Kevin;
If you need a motor to get through the Suez canal only, just rent an outboard when you get there.
BTW, I am not sure if you realize it, but your “True Sailor” comment is insulting to me, and I am sure to many. Because I need my motor at times, I am not a “True” sailor (whatever that is)?
Chris
On 5/18/10 12:05 PM, "Kevin" <pembertonkevin@
Hey Doug,
I have dropped in on this post a couple of times but failed to see this one. I am wondering if your statement is true. No navigational gear? No compass, no watch or clock, No sextant. I am guessing by your statements that you have a group of boats following or leading you on your ventures but can't tell if this is true.
Are you a true Sailor? I spent a year without a Iron Sail in the Sea of Cortez and wonder if a true sailor is thinking much, when he decides to go forward without an aux motor. The hours and days I spent just floating subject to weather change and dangers at sea on deck most of the time waiting for wind, is the main reason I converted to electric drive on my boat.
Kevin Pemberton
On 05/13/2010 04:54 PM, Doug Richmond wrote:
I don't post much, just sit back and listen. I have converted my Chrysler 22 to electric, and am building a cat for an unique circumnavigation. NO ONE has EVER tried to Solo without navigational gear, I will. In 1984 a professor and two friends did it, but not solo. My philosophy is, ANY idiot can drive a boat with a motor, a true sailor doesn't need one.
I will have electric drive on my cat for one reason, the Suez Canal. I have to keep up with the other vessels despite which way the wind is blowing. If I wanted to sail completely around Africa this would not be a problem, but....limited time and capital.
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