Fletcher500
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Wayne, it’s always interesting to hear your perspectives as a long range cruiser.
Magento, I believe you mentioned earlier you like to fish? You may want to consider a 3 to 5 day (longer if you want) fishing trip out of San Diego. The crew will cook for you, gaff your fish, and fix things if they break, but it will allow you and and your wife to see what it’s like to be in an open ocean environment with swells and chop.
During these trips they can usually find shelter at night, but if it’s rough, you and your wife will need to keep yourself in your bunk at night by bracing with your legs and arms and will be lucky to get 1 to 2 hours of sleep on occasion. Have you ever done that?
Moving around a pitching/rolling deck for consecutive days is also tiring. After a rough multi day sport fishing trip as a deckhand and I was home, I would have to periodically put my hands up in the shower to brace myself. IE, you have to experience it, not read about it, to figure out if it’s something you both can handle.
I am still not sure from your posts if you and are wife don’t get seasick? I have seen people literally incapacitated from the affects.
I am bringing up the fishing charter route as an option because I have never boated in the PNW and aren’t most of the rentals up there in protected waters?
Magento, I believe you mentioned earlier you like to fish? You may want to consider a 3 to 5 day (longer if you want) fishing trip out of San Diego. The crew will cook for you, gaff your fish, and fix things if they break, but it will allow you and and your wife to see what it’s like to be in an open ocean environment with swells and chop.
During these trips they can usually find shelter at night, but if it’s rough, you and your wife will need to keep yourself in your bunk at night by bracing with your legs and arms and will be lucky to get 1 to 2 hours of sleep on occasion. Have you ever done that?
Moving around a pitching/rolling deck for consecutive days is also tiring. After a rough multi day sport fishing trip as a deckhand and I was home, I would have to periodically put my hands up in the shower to brace myself. IE, you have to experience it, not read about it, to figure out if it’s something you both can handle.
I am still not sure from your posts if you and are wife don’t get seasick? I have seen people literally incapacitated from the affects.
I am bringing up the fishing charter route as an option because I have never boated in the PNW and aren’t most of the rentals up there in protected waters?
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