just as a great many of life's most empowering and glorious activities are unsafe. Having children makes you poorer and subject to tragedy and disappointment, but people still have children. Few guaranties in life and there are few things more liberating than crossing an ocean alone.

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